Basketball on Wooden Courts

Hey everybody!

This week was really fun, and really full.

One of the highlights was that to celebrate Thanksgiving, all the missionaries from several zones here got together to play football. We got special permission to do it, and we played in the morning. In the afternoon, we worked normally.

Friday night we had a massive multi-zone activity to start off the church Christmas initiative. We got permission to set up a projector and several stands and a whole lot of stuff in the town square here, and we contacted a ton of people, gave out hot chocolate and bread, donated clothing, and played the video from the church and organized a lot of things. It was really amazing, spiritual, and highly effective.

The other big news is that we have an investigator who is going to get baptized this Saturday, and that's really exciting for us. All in all, we're super pumped, working hard, and having lots of success.

The sad news is that Elder Palma got transferred. His comp never got to the mission, and someone went home in Cuautla, so there was an opening for him there, and president transferred him there. We're going to miss him a lot, but that's how life goes. so now we're working in both areas, but we don't have Elder Palma to help us. So that's stressful, but things should turn out right in the end.

So that's all the news I have. We've been seeing god's hand in our work, especially in the progress of our investigators. It's an absolute miracle that we found Mariano, and he's progressed so fast, and converted himself to the gospel, and it's incredible.

Today we went up to Amecameca, and played basketball on some wooden courts up there, which was really fun. It's the first time I've played on a wooden court in way over a year, and I enjoyed it a lot.

I hope you guys are good back home. Keep working hard!!!!

Love,

Elder William Jacob Long

Hello Everybody!!

Hey guys!

Crazy to think another week has gone past. Thanks for taking the time to read this email!!!!

So this week has been fun. We've been working crazy hard, and we had a lot of success!

We found three people this week, and one of our progressing investigators is getting really close to baptism. We're crazy excited for him. His name is Mariano, and he should be getting baptized on December 2nd. We have a few more investigators that should be getting baptized along with him. It's been a lot of hard work over the past several weeks, but it's really paying off.

I don't have any funny stories or anything, It was just a great week of getting down to work and getting stuff done. We were really busy. And everything turned out well.

I haven't really talked much about my comps. I'm in a trio right now, because one of the Elders in my district still hasn't gotten to the mission yet. So right now i have two comps. My first comp is Elder Rowberry. He's from Highland, Utah, and he's really dope. He's 18, and a really hard worker, and it's been really fun. My other comp is Elder Palma. He's from Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, and he's really great as well. We get along super well, and we're working super hard.

So that's all the big news. I hope you guys are doing well!

Love,

Elder William Jacob Long

First week of the transfer done!

Hey guys!!!!!

First of all, I've had an absolutely killer week. I've got so many crazy stories to share.

First of all, I received a new comp! His name is Elder Rowberry, and he's from Highland, Utah. He's this awesome, super intelligent, super talented dude, who's incredibly funny, and we get along great. It's been really fun.

On the first day of the cycle, one of the elders in our district didnt have his comp still (he was with president having his last dinner because he goes home in a week) so he was with us for a day. Then two days later, his comp had a lot of really bad problems, and they had special changes. and now we're in a trio again, until this elder gets his next comp. His name is Elder Palma, and he's super sick as well. We get along so well, and we're working crazy hard.

Another companionship in our district had to change houses, so we went all the way out to their area which is in a place called Ixtapaluca, and we spent the morning carrying their stuff, helping them out, and it was really fun.

Thursday we had a bunch of meetings. We were in meetings more than half the day, which was crazy. I got so sore from sitting down so long.

On Friday we were in the mission offices doing the recent convert project, which was really fun as well, and finally, we had a normal day Saturday. It had to be one of the busiest and most stressful weeks of my mission, but one of the most rewarding. We found three new people, taught some really good lessons, and learned a lot.

So we're going to try to keep the good streak going, working hard, and giving all the service we can. Tomorrow we've got more meetings, appointments, and everything should be great!

Also, I've eaten some really fantastic hamburgers that I had to take photos of!!!! So enjoy those pics. Soon I'll have photos of my new comps and everything we're doing!!

Love,

Elder William Jacob Long

PS: please keep my extremely close friend and brother Brett Deffner in your prayers!!!!!!!!!!

Last week down

Hey everybody,

This week was pretty average.

I don't have too much to say to be honest. We tried working hard, and we were going to have a baptism, but it fell through the day of. But that's okay, because they should be getting baptized soon.

The transfer cycle ended, but I'm staying in my area which is really exciting. So by next week, my letter should be more interesting.

Love,

Elder William Jacob long