Week 24 ( In the passenger seat...)

Hello, hello!
Well, Happy Easter weekend! Mine was sure good! Saturday night we had two baptisms. It was great! Easter Sunday was nice too. Lately, we've been working on finding more people to teach. I have found that as a missionary, it is not a good feeling when you don't know who you're going to be able to teach or where to find them. These moments come in waves but they can be avoided if one stays diligent in finding. We have been trying so hard to make the most out of every person we are coming in contact with and it seems like it is starting to pay off again. It reminds me of the beginning of last transfer. We had appointments lining up for us. I'm hoping that we can make a lot out of these opportunities that the Lord has blessed us with. It is way more exciting to teach. There are a few weeks left in this transfer and there is a good chance that I will be moving on, so I hope to make a lot of good things happen out of these days that I have left.
On a lighter note, I was reminded of a funny experience that happened to us last transfer. It was when Elder Livingston was with us. We were walking back from a house and getting into the car when these two large pitbulls started running down the street at us. I made sure to get myself in the car in sufficient time, but Elder Livingston (who was sitting in the passenger seat that day) decided that it would be fun to pet them and say hi. Note: one of the two pitbulls was fairly overweight. As the two dogs get closer, he starts to say hi to them. Next thing we know, the smaller one jumps in the front seat and starts licking the life out of Elder Weller who is in the driver's seat. the other dog wanted to get in the car too, and he tried jumping in the footspace of the passenger seat but was too big. The bigger dog quickly realizes that he doesn't like where he is and tries to back out. Meanwhile, we are all sore with laughter and can barely do anything to deal with these crazed dogs. Finally, we get the smaller dog out of the front seat, and all the while, the overweight pitbull was still trying to back out. He was stuck! I felt so bad but I couldn't help but laugh cuz we were too weak to help him and we were not sure if he would bite. Finally, he got out and we got in and drove off. The dogs were not finished however. They continued to chase us down the street and around the corner where some teenager was getting the mail. We watched as they made him their next victim of love-licking. haha, it was so funny. It made our day.
I hope you are all doing well and trying to continue doing your best! This Church is true!

-Elder LaPorte =)