13 June 2011

Family,

We had a pretty rough week in our area. We have been running around picking up the pieces after being gone. One of our investigators is  a white guy who is married to a Chuukese woman. He has a long white scraggly beard and a greasy blonde/gray comb over and a pot belly. He's kind of a hippy. Anyway, he met his wife here in Guam, and when they started dating, her brother would translate for them because she couldn't speak English (awkward). After they were married they went all over the United States and even lived in Mexico for a while. I forgot to mention that his wife and their 5 kids are all members, but they are. He's always been nice to the missionaries, but has never really been interested. About a month and a half ago he was driving (without a license) and ran out of gas, so he pulled into the center lane and parked. Just as he was about to get out and go across the street to get gas, a car clipped him from behind and a drunk driver smashed into him from the front. Long story short, the family of the driver of the car that hit him from the front pressed charges (someone in the car died), so he's been in and out of jail for the past month. The court is going to subpoena the driver of the other car to come to court (he went to the Philippines). Now Curtis, our investigator, is on house arrest until his trial, which is in the first week of July. He's come to church twice since this whole thing began, and is doing really well. In my experience, jail does wonders for some people.

We have several other people that are preparing for baptism as well. One is Chuukese and then there is also a couple that is from the outer islands of Yap. They're all doing really well, and I think it's just a matter of time before they get baptized - whether or not I'll be here for that, I'm not sure.

We have another Zone Leader Council coming up this week, as well as our first Stake Conference (at least that I know of). Plus, the usual flights that the missionaries come in on were already booked for some reason this time, so we're going to have missionaries coming in at random times this week, which is going to be a huge hassle.

Well that's all I have - sorry my letters are getting pretty lame.

I love you guys, and I'm glad everyone - besides Kandis and Pierce apparently - is doing well.

Love,

Elder Barlow