Letter from Dec. 15, 2014
Hey Mom,
Sorry I am sending you a letter so late. A LOT has happened today.
Well Mom,
its hard for me to think of a present. I really got nothing. I mean
maybe a harmonica so I can start learning how to play that too. Benjamin
told me about his plans for the dance. I am happy he is having fun. It
seems like he has a good group of friends and is happy, which really puts
my mind at ease concerning him. He has always been a good kid... His date was cute. Tell him
I say good job.
So, work is beginning to pick up A LOT! We just got a
new investigator, named Antonio, and we have a return appointment for
tomorrow. He actually called us over and asked us to teach him. It was
very cool. He enjoyed hearing the Plan of Salvation. He has just moved
to Placerville and had seen missionaries in Mexico, but never actually
talked to them. So when he saw us, in his own words, "No fue
coincedencia que les vi aqui!" (It was no coincidence that I saw you here!) He invited us to come back and since he
found out that I like to spar (he is a boxer) we are gonna have a
little match tomorrow. It'll be fun lol. I will update you on what
happens. Work is moving along. La familia Perez came to church yesterday
and that was awesome. We are gonna see them again on Wednesday. Elder
Osorio and I have seen that, little by little, we have been seeing
miracles here. The best part is that we notice them after the trial of
our faith and diligence every time. It's awesome!
I
almost forgot to mention that something BIG just happened in the
Sacramento mission. It was SO BIG that President Jardine called all the
missionaries on a huge conference call last night. The news was pretty
huge. We were the first ones to find this out. The stake presidents
don't know, the Seventy doesn't know, and the other mission that is
involved doesn't know either. They all won't know until tomorrow or so.
So you will be also one of the first to hear. Our mission is getting
SPLIT! Bottom half of our mission and a small part of the Fresno mission
are going to become part of a new mission that will be known as the
California Modesto mission. It was hard to take in. I served in three of
the four zones that will be going to the Modesto mission. I loved
serving there and I guess for me and a lot of the others we just feel
that they are splitting our home. It's our mission that's taking the
biggest hit. It'll be rough for the missionaries to adjust to, I feel, but I
know it will be fine. California will have 20 missions total by July.
That is when the actual split will happen, so I will be long gone before
it happens for real. My companion is worried about going to the new
mission. He'd rather stay in Sacramento, as I would assume most
missionaries feel that way. It was tough for President Jardine as well.
He is going to have to reassign about a 1/3 of our missionaries to this
new mission and the language programs will be taking a huge blow as
well. Well, only the Lord knows what's best so it's in His hands. That's
all I have for ya Mom. Love you and can't wait till Christmas to Skype
you again. Talk to you soon.
Elder Sierra
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