July 9, 2012 Dearest family, How are all of you doing? I'm doing just fine. So update on my investigators: Our one investigator is still planning on getting baptized on August 11! That is good. This week we taught her about the priesthood. I think her husband starting going a bit over her head with information. But I told her 4 main points that essentially described the priesthood and she said that part made a lot more sense. She was able to attend a convert baptism this weekend! Seeing it help calmed her nerves a tad. The investigator we picked up when we got here...I'm not sure what to think about him...I think he might have problems due to drugs...smoking...something of the sort...oh wells...such is life now a days sadly. Our investigator who is under house arrest, he is doing great! I'm excited for him. But he might not be able to be baptized for a long time...he's on parole...for like 4 years... but I'm so excited to be able to help him find hope and joy. We met with him twice as well. He said he had done a little reading, but it was hard with not having the right perscription for his glasses, but he's getting his new ones this Saturday. He committed to be baptized again if he found out if the church was true. We talked about how we feel the Holy Ghost. And we also taught the plan of salvation. He agreed to come to church on Sunday! And our member, who is his neighbor, is going to pick him up. We were unable to meet with 3 of our investigators...yeah...I actually not really surprised. Oh wells, once again that's part of missionary life. But hopefully this week will pick up 2 new amazing people! One I might have mentioned before. She's been going to church a long time now and she has a calling - primary substitute. We have a lesson schedule with her for this week. She is so sweet. I'm excited to start teaching her! The other hopefully new, amazing person is a 16, almost 17 year old girl. For the last year and a half her family has been in Germany. She was dating a member - a boy from Boise, ID. Because of him, she started going to seminary...and maybe church...I don't really remember that part. But she's been going to seminary for the last year and a half and she wants to continue going. She really likes the values of the church, but she saw a lot of members judging each other harshly, parents being super strict with their children, and has heard a lot of random things. She really just wants to know the plain truth. We weren't able to set a time to come back - they have a foreign exchange student from Denmark living with them for the next month - and the program she is with has something going on almost every day. But she said she would call and let us know when she was available. I'm excited for her too! She is very open and honest with us. Besides that, life is just keep going on. I am still trying to get to know the ward members. They are all very wonderful still...but there's so many of them...but they are all so wonderful and nice. My companion has a week and a couple days left here, so I don't know what will happen next week. Temple squares transfers are different than ours...so we'll see if I'll get another one next week or not. Well, love you all bunches and bunches and bunches! Sister Kristi Walston