The first picture is my companion and I at MTC (Missionary Training Center).

The second picture is my companion and I here in San Jose, California.

And the third picture is me after giving myself a haircut. I think it turned out great.

FUNNY! I put a lamp shade.

Monday, August 20, 2012

I feel bad that I didn't get to email you last week.   We didn't have time.  :( 

But we are having a good time.  This week we met a woman who wanted to learn about the young women's program.  My companion and I were clueless about that, so we invited her to meet with some of the members.  We had a great discussion about the "Strengh of Youth" and how that will help her raise her children.  She is a single mother with 3 kids.  Today she will be joining a Family Home Evening with them.  It just makes me feel good that the members of the church are trying to be friends with her.  I think she will want to be baptized in the future.  We haven't been able to teach a lesson yet, but we will soon.  We also have another investigator, his name is Daniel Zopfi.  He's 16, and the only one in his family that is learning the gospel.  He went to Temple Square while on a tour of the country and had some questions.  So that's how we met him.  He is progressing great.  He's been to church twice and we've almost taught all the lessons.  He's reading and praying everyday, and he says he wants to be baptized, but he says he doesn't know when.  We're hoping it will be soon.  :D

Well, I am happy.  But, can you send me more pictures?

Love, Elder Giles

Monday, 6 Aug 2012

Things are going pretty well here.  We've been teaching lots of lessons, but we don't have a lot of investigators.  We only have 5 investigators.  But 1, his name is Daniel, he looks like he will be baptized sometime soon.  We invited him to be baptized, but he said that he wants to go to church every week.  GREAT!   We think he will want to be baptized soon. 

 

Yesterday, we were meeting people in a park.  We saw a woman sitting on a blanket, reading a book.  We walked up to her and talked to her.  We told her about Jesus Christ and how he has a living prophet here on earth.  She got mad and said there are no living prophets.  We told her that she could find out for herself by reading the book of mormon and praying about it.  She got mad and said she didn't want to read it.  She wanted us to give her phone number to the prophet so he could call her.  I said OK, but I wasn't really going to give the phone number to President Monson.  But then my companion said something and she got mad again and forgot all abou the phone number.  Well, we left, but we gave her a chance.  Oh well. 

 

From Elder Giles

( I, Liz, will add some update pictures of Elder Giles to this website later when I will be in Utah)

 30 July 2012

It's really hard working with the Deaf Branch.  Everyone lives so spread out and there are only 4 or 5 priesthood holders that are in the Branch.  But we have some deaf investigators.  One person who is deaf, his name is Ramon.  He's hard to work with because he can't read english well.  He's from Mexico.  He can't read spanish.  We're slowly progressing with him.  But if he doesn't start going to church, then we'll have to drop him.  We've been trying to get him to church for 6 weeks, pretty much the entire time I've been here in San Jose.

 

How is Luke doing?  Send me some pictures of the family.

 

From Elder Giles