June 17th, 2019

Well another fantastic week has gone by here in Hagerstown. Things are speeding up and the work just keeps going. Our English class went great. Its so weird teaching English haha but we had a great time. We have another class today and a lot of people should be coming. There are a ton of people that want to learn English. As for people we are teaching Hector is doing great! He is super excited for his baptism on Saturday. His moms work schedule got changed last minute so she could go too! Its going to be so awesome for the two of them to be there together. So we are working to prep him the next couple of days so he can go to the temple soon and keep progressing. Angel is doing awesome, he's been coming to church and helping us with our English class. He seems like he is already part of the group! So he is doing great! They both are pretty stoked to be members. 

We walked around in the city a little and it is crazy how many people really need help. We talked to this lady that was recovering from addiction and she was the nicest lady ever. She wants us to come back sometimes this week to help her get back into church. Then we talked to a guy sitting on the stairs vaping and he told us about his wife was dying from cancer and he was drinking the pain away. It was so sad! Then his friend comes out of his house yelling and throws a TV on the floor. He was going through relationship issues and his life was a mess. It was just crazy to see how many people in one block were going through some pretty crazy big things in their lives. 

We had Zone Conference this week too and it was such a blast./ It was so weird to see some of the missionaries I knew give their departing testimony. In like 5 weeks they wont be missionaries anymore. I remember coming in and they were kinda new to the field too, but now they are going home. It was whack. The whole Zone Conference was about the Atonement of Jesus Christ and we all learned a ton. It truly is the most important thing in the Gospel. Its the center of all gospel doctrine and the base of our faith. 

We had a lesson with Josimar and his cousins (the family that just moved from Honduras) so we thought that it would be a good idea to do a lesson with a soccer ball and a tire since they love soccer. It kinda turned out good but they all ended up fighting and one got hit in the head with  soccer ball. It was a mess but hey I think they learned a little about Jesus, I hope. They are going to be a focus family for sure in the coming weeks. 

I love and miss you all have a great week!!

Elder Price