November 8, 2011

Family,
The first thing I have to say is that Drew did a great job looking like a yodeler! Klaro kaayo! Also my younger brother is one handsome devil! You must get it from me.
I had a great birthday. I went to a member’s house in my neighborhood who cooked a ton of food. There were a few other members there so it was fun. Then we loaded up the cake with candles and they sang to me as I blew them out. I’m starting to get old, it was a good size fire! I had them take a video so you will get to see it someday. I am going to send the picture cd I made today. My next sd card is almost full so you should be getting that one soon too.
The Baileys are great to have. They help so much. This is their first week so they are still wondering what exactly they will be doing, but their impact will be tremendous.
For Christmas all I want is a little bit of Christmas music and some chocolate. You could put the music on an sd card because they have players here that read music from them, and my cd player died. Ill transfer the music onto one of my sd cards so I can listen. Don't bother to send another cd player. Also if you could send a gift for my companion. It is always better if they have something to open too. Usually they don't get anything.
The guy we gave bananas to is Gary. After that day we have never been able to find him again. Hopefully the sisters can. He lives in their area. Our area is finally starting to produce fruit. We had three investigators tell us they wanted to be baptized this week! And Tuesday while we were tracting I felt prompted to go to a little group of houses on the side of the road. At the first house a grandma just bluntly said they weren't interested and didn't want to listen. But then we talked to a lady who was washing a pot at the pump well. At first she was hesitant to talk to us, but by the end was excited for us to visit her. We went back yesterday and taught about part of the plan of salvation. I think she is going to be a great investigator. Her name is Emma.
Other people to pray for:
Joy-Joy
Katherine
Sharon
Verga
Jera
Thanks for your love and support.
Love,
Elder Schenk 

Oh one more thing, candy is better if they are individually wrapped. Sometimes the big bags go bad before you can finish them because of the humidity.
Love ya!
Elder Schenk