A lot of Exchanges March 25

Dear Family and Friends,

This past week has been an amazing week here in San Jose! We went on three exchanges with different areas and had our correlation meeting with the stake president and president Martino. You could say it was a little busy.

Our exchanges this past week were very needed and were helpful to all included. For a couple of weeks Elder Adao and I felt like we needed to go on exchanges with a couple of Elders in our district and we found out why. It turned out that they had stopped doing companionship study, planning and had lost excitement for the work. Because of these things all aspects of their work had been effected. On our exchanges we tried to teach by example and commited them to be obedient. Since our exchanges there have been big improvements in their work. They are happier, are working harder and are working better as a companionship. I know that this will have a huge effect on the success of their area.

This past week we have seen some great successes. Last week we started teaching Brother Rigor. He is the father of a member of our bishopic who is young returned missionary. His father hasn't been interested in the church for 10 years but after talking with him last week he opened up to us and we have been teaching him since. It turns out he is really searching for the truth. Last night we taught one of the most powerful lessons of my mission about the Book of Mormon. The spirit directed us as the missionary, Brother Rigor and Brother Faust. I taught the Book of Mormon in a way I had never taught it before. This was because of the spirit. Elder Adao said the same thing after the lesson. The best part of the lesson however has Brother Faust's testimony to his father. It was so powerful because of the love that was involved. He addressed his father as "daddy" (which is fairly common here) during his testimony and the you could just feel the love they have for each other. It was just an intense spiritual experience. Brother Rigor firmly commited to read the Book of Mormon and pray to know of it's truthfulness. He hasn't accepted a baptismal date yet but we are hoping for the first week of May.

Next week is transfers and I can hardly believe how fast this transfer is going. I am loving it here in san Jose! The zone is doing great and so are all of our investigators I am getting better at cooking and am now using a lot of coconut milk in cooking. It's pretty tasty to say the least. My love handles are still there as well. They just thrive off of the rice but that's life. I read alma 37 this morning and I have to say that it is one of my favorite chapters in the Book of Mormon, especially if you put your name it!

I love you all. This is the true Church. This is God's work and I see his had in it everyday.
I sure love being a missionary!

mahal ko kayo

nagmamahal

Elder Leishman