Sunday, June 30, 2013—GP

Off to a running start in response to last week’s worldwide missionary meeting, our ward held a “rescate a las almas” [rescue souls] yesterday afternoon.  Twenty-two full-time missionaries and many members visited all of the less-active members and some non-members, and invited them to church today with a pot-luck lunch after the meetings.  Attendance was up considerably and the food was great!  We didn’t have to cook Sunday dinner.  Missionary work is doing well in the ward.  Nearly every week there are two or more convert baptisms, nearly every adult is a convert, there are three sets of full-time missionaries in this ward alone [four Sisters and two Elders], and there are at least six or seven former or current mission presidents.

I wanted to go with the Elders yesterday; however, I was asked to officiate the largest session the temple has had to date [30% over capacity].  It took longer than usual so I got home late.  It turned out to be a 10-hour day [5:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.].  It was a wonderful and very busy day at the temple.  Tomorrow we have another big group busing in from Nicaragua for the week.  We love the work, the people, and spiritual experiences.  Keep us in your prayers, especially your mom with her Spanish.  She is the only temple worker who comes with absolutely no Spanish experience, and she naturally feels alone and not able to help as much as she would like.