Christmas + 2 days

 
Family,
 
I loved talking to you all on Christmas. It was so cool to see your faces as well as hear your voices.
 
Story time: About a week and a half ago, we knocked the door of a house, and the woman said we could come in. Her husband wasn't home, so we set up an appointment for the next day. We went the next day and saw the husband getting out of his car, and he asked us to come back another day. I was loosing hope in them. But the next time we went by, the wife, Rosa was there, with her nephew who lives with them. We talked to her for about 20 minutes, and found out that she had met with missionaries before, and had even bee to church. We were excited. She then tole us that her husband had been baptized into out church. They were a part-member family! They were on our records, but both the phone number and address were wrong. Last Sunday, we finally got to teach them. They were both very nice and open. Right when we walked in, they gathered their children together to listen (although through the lesson they slowly moved to doing other things). We invited then to church, and they said they wanted to come. They also want their 11-year-old son to come to scouts and their children to go to primary. Oh and we had talked to the husband, Pedro, before and he remembered a lot about Joseph Smith and the restauration. We asked him if he still believed it and he told us he thought it really did happen. We stopped by briefly two more times last week, and both times they mentioned they would come to church. And they DID!! It is quite rare that people come to church the first week after you teach them, so it says a lot about this family. They really liked church, and another member told us they said they were planning to keep coming. Pedro wants to come back into activity and Rosa supports him in it. The members fellowshipped them so well, and I think they really felt welcomed. Rosa even signed up to feed us today! They have four boys, and are all awesome. The oldest- Alex, 11- said after church, "Well, I guess we'll see you next week." I love this family already, and hope that she chooses to get baptized, along with their 11 year old son.
 
I love you all. :)
-Elder Burnham