We're staying in Lufkin!

Date:	Mon, 19 Mar 2018 15:43:45 -0500
From:	Brett Hogg

Hola Fam!

Well we're staying!! Elder Nelson and I are here for good. Also the other Elders are staying! They just got an apartment in our same complex, it has a green carpet lol. Also the sisters up in Nacogdoches are getting their area split, and another set of sisters are taking over their English work. There's more people coming in than going home this transfer so a couple areas are getting split.

The work here is going well, we are finding some neat people. We have another baptismal date with a 9 year old, whose family we are helping reactivate. They are a neat family, except she's like the only person in the branch so far that's made homemade tortillas DE MAIZ. Their actually pretty good, even if their not harrina. 

Also, the other day, we were walking outside and this lady stopped us and asked if we could come talk to her son. Her son hasn't been leaving his room ever since they moved here after Harvey, because their house is ruined.

Well we go over there and they tell us that he's really depressed and stuff, because all his friends and everything were back in Houston. He comes out for a sec and we invite them to some stuff, really nice people. We even got a chance to talk about the Book of Mormon. We told them we would come check in with them on Sunday as well. Well Sunday night comes around and there is a torrential downpour! The complex seemed to be one big river, so we park by our apartment because it's nearly the end of the day, and run to their apartment with umbrellas. Well we're soaked up to our knees and my shoes are still soaking wet. Anyway they were very surprised when we knocked on their door! They let us in and offered us hot coffee, we instead on only coming directly in the door (as to not destroy their carpet), and not drinking their coffee. We kind of chatted for a short bit and on our way out we asked if they bad a chance to read the BOM, she said yes! She asked about how to pronounce Nefi haha anyway just a neat little miracle. 

Other than that, not much new! I am learning how I don't actually know spanish? I know how to speak Spanish, like I talk and joke with Hispanics all day, but I don't really know the rules. I'm worried that I wont be able to really speak it anymore once the gift of tongue leaves me haha, so now I'm actually trying to study it more with Elder Nelson (who's knowledge of Spanish rules surpasses mine lol, but he's still earning how to listen to Spanish if that makes sense, and be able to speak it without translating first in his head, but it just takes listening and speaking and you pick it up pretty easy on the mission).

Anyway, love y'all!

Elder Hogg