# 9‏

Well hello everyone!  First off it is great to hear that everything back home is going nice and smoothly.  It is also nice to see the House repainted!  It looks super nice and connor and carson make two really good old timers!  REally though it is always nice hearing from everyone back home.  So this week was an interesting one i must say.  We had some cool success and saw a lot of really cool things however, we met two really interesting people.  We'll talk about that later. But on a fun note i am the lowest weight that i have been since Senior year.  I am at 196lbs right now!  I've shredded weight here in Evry!  I have just eaten a ton of fruits and veggies Carbs if any early in the day and LOTS of protein throughout the day not eating much if at all after 5!  So it is cool.  My goal is Between 180 and 190 so we'll see how that goes.  And another fun thing yesterday there was a group of 25 spaniards who came to the Chapel.  They were members of the church in the South of Spain but in anycase i was able to speak with them and communicate totally in Spanish!  How tight?!  And now i am going to try to learn a little bit in Japonese!  Haha a member wants to teach me!  So i said YEAH!  Ummmmm other random things before i tell you the funny people we met.....I don't think so if i remember i'll write it later.  

So anyway this week we met a man who was part of a secret magic society cult of which i won't say.  BUT HE was one of the head men in it, he said he got to the point where with enough initiation and time and other disclosed practices he became "Master."  He watched the Joseph Smith prophet of the Resoration video on youtube and got really interested to learn more and so we are now currently teaching him.  We will see what happens but he was interesting.  He was Really nice and super funny, total normal guy too.  He studied to be a pastor, saw the flaws in the bible, turned to other churches, didn't find what he wanted so he turned to the world of sorcery and stuff.  He is a nice guy and got out of that stuff but i still feel he is holding onto a lot of the things he learned out of obligation.  So voilà.  

Next man we met.  He came to our rendez-vous and the minute he came in we felt something.....different but continued anyway.  He came to us and told us that he wanted to really better his spiritual life and he said that more than anything he wants to find out who he really is.  After a little bit of talking he came out and told us that he believes that he is the "Second son of man."  Yes you got that right.  He told us that he was basically the new Jesus on the earth.  He didn't claim to be "THE Son of God" but he did say that at his birth he was born with a glowing light around him and that he disconected himself from the ambilical chord of his mother in the womb before he was born.  Apparently also Japanese doctors delivered him......don't know why that is relivant.  I don't think i have ever been so direct, bold, and crushing as i was at that moment.  The poor guy.  We asked if he was scitsophrenic (if that is how you spell it), if he did hard drugs and all that stuff, because he told us he did hear things in his head all the time.  I wasn't rude but i definately wanted to know how he found this to be true and he just said that he had meditated on it and that was all.  I then proceded to site scripture after scripture and he said well yeah but i don't believe that.  I said to him that he could not at all make such a claim if he didn't even know the scriptures, what they are, what they represent, and who they come from.  We told him that he could be believe what he wanted but not to say another word about it until he had read the scriptures.  So voilà.  Our second interesting man.  He takes the trophy for most interesting person i have ever taught.

So yeah there you go.  That was our interesting people report for the week.  The week itself was long and trunky i must say but at the same time we worked hard and still found 5 new investigators and taught more than last week.  So we are making some really good progress!  But yeah that is about it! still am working on getting that package!  They never even came even after i coordinated with them!  so i will give them a piece of my mind!  It's to bad dad can't call HAHA!  Anyway i love you all so much!  This week Elder Texeira of the 70 will be coming and so i will have cool things for you next week.  I love you all so much!

Elder Hoopes

Lady Bug Riding!  It's the mascot of the department. HAHA

Me and Elder Collett