Letter #85 (July 19, 2010)

We had another great week. It started off slow with almost all of our appointments being cancelled and then re-scheduled. Stephen had a tragedy this week. His wife had a miscarriage. She was 7 weeks pregnant. This has been a tough week for Stephen. His faith was tried. We helped him realize that Satan was attacking his faith in God. Stephen agreed! He still wants to get baptized. We'll probably push the date back a week. He's a good man! He has a good heart. We feel good about him.


We had 2 new investigators come to church. One of them is Bonnie Rumbolo. We met her about 5 weeks ago but we taught her for the 1st time last Saturday. She's been busy with work and has had trouble with her teenage son. So, she's been going through some very difficult times. She has a boyfriend that was present for our appointment. They have an 8 year old son. Her boyfriend didn't seem too interested, but he did seem supportive of us teaching her. We had a great lesson with her on Saturday and she enjoyed Sacrament meeting yesterday. She has some obstacles but she has great potential.

Cindy was our other investigator at church. We met her about 4 weeks ago. We taught her Saturday as well. She's single and in her mid 40's. Her family is supportive of us teaching her as well. She's never been too religious but she's receptive to our message. She enjoyed all 3 meetings of church. The branch fellowshipped her well. We're excited about her.

I'm grateful for this work. I know that its true!

Love, Elder Olaya