Hello!

Hello.... Its me!
That song might be out of the top 20 by now but I dont know any new songs so that will have to do! How are you all doing? Thank you for the emails you have sent me! I am so grateful to know as great of people as you all are. This week was awesome! Starting off on Tuesday, a very spiritual and humbling day. We went and visited Brother Mario, who had injured his foot and wasnt able to come to church last Sunday! He has read all the way to Mosiah in the Book of Mormon in just the short time that we have known him. (If you dont know how far Mosiah is, grab yourself a Book of Mormon and start reading until you get there!) He is doing great and his foot is also healing well! As we walked around trying to find people to meet and talk to, we visted the house house Sister Nera, who was nice enough to was our clothes last week! While we were there she asked if we could teach her family, and as we did, we invite her neighbors to come join as well! There were quite a few people in the lesson and it was so fun. After the lesson while we were walking away, we were about 50 yards down the road when we heard someone yell "Elders, wait!" We turned around to see one of the neighbors of Sister Nera, Jeric, running at us full speed. When he got to us, he caught is breath and told us he loved our lesson and that "it's time for me to change." He told us to come back everyday to talk to him, and as we left Elder Scott and I couldnt help but to think about the blessing of being able to be led to those who want to listen.
Wednesday was also so good! We had our zone training in the morning in Candon so we rose bright and early at about 5:30 to make it there on time! The driver of the van we took seemed to either be late to a dinner appointment or being chased by the police because he was hauling! We got there so fast, and with our access time.... We were able to get some good ol' american style McDonalds breakfast before the Zone Training! Hurray for more blessings! Zone training was also awesome, and we practiced our presentation for our Christmas Devotional we will have in December! (more news to come in the following weeks!) After Zone Training, Elder Scott and I let early from practicing to go to the Valdez family! Brother Valdez and the girls all had a great time at Church last Sunday and we talked about what happens at Church and why. We focused our lesson on the Introduction of the Book of Mormon in order to help them understand the contents of the Book of Mormon. Sister Valdez was out of town but we cant wait for her to get back so that we can teach them as a whole family! Brother Valdez offered to give the closing prayer, and it was the first time he had ever prayed out loud with his family. It was amazing to see his courage and faith in offering to pray, and I know that through prayer, he and all of us will learn answers to the questions we have. Later that day, Joshua Mina, a member of the ward here, worked with us in order to help him prepare for his mission! He is almost done with his paperwork so I cant wait to find out where he will be serving! Kennewick Washington maybe?? Hahah he is super cool and also a great teacher. Its so important to have members help those searching for the truth, and Joshua did an awesome job! He went with us to Jeric's house where we taught Jeric, his uncles, and his cousins! Jeric also asked to pray at the end of the lesson and did an amazing job. For being only 17 he has such a strong drive to learn, change, and do what is necessary to come close to our Savior, Jesus Christ.
On Thursday, we woke up extra early to play basketball at the church! We all know that I am always up for a pick up game no matter what time or what day, but that morning, I wanted to read a little but more and was somewhat upset that we were playing basketball! Im thankful that The Lord knows how to humble me. While we were playing, a lady came inside the gates of the church crying, and asked us if she could hide on the other side of the church. One of the members with us, Brother Rambo, went with her and talked to her. It turns out she was having some family problems and needed to get away and let things calm down at home with her husband. I am very happy that we went to play basketball and that Brother Ram was able to ease her worries and help her calm down. I am also grateful to see that sometimes in life, we are put in situations that we might not want to be in, in order to be there for someone else.
After playing, we went back to the bahay to study and had a great study time. For lunch I made Bicol Express and we also went to brother Rambo's house for some smoothies!
Later in the day we visited the Lardizabal family, who was baptized last December and talked to them about familyhistory.org and how they can prepare to go to the temple! They are always so happy and excited about the Gospel, it is great. That night we had a Family Home Evening at Nanay Zenys house. She invited all of her cousings, nephews and nieces to the Family Home Evening and it was a blast!
Friday was a day of walking once again and thats A-Okay with me! Especially if it keeps me from gaining too much weight from all of the McDonalds I seem to not be able to stay away from haha! We visited Brother Mario to see how he was feeling and how his foot was healing up, and he wasnt home so we are hoping that that means he was working, and good to go! A lot of kids didnt have school on Friday so we were followed around almost all day by our fans! The kids here are awesome and I wish I could just sit around and play games with them all day. They also arent shy to just walk into peoples houses either, even if its not their family! We tried to visit a family that we had talked to a couple days ago, and before we could even get up to the door, 2 of the little kids ran inside yelling that the Elders were looking for them! Its like having a personal doorbell which is every missionaries dream!
 Later that night we met with Jeric again who texts us almost every day and always asks when we are returning! We focused teaching the Book of Mormon with them as well and answering questions about the Church that they had. Jeric is such an awesome kid and is trying so hard to change. He is an example to me and I hope he is able to visit church on Sunday in order to see what church is like and learn more about Christ.              Saturday was a great day to be alive! As we went about our day on Saturday, the missionaries in the next town over, Santa Maria, called us to see if I could go visit their investigators who are planning to be baptized on the 26th! We went and met with them and their families. We were able to help them prepare for baptism ask hold interviews with them in order for the 2 girls to be able to bare testimony about the Church and make sure that they are ready. They are both so strong in the faith and hard working. Judy-Ann has been learning about the church since she was 12 years old, and is now 18. She wanted to make sure this was the path for her and now she is ready! I hope I can get some pictures of them next week at their baptism! The rest of the day went really well when we got back to Narvacan as well. We have scheduled a lot of community service projects for this coming week, so I am even more excited for all of the things that will be going on this coming week!
On Sunday! the best day of the week, we went to church! While we were outside greeting people, Jeric showed up and had brought all of his cousins with him on his moped. When they all got off, we didnt have time to talk to him because he left! We didnt know where he went or why he left, and neither did his little cousins. About 5 minutes later he returned, with a kid we had never met before on the back. He told us that he couldnt fit everyone on the moped that he wanted to bring to church so he had to make two trips. He is so awesome. He simply showed up to his friends house and told him that he was coming to church with Jeric. And that it was Jerics first time so he didnt know what was going to happen, but that Jeric was going to bring him with! It was awesome to meet his friend JR and to help them at church meeting other youth their age and going to classes. After church, Brother Ram invited us over for lunch to celebrate his wifes birthday! Brother Ram and Sister Jo-an are so cool and fun to be around. They are also the perfect example of husband and wife in respecting and supporting each other. While we worked during the day, we were able to meet with a lot of the families that we are  teaching. Being with a family talking about the Gospel makes me so happy. I love being able to see the light in their eyes as they feel the Spirit teach them about the family and its sacredness. I love being a missionary and I love being able to be taught by those we teach. Their examples of hard work, humility, and patience are examples of our Savior Jesus Christ and the love they show is the same love I know He shows to all of us. Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I am going to miss Thanksgiving this year and being able to get a food coma with no regrets! I love you all and hope you all have a great time with those you are around on Thanksgiving, have a great week!                                                                  
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Elder Pitt


Pics! The Zone, the district, american twins on P day and Elder Wenceslaos art gallery!