December 3, 2012 Hey Family! This week was really interesting. I have never had so many meetings to go to in one week! We had a really long one with President on Tuesday, and then we had one with the whole zone on Friday and it just felt like we had a million things to do besides work in our area. I hate when that happens, but you just have to realize that every part of what we do that helps people do the work better, or helps us to be better is part of the requirement of a missionary. Patience... We did have a great week though. We have been focus a lot on using the Book of Mormon better as a mission because something that President said was that we need to stop using it like any other pamphlet that we give out. So what we have started to do is try to help people develop a relationship with it. Instead of leaving them arbitrary parts of the book to read, we help them read it from the very beginning to the end. I am really grateful for the counsel we received from President because we have seen the results. One of our investigators, Brenda, has been progressing for a couple weeks, but was kind of doubtful about the Book of Mormon, and only saw it as just another bible. Really the two are important for separate reasons. So we have her reading each chapter from the beginning, and its been going really great. She has found answers to questions that she has always had, and its been amazing to see her get so excited about receiving revelation from God. Missionary work is so much more gratifying when you help others to have enough spiritual experiences to be able to recognize the Spirit in their own lives. I love that! We had our share of miracles and trials this week, but the important thing is that we are progressing, like our investigators. I finished the book, Jesus the Christ this morning at about 4:30 AM (Its so hot here in the night that I woke up, and hoping to be put back to sleep by reading the book, ended up finishing it...). It really is a great book and the inspired author Elder Talmage has such an interesting and wonderful way of explaining the life of the Author of our salvation. It has helped me this past couple of months to understand the doctrine of Christ and exactly what I can look forward to if I am faithful. I love it! We did service this last Saturday that was WAY hard! We went to a member´s house to help them dig about a 7 ft deep, 5 ft wide, and 9 ft long pit. They wanted it because of the counsel they received from their church leaders to store water, so it was great. They are eventually going to put in two huge water tanks to have a nice big store. But it was SO hard! I was totally dying. We worked from about 9:30 to 2:00 in the afternoon. We only had those short shovels, a pick, and a hoe. I did have a cool experience though. By the time we were finishing up, like 1:30, I was in the pit by myself because the Hermano left to go get something, and then Elder Whittle had to use the bathroom, so I was solo. I stopped, rested on the shovel, with all the heat the sun could throw at me. I thought about how dead I was, how much we lacked (like a foot in depth) and how thirsty I was. Then D&C 84:80 came to my mind, and I remembered that my attitude was keeping me from receiving that blessing. So I decided to receive it, and all of a sudden, I had energy to finish, I wasn´t thirsty, and I felt invigorated. Goes to show you that sometimes we just need to realize all the blessings that the Lord has already bestowed upon us. Besides those little things, I have had a pretty good week. I am excited for this next week because Elder Resék, an area 70 is coming on Wednesday to talk to our mission. I am doing great. I hope you are all good too. Love ya a ton! Elder Daybell