Texting is Back!

Yay!! Our mission was finally re-approved for texting for zone leaders, assistants and University wards. I've been trying to text everyday since our mission president told us. He doesn't know when we have it again but he's just waiting for the "switch to be flipped." It's on our new phone plan but we are just waiting in anticipation. We had it last year but obviously I wasn't a zone leader so therefore I never got to enjoy the benefits. We had an interesting zone leader council about some of the disobedience that went on last transfer but come to find out our mission is 90% diligent and obedient. We just have a small fraction or handful of missionaries who are not the most obedient.

Our mission is still improving and doing better. We had an awesome day yesterday. We had two non-members who just showed up at church who we are now teaching. We are going to have 3 people on-date for baptism by the end of this week. I prayed and fasted for this goal and I feel really comforted by it. My new zone leader companion is doing great! It's a lot different than training a new missionary. It's really just making a few adjustments here and there and handling sticky situations. He's great though. Our third companion, to say the least, doesn't really have the same opinion as us. Fun times, fun times.

The weather here is starting to get bitter cold. Not horrible but cold and it sure is raining a lot more. Most days start out rainy and then we'll have a hour break of sun and then it just leaves and the rain comes back. Because of daylight savings time it's pretty dark by 5:00 P.M. When December 15th - January 15th comes the sun is completely gone by 4:00. It's so werid. It's a lot darker here in the winter compared to Utah, however, its not as cold so I can't complain too much. As far as news that happened this week it wasn't too eventful. I hope all is well at home. Be safe and stay strong!

Love,

Elder Bottema