August/September 2007

Hey there. Its Elder Osterloh here. I'm writing you an email right now. Right now I am teaching two grandkids of a recent convert. Their names are Carmelo and Christian. They are 12 and 11 years old, respectively. Basically they are golden. They have been coming to church for about 5 months now, but we just barely were able to get their mothers permission. We have been really focused on them. Things are going really well. My companion and I are striving to work the best that we can. I'm learning new and great things everyday. Its amazing what a little study time in the morning can do for you. This week I have been studying a lot about hope. What I have learned, Hope is the anchor to our souls. Hope comes before faith and drives our faith. For example, we have the hope that through Christ's atonement we can become heirs to the kingdom of God. This hope drives us to repent so that this hope becomes a reality.


Im doing well. In case you were wondering. Transfers are around the 20th so in a couple weeks. We are finding some more people to teach, and I'm hoping that they will be able to progress, because our branch really could use some more solid members.We had a stake activity that we were allowed to go to yesterday. It was way fun. I played baseball in my shirt and tie. I would have gone in different clothes but we didnt know there would be baseball. I stayed clean, but my companion did a couple slides. Im not quite sure if hes going to be able to get them clean. hehe.Thats whats going on in my world.Love Elder Osterloh

Ya, um this last week was really slow in finding new investigators. We only found one, and we had one investigator come to church. She is really cool, her name is Lizandra. She brought her 7 year old son, Onix, and he loved the primary. Transfer calls are next Sunday. I'm pretty sure they will be moving me. We will see.

Anyway maybe right now you are getting pretty upset that I still haven't told you whether I am staying in arroyo or leaving for different horizons. Well i am leaving. Im going up towards san juan to an area called canovanas. I have also been asked to be a trainer. so there will be a new missionary with me. We'll see how that goes. PS mission office adress is PRSJ East mission; urb jardines de caparra; 500 calle marginal norte; bayamon, PR 00959. send things there(letters/packages)So how is everything going at home? Is Max still behaving? Whenever i see a black cat around here i always think about max. And there are a lot of black cats.