Happy Thanksgiving!

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The following happened this week:
- On Thanksgiving me and other missionaries played football from 9am - 11am
- We had dinner at 12pm at the Shiner's house ( I ate a lot of food)
- Then we went to another dinner at 3pm with the Wright family ( I ate a lot of food again) -Then we went to the Averall's house for some dessert around 7pm and played some board games.
As you can tell I did a lot of eating on Thanksgiving day. I'm glad to hear that everyone else had a good Thanksgiving also.
-Yesterday we taught our investigators "K" and "E". "K" said she wants to learn more about the church. I have realized that sometimes people ask deep questions about the church but we just need to let them know that the basic principles are the most important right now. I think we will probably have a baptism soon.
So...that was pretty much my week. But before I go I wanted to ask some questions for you and grandma..... -Who were the missionaries who taught and baptized both of you? - This question is for the both of you, why did you both join the church? and what was it that the missionaries taught that peeked your interest?
Well I have to go but I hope all is well in New York. Have fun helping out those in New Jersey. Love,
Elder DeMarco

picture 1: I am sooooo full.
picture 2: It's a spider and bees next to my plate. one of the members we had thanksgiving dinner with is a bee farmer so he showed me some of his bees and gave me a gallon of honey. picture 3: I took this picture because this pie was really good and I wanted to show elder Blanchard and Elder Gagne the nasty food I have to deal with here in California haha. P.S.

Can I get Elder Gagne and Elder Blanchard's mailing address. It keeps changing and I'm never sure which one to write to haha.

Fantastic week!

Hello everyone!!! The last week has been fantastic! We found 2 more new investigators and we are now covering another area. The assistants called me last Friday and asked if me and Elder "L" could take over another area, I said sure. ( right now we have "Clovis 7th ward" and will be taking over "Clovis 3rd ward", today). I'm nervous because there is more work to be done and I've never done this before haha. Both wards start at 9am on Sunday so I'm trying to figure out the best way to go. I think we will probably change wards every other Sunday or go on splits. I'm also excited because we are going to be as busy as a bee, balancing both wards and getting to know the new members. I know that this transfer I'm going to have to stretch as a missionary spiritually (with more teaching to do) and physically ( with more biking to do). I'm excited to see what this new ward is like.

Today we just finished having Zone Meeting and decided that a goal for baptisms by the end of November will be 30. We have 12 baptismal dates so far and will be working to get more as a Zone throughout the week. I had a spiritual experience happen to me last night. An inactive woman recently came to church, she has a little kid and wants to get her life back on track. We had set up an appointment to go see her yesterday and so we did. Some members went with us and we re-taught her the 1st lesson. During the lesson I quoted Joseph Smiths 1st vision and you could see her feeling the spirit because she became a little emotional. I reminded her that she was feeling the spirit and the spirit speaks to us through our thoughts and feelings. She said she hasn't felt good in a long time and she wants to come back to church. We are going to see her later on in the week and continue to help her get back to church. It was neat for me to again recognize the power of teaching people the restoration, even if they heard the lesson before.

Well that was pretty much my week and I hope to hear from you soon.

Love,

Elder DeMarco