Letter from 4/28/2014
Dear Mom,
My new companion is Elder Mata. He and I
were very tight back in the Elk Grove Zone. When I got the call that I
was going to be with him I was just PUMPED UP! He called me briefly
after I got my call and was all, "CHICO! I can't believe you're gonna be my
companion." So, needless to say, we get along great. He is from Mexico.
Grew up in East LA and is such a pretty boy. He takes, like, 40 minutes
doing his hair that just gets messed up when we go biking anyway, but to
him it makes a difference. It's also his last transfer in the mission
so I will be killing him off (a term which means I am his last
companion).
The area is exploding and
we have a lot of work to do. Elder Mata is a lot of fun
and we have been finding a LOT of people. We have a teaching pool of
almost 25. We have been working non-stop. I have not been this busy
since Folsom. The members here are extremely supportive and our ward
leadership is all die-hard about missionary work. We had 7
member-present lessons this week (that's an off-week here). We have two
beautiful families that we are focusing on, las familias Bareto y
Delgado.
The Bareto family has 6 kids, each one wants to be baptized, and
we play soccer with them every chance we get. They always want us to
come over and the youngest one, Daniel (cute kid), is always asking why
we can't spend the night. They are great. The Father is a member, but
his wife isn't. She is interested, but obviously has a few doubts. Keep
her in your prayers. She is a wonderful lady-- Never lets us bike home
and calls us daily to make sure we have eaten, haha.
The Delgado Family
is a family of 6. All of them want to get baptized and they actually all
have a date for June 1st. SO EXCITED!! We are going to invite them on a temple tour on Tuesday. Mata and I have been tearing East Sac up!
Anyway, East Sac is the best, I'm in love with the
ward and my Spanish is coming along great because Mata's Spanish is
better than his English so we go back and forth a lot (lot of Spanglish). I love you Mom. I will ttyl.
Elder Sierra
p.s. two more weeks until Mother's Day!
