December 7, 2011

Hey,

Today has been pretty great. President Viñas, the Caribbean area
president came and talked to the whole mission. They told us that
visits like this don't happen very often but we've been praying and
fasting a lot for help in reaching some goals we've made as a mission.
President Víñas was in his office the other day and he just got the
impression that he needed to come here to help us increase our faith,
so he emailed president and set up the appointment. It was definitely
an answer to our prayers. We woke up at 5 to make it to the meeting on
time, and his talk was really good, but not what I expected. He talked
about how faith is accepting the Lord's will and timing, and if we
make goals and work our hardest at them, then it's up to the Lord to
give us success, according to the agency of the people. It was a
really cool talk and really motivating.

Things have been pretty good in Caguas too. We've been finding some
people to teach. We started teaching Angel, who was a reference from
the sisters. He understands that it would mean a big change in his
life if he was baptized, so he's been a little hesitant. We also met
Robert, who believes really firmly in the Bible, and said that he was
looking for a church whose teachings were in harmony with the Bible so
we taught him about the restoration and how the doctrine we teach is
the pure doctrine of Jesus Christ, the same that he and the prophets
throughout history have taught and he seemed really excited. We
brought Alex Burgos, the recent convert, with us to a lesson and they
got along well with each other.

I'm glad to hear about Evan's call. I hope he gets it today, you'll
have to let me know asap as possible where he's going. The
missionaries in Utah probably don't appreciate the dinner appointments
like they should. One of the members here has a son on a mission in
Utah, Elder Rosario, but they didn't know what city he was in. He's on
his last transfer anyway, so he'll be leaving within the next two
weeks or so. Anyway, things are going well here, and I'm still happy.

I love you,

Elder Duclos



Thanks for the Costco membership, I'll go pick up my card. It may not
be today, usually we only go to Costco at the beginning of the month.
I don't think I need anything else though. Thanks for everything

Elder Duclo