January 19th, 2010 (Email)

Good afternoon!
This week we taught many people. Most of our investigators with baptismal dates don't anymore either because they're not really that interested, not keeping commitments, or can't be baptized at this time. One was so drunk when we visited him that he just about fell over. He mumbled a lot and smelled pretty bad. He's not keeping the Word of Wisdom or the Law of Chastity and we haven't seen any improvement so we had to stop visiting him. Two of our investigators are co-habitating and they have no intentions of moving out or getting married. We're still visiting them a little because the boyfriend comes to church and they're still way interested in learning. We'll see if they'll keep some of the other commandments. And an old hispanic man we've been teaching told us that he killed a man in Mexico and served 6 years in prison for it! We'd still have him be interviewed by President Sexton if he had a testimony and would come to church but he's not progressing very much.
We do have some great investigators too though. We're teaching a person named Johnathon who's about our age and he keeps most of his commitments. He's set to be baptized on the 31st. He needs to come to church first though. And we're also still working with Jasmine Lopez. We haven't been able to see her for a couple weeks because she's been going to her mom's place on and off and missing our appointments but we're set to visit her tomorrow.
It's been raining a lot for a few days now. It's not really "cold" or anything but it is pretty wet.
Elder Beverley and I are doing good. We went to the doctor today to have them test his blood for his diabetes check-up. He's progressing with his teaching. He's still pretty nervous but with time I suppose he'll get more confidant. I'm starting to notice that on my mission I've been blessed with the ability to talk with all sorts of people. My last two companions have been really nervous about talking with black people and shady gangster people but I don't seem to have any reservations. Most of them get along just fine with me.
Elder Harris and Elder Black are doing awesome. They're going to baptize a couple black ladies over the next couple weeks!
Elder Beverley and I found an amazing taco place last week called Don Chente. They make their own tortillas there and they serve legit mexican food (not american-mexican. There's a huge difference.) I don't know if I've told you this but fish tacos have become one of my favorite foods. I've learned to like seafood on my mission. I still don't really like octopus but I like shrimp and normal fish. But fish tacos, when made right, are where it's at.
All 3 of the Lord of the Rings movies Dad?! Wow! Glad to hear you're both feeling better. And I'd like to learn more about what the world would be like without the moon. That's actually pretty creative.
Gracias y les amo mucho!
Love,
Elder Tyler Lewis