Letter #5 3/11/2012-2nd week in Iowa

Hey!

So its the beginning of a new week here in Iowa City! We got after it this week! We have a lesson with Matt tonight and he will probably set adate. On Wednesday we have a lesson with a girl named Deshauna. She's a girl who has been searching. We passed her by in an apartment complex, but the spirit told us to wait for her in the lobby. She came backa few minutes later and we taught her about the Book of Mormon and she said in her awesome English, "Ima go read this book right now mmmhmm". She is awesome!

We have a few return appointments with people we tracted lately. We have been working so hard and it has sat around 80 degrees with humidity, nothing but blue skies, short sleeves, and my winter boots for walking! So great.

We went on exchanges with the zone leaders the other day (my companion and I split up and go with one of the other guys). The zone leaders are Spanish speaking. Most of the day we were talking to people who were only Spanish speakers, and rarely were they legal! :). I was kind of bummed because I couldn't understand anything, but then I prayed for a good attitude andto be able to teach. The next guy we talked to on the road invited us in. His name was Jose. The spirit was so strong, and I must have received the gift of the interpretation of tongues because I understood every word. Not only that, I was prompted by the spirit several times to say things in English, and the zone leader would translate, and they pertained perfectly to the lesson. I asked him to pray with us at the end, it was the first prayer he had ever really said. He was tearing up after he prayed. We told him how powerful it was. So the zone leaders will continue to teach him and baptize him for sure!

I have experienced several times that the spirit teaches, not the missionary.

We have had a few rough days, but the majority are great. The days are like weeks and the weeks are like days. So much happens in a week. People around here can be really short with you or really nice. There isn't a lot of grey area.

I had my first Zone conference the other day, and that was amazing. We have met and taught alot of members. I love the members here. Most of them are doing their residency for med school here at Iowa State.

We play alot of them in Basketball on Mondays and Wednesdays.

So I hope that SD card you sent has not gotten stolen. And I don't know if my email thing is not showing me your emails, but I did not get one regarding my shoes.

I'm not allowed to call Missionary Mall, so that's why I am bugging you about it :).

Love you guys

Elder Tall