We had 7 investigators at church yesterday!  Top 10 best weeks.  B---- came again for all three hours. He absolutely loves it, and is still progressing well. He came on Wednesday evening to the family history center and worked with Sister P---- to find some of his ancestors in Mexico, and she committed him to fill out the rest of the family tree sheet she gave him and come back again next week!  She is awesome. So B---- is doing well and is excited/nervous for his baptism coming up in 2 weeks.

E--- and her 2 daughters came to church. They fed us dinner last week as well and are practically already members for how active they have been in the church the past year. Baptism will happen and in the time of the Lord.

J---- made it to church with his girlfriend, who is a member of the church. He has attended church several times. He is in and out of town every couple weeks so we were able to make an appointment with him later this week.  He has plans of getting baptized in October.

L----, who has completely changed her life around the last couple months, was crying after Sacrament Meeting, because we have done so much to help her and got her a ride that she really needed.  So I went over to say “como estas,” and then WHAM, I got tackled against the wall and she hugged the living daylights out of me right in front of everyone.  Then, there was nothing Elder MacKay could do but stand there and take it - stiff as a board - as she slammed into him next.  Everybody just laughed, and the bishop gave us a thumbs up.

So we were helping L--- with her book and also going over the book of Moses in the Pearl of Great Price as she is preparing to take the temple prep classes starting in two weeks. Her daughter N--- has noticed the change in her mom and out of the blue became interested. We committed N--- on Saturday to come to just Sacrament Meeting of church the next day.  Right after Sacrament Meeting, the young women embraced her and got her to stay for Sunday School too!  Last night, she said she enjoyed it and wants to stay for all 3 hours when she comes in two weeks.  She also said she doesn’t like to read the scriptures, but loves to read poetry, so we had her open up to a random page in the book of Psalms and read.  It was Psalms 23, I believe.  She loved it, and said she wants to read more.  Now that she sees the scriptures aren’t as boring as she thought, we can introduce our master converter: The Book of Mormon!  

  
L--- came to church, as well, yesterday. He has came twice now with his friend and stayed for all 3 hours. From last week to yesterday, we noticed how much more he was reading and participating in class. He works on the ranch that is run by Brother F---, and works with some other members of the ward. We set up an appointment with him this week in the home of a member, so we are really excited for that.

We have an awesome district.  I love serving with them. We did a blitz with the zone leaders in Santa Paula on Wednesday to find Spanish investigators for the hermanas, and it went really well.  There were tons of latinos in the street picking up their kids from school. We gave them quite a few referrals, so hopefully some of them will be solid. 

Love,

Elder Parrish
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Lake Piru, where B--- hopes to be baptized.