April 2, 2012- One Day Before Elder Cody Tuma turns 20 years old.Well this week has been a great and interesting event filled week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Elder Nunez serving in the Spanish branch got a new missionary this week so we have another missionary in the district which is a lot of fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tuesday was a great day!!!!!!!!!!!!! We got to do some tracting and then we had two dinners which was definitely filling!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then at night time we stopped by some referrals and went tracting in an apartment complex which was really great!!!!!!!!!!!!! We got to hand out a book of mormon to this one guy who seemed really interested!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are going to try and stop by again this week!!!!!!!!!! Wednesday was an interesting day!!!!!!!!!!! We had diestrict meeting in the morning, it was my first time conducting a district meeting!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope it went well!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then during district meeting we found out that we are getting a car for a little bit!!!!!!!!!!!!! The sunbeck elders have a car but Elder Nunez's papers from the DMV never got sent in so he cant drive until they get sent in!!!!!!!!!!!! So we are getting the car until the papers get sent in!!!!!!!!!!! It was great to hear that we get a car for a little bit especially since the weather is warming up!!!!!!!!!! We still go on our bikes sometimes because after being in the car for a day i kind of missed riding on a bike!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On thursday we got to have a really good day!!!!!!!!!!!! We planned in the morning and then in the afternoon we had an appointment with Marcus!!!!!!!! He is doing great!!!!!!!!! We read Luke 22-24 with him!!!!!!!! I am so excited for easter!!!!!!!!!!! I love reading the New Testament!!!!!!!! It just makes me so grateful for the sacrament and for Jesus Christ!!!!!!!!! He really is our savior and its great to know that we are NEVER alone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then we got a call from the Dallas 1/Dallas 9 missionaries and they told me some great news!!!!!!!!!!!!! A couple weeks ago I gave them the Tiernans (my moms really good friend) address!!!!!!!!!! They live in Highland Park!!!!!!!!!!! They were going to stop by and see them on friday night but instead Mrs Tiernan ran into them on the street!!!!!!!!!!! She talked to them for a little bit and asked them if they knew me and she invited them over for dinner for tonight!!!!!!!!! I am so excited for them!!!!!!!!! They are going to have a lot of fun!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then that night we got to have dinner at the Malms and teach Sister Malm the plan of salvation!!!!!!!!!!! She is doing great and she is so excited for her baptism which is coming up!!!!!!!!!!!! I love the gospel and the Spirit!!!!!!!!!!!!! She said that the plan of salvation made sense to her and she knows that this is the true church!!!!!!!!! We even got a dutch book of mormon for her last week from Sister Penniston in the mission office and I was really excited to give it to her!!!!!!!!!! She really loved it!!!!!!!!!!! Then on friday we did some tracting in the morning and we ran into this guy who is not a member of the church anymore but he was really nice to us and he invited us inside and talked to us for a little bit!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then we had lunch with the Puentes family!!!!!!!!!! I love them!!!!!!!!!!! They just came to the Carrollton second ward from the sunbeck spanish branch so we are helping them adjust to the difference!!!!!!!!!!! Hermano Puentes is not a member and he invited us over for family home evening next monday to talk about Prophets which im really excited for!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On saturday we had general conference which was so mega awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I loved every minute of it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This conference was a great conference!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It really made me want to magnify my calling as a missionary even more!!!!!!!!!!! I love being a missionary!!!!!!!!!!!!! WORK WORK WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sunday session was great too!!!!!!!!! I dont have too much time to talk about it but im so excited for the ensign to come out so i can read all the talks again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then on sunday night we got to have a lesson with Gaby!!!!!!!!!! She is 18 years old!!!!!!!! She comes to church every sunday and she goes to seminary!!!!!!!!!!!!! She is good friends with the young women in the second ward!!!!!!!!!!!! We taught her the restoration last night and the spirit was most definitely there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so thankful for Joseph Smith and everything that he did for us!!!!!!!!!!! I love him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are meeting with Gaby again this week, Im excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She said she wants to get baptized once she knows the church is true!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That was our week!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so grateful to be a representative of Jesus Christ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I get to see miracles everyday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well this week has been a great and interesting event filled week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Elder Nunez serving in the Spanish branch got a new missionary this week so we have another missionary in the district which is a lot of fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tuesday was a great day!!!!!!!!!!!!! We got to do some tracting and then we had two dinners which was definitely filling!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then at night time we stopped by some referrals and went tracting in an apartment complex which was really great!!!!!!!!!!!!! We got to hand out a book of mormon to this one guy who seemed really interested!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are going to try and stop by again this week!!!!!!!!!! Wednesday was an interesting day!!!!!!!!!!! We had diestrict meeting in the morning, it was my first time conducting a district meeting!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope it went well!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then during district meeting we found out that we are getting a car for a little bit!!!!!!!!!!!!! The sunbeck elders have a car but Elder Nunez's papers from the DMV never got sent in so he cant drive until they get sent in!!!!!!!!!!!! So we are getting the car until the papers get sent in!!!!!!!!!!! It was great to hear that we get a car for a little bit especially since the weather is warming up!!!!!!!!!! We still go on our bikes sometimes because after being in the car for a day i kind of missed riding on a bike!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On thursday we got to have a really good day!!!!!!!!!!!! We planned in the morning and then in the afternoon we had an appointment with Marcus!!!!!!!! He is doing great!!!!!!!!! We read Luke 22-24 with him!!!!!!!! I am so excited for easter!!!!!!!!!!! I love reading the New Testament!!!!!!!! It just makes me so grateful for the sacrament and for Jesus Christ!!!!!!!!! He really is our savior and its great to know that we are NEVER alone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then we got a call from the Dallas 1/Dallas 9 missionaries and they told me some great news!!!!!!!!!!!!! A couple weeks ago I gave them the Tiernans (my moms really good friend) address!!!!!!!!!! They live in Highland Park!!!!!!!!!!! They were going to stop by and see them on friday night but instead Mrs Tiernan ran into them on the street!!!!!!!!!!! She talked to them for a little bit and asked them if they knew me and she invited them over for dinner for tonight!!!!!!!!! I am so excited for them!!!!!!!!! They are going to have a lot of fun!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then that night we got to have dinner at the Malms and teach Sister Malm the plan of salvation!!!!!!!!!!! She is doing great and she is so excited for her baptism which is coming up!!!!!!!!!!!! I love the gospel and the Spirit!!!!!!!!!!!!! She said that the plan of salvation made sense to her and she knows that this is the true church!!!!!!!!! We even got a dutch book of mormon for her last week from Sister Penniston in the mission office and I was really excited to give it to her!!!!!!!!!! She really loved it!!!!!!!!!!! Then on friday we did some tracting in the morning and we ran into this guy who is not a member of the church anymore but he was really nice to us and he invited us inside and talked to us for a little bit!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then we had lunch with the Puentes family!!!!!!!!!! I love them!!!!!!!!!!! They just came to the Carrollton second ward from the sunbeck spanish branch so we are helping them adjust to the difference!!!!!!!!!!! Hermano Puentes is not a member and he invited us over for family home evening next monday to talk about Prophets which im really excited for!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On saturday we had general conference which was so mega awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I loved every minute of it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This conference was a great conference!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It really made me want to magnify my calling as a missionary even more!!!!!!!!!!! I love being a missionary!!!!!!!!!!!!! WORK WORK WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sunday session was great too!!!!!!!!! I dont have too much time to talk about it but im so excited for the ensign to come out so i can read all the talks again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then on sunday night we got to have a lesson with Gaby!!!!!!!!!! She is 18 years old!!!!!!!! She comes to church every sunday and she goes to seminary!!!!!!!!!!!!! She is good friends with the young women in the second ward!!!!!!!!!!!! We taught her the restoration last night and the spirit was most definitely there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so thankful for Joseph Smith and everything that he did for us!!!!!!!!!!! I love him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are meeting with Gaby again this week, Im excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She said she wants to get baptized once she knows the church is true!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That was our week!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so grateful to be a representative of Jesus Christ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I get to see miracles everyday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well this week has been a great and interesting event filled
week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Elder Nunez serving in the Spanish
branch got a new missionary this week so we have another missionary in
the district which is a lot of fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tuesday was a
great day!!!!!!!!!!!!! We got to do some tracting and then we had two
dinners which was definitely filling!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then at night time
we stopped by some referrals and went tracting in an apartment complex
which was really great!!!!!!!!!!!!! We got to hand out a book of
mormon to this one guy who seemed really interested!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We
are going to try and stop by again this week!!!!!!!!!! Wednesday was
an interesting day!!!!!!!!!!! We had diestrict meeting in the morning,
it was my first time conducting a district meeting!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope
it went well!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then during district meeting we found out
that we are getting a car for a little bit!!!!!!!!!!!!! The sunbeck
elders have a car but Elder Nunez's papers from the DMV never got sent
in so he cant drive until they get sent in!!!!!!!!!!!! So we are
getting the car until the papers get sent in!!!!!!!!!!! It was great
to hear that we get a car for a little bit especially since the
weather is warming up!!!!!!!!!! We still go on our bikes sometimes
because after being in the car for a day i kind of missed riding on a
bike!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On thursday we got to have a really good
day!!!!!!!!!!!! We planned in the morning and then in the afternoon we
had an appointment with Marcus!!!!!!!! He is doing great!!!!!!!!! We
read Luke 22-24 with him!!!!!!!! I am so excited for easter!!!!!!!!!!!
I love reading the New Testament!!!!!!!! It just makes me so grateful
for the sacrament and for Jesus Christ!!!!!!!!! He really is our
savior and its great to know that we are NEVER alone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Then we got a call from the Dallas 1/Dallas 9 missionaries and they
told me some great news!!!!!!!!!!!!! A couple weeks ago I gave them
the Tiernans (my moms really good friend) address!!!!!!!!!! They live
in Highland Park!!!!!!!!!!! They were going to stop by and see them on
friday night but instead Mrs Tiernan ran into them on the
street!!!!!!!!!!! She talked to them for a little bit and asked them
if they knew me and she invited them over for dinner for
tonight!!!!!!!!! I am so excited for them!!!!!!!!! They are going to
have a lot of fun!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then that night we got to have dinner
at the Malms and teach Sister Malm the plan of salvation!!!!!!!!!!!
She is doing great and she is so excited for her baptism which is
coming up!!!!!!!!!!!! I love the gospel and the Spirit!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She said that the plan of salvation made sense to her and she knows
that this is the true church!!!!!!!!! We even got a dutch book of
mormon for her last week from Sister Penniston in the mission office
and I was really excited to give it to her!!!!!!!!!! She really loved
it!!!!!!!!!!! Then on friday we did some tracting in the morning and
we ran into this guy who is not a member of the church anymore but he
was really nice to us and he invited us inside and talked to us for a
little bit!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then we had lunch with the Puentes
family!!!!!!!!!! I love them!!!!!!!!!!! They just came to the
Carrollton second ward from the sunbeck spanish branch so we are
helping them adjust to the difference!!!!!!!!!!! Hermano Puentes is
not a member and he invited us over for family home evening next
monday to talk about Prophets which im really excited
for!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On saturday we had general conference which
was so mega awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I loved every minute of
it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This conference was a great
conference!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It really made me want to magnify my calling
as a missionary even more!!!!!!!!!!! I love being a
missionary!!!!!!!!!!!!! WORK WORK
WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sunday session was great
too!!!!!!!!! I dont have too much time to talk about it but im so
excited for the ensign to come out so i can read all the talks
again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then on sunday night we got to
have a lesson with Gaby!!!!!!!!!! She is 18 years old!!!!!!!! She
comes to church every sunday and she goes to seminary!!!!!!!!!!!!! She
is good friends with the young women in the second ward!!!!!!!!!!!! We
taught her the restoration last night and the spirit was most
definitely there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so thankful for Joseph Smith and
everything that he did for us!!!!!!!!!!! I love
him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are meeting with Gaby again this week, Im
excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She said she wants to get baptized once she
knows the church is true!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That was our week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so grateful to be a representative
of Jesus Christ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I get to see miracles
everyday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!