Here's the latest email from Elliot, with several pictures of the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum after the jump.
Hola!
Happy Easter y'all! Hope you guys had a good one. We did here. We had two super awesome, huge meals and had like 3 other members come bring us food. Everyone here is so nice and helpful. We also visited with "Jane" yesterday and she said she wants to be baptized this Saturday! I'm really excited for her. So that's what we did yesterday. Oh and I sang in the ward choir haha. I hope it still sounded okay.
This past week was pretty cool. We had our zone leader council this past Wednesday and picked up a third companion, Elder Franco. The mission is growing right now and there are a lot of companionships of three missionaries right now. This coming Wednesday Elder Grover will be leaving to Moore, my last area. My new companion will be Elder Teisina. I don't know him too well, but he seems like a really cool guy and I think it will be a lot of fun.
I got the package thank you very much mom! I do appreciate it. I already ate all the See's Candy and I plan on wearing the tie this upcoming Saturday.
And good luck with the new firm dad! I know things will go well for ya.
So I'm all registered for classes. I'm going to take Calc, Chem, Nutrition, PD Biology and a New Testament class. I'm trying to keep all of my options open so I can decide exactly what I want to do when I get back. But I got that taken care of.
It took nearly forever but I'm gonna send you the photos I took from the bombing memorial. [Elliot went to the memorial on February 20.] Hope you enjoy!
Love ya and have a great week!
Elder Elliot
Share Elliot's adventures and experiences as he spends two years serving in the Oklahoma City Spanish-speaking mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
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Monday, April 9, 2012
Elliot's April 9 email and pictures
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Elliot's February 21 email
Here's the latest news from Elliot.
Hi!
That's good to hear Brian is on a mission! [Brian Molina is a former member of Newhall First Ward whose parents recently moved back into the ward. Brian is serving a mission in Australia.] It's been way long since I'd ever seen him but that's definitely good news.
And that's a very busy Sunday mom! 9 hours is a lot. I know for me Sundays used to be the most relaxing day of the week but out here it's the craziest day. We just go non-stop it seems. But that's good as a missionary.
This week was pretty good. We have 2 investigators that are progressing pretty well right now. Their names are "Joe" and "Jane". Joe is dating a girl out in Choctaw and has been going to church for the last 2 months or so. He had a very spiritual experience with Moroni's promise (Moroni 10:3-5) at church and really knows this is what God wants for him in his life. We have him scheduled to be baptized the 24th of this coming month so that's good news. We also have a baptismal date with Jane, his cousin. She's started reading and is enjoying it so far. Other than them we've been running into a few brick walls lately. One of our investigators moved out to Newcastle and another to the north side of the City, and it seems like the rest of everyone has been sick lately. But things are still going well!
Yesterday we went to the National Bombing Memorial in downtown OKC with the Lusk family. [Check out this prior blog story for more information about the memorial.] It was so nice of them to take us. It was a very powerful experience to say the least. So many people were affected by the bombing here in '95. It's really a terrifying thing. The memorial is very beautiful though, and a great tribute to all who were lost. I took a ton of pictures, but all on my Canon AE-1, so I need to get the film developed and I'll send them next week so y'all can check them out.
I'm not sure what to do about apartments and classes and everything! I think I'm going to talk to President Taylor and see if he can help me know what to do to make the mission to school exchange smooth. I'll let you know. We have a meeting on Thursday where we'll find out what's happening at transfers, so I'll talk to him.
I love y'all! Have a great week
Con amor,
Elder Elliot
Also, here's the OKC Redhawks Stadium in Bricktown with the Spanish District at the bottom of the photo.
Hi!
That's good to hear Brian is on a mission! [Brian Molina is a former member of Newhall First Ward whose parents recently moved back into the ward. Brian is serving a mission in Australia.] It's been way long since I'd ever seen him but that's definitely good news.
And that's a very busy Sunday mom! 9 hours is a lot. I know for me Sundays used to be the most relaxing day of the week but out here it's the craziest day. We just go non-stop it seems. But that's good as a missionary.
This week was pretty good. We have 2 investigators that are progressing pretty well right now. Their names are "Joe" and "Jane". Joe is dating a girl out in Choctaw and has been going to church for the last 2 months or so. He had a very spiritual experience with Moroni's promise (Moroni 10:3-5) at church and really knows this is what God wants for him in his life. We have him scheduled to be baptized the 24th of this coming month so that's good news. We also have a baptismal date with Jane, his cousin. She's started reading and is enjoying it so far. Other than them we've been running into a few brick walls lately. One of our investigators moved out to Newcastle and another to the north side of the City, and it seems like the rest of everyone has been sick lately. But things are still going well!

I'm not sure what to do about apartments and classes and everything! I think I'm going to talk to President Taylor and see if he can help me know what to do to make the mission to school exchange smooth. I'll let you know. We have a meeting on Thursday where we'll find out what's happening at transfers, so I'll talk to him.
I love y'all! Have a great week
Con amor,
Elder Elliot
Also, here's the OKC Redhawks Stadium in Bricktown with the Spanish District at the bottom of the photo.
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