October updates from Elder Brian

10-4-2011
Lunes:  So we went over to [an investigator] in the morning and they said that they weren’t going to be able to have the baptism on the 22nd, so they wanted to see if he could do it on the 15th!  We were so stoked!  We have SOOO much work to do before that, but we are putting our faith in God and letting him do the work.  We are really excited for it.  Then we had some crazy finding experiences where we literally found Israel, God’s chosen people.  It was sweet.

10-11-2011
We had a killer week!  We were really, really stoked.  This one should be really good as well, and so we are really excited for the baptism on Saturday.  We decided to put forth our faith, and we sacrificed some stuff!  No music, no mail, 20 min. lunches, and God pulled through!  (He usually does).

10-18-2011
Alright so for the big news:   I AM LEAVING!  Yep, you heard it, I am being transferred again.  I don’t know what it is with me, but this will be my 8th area!  Crazy, huh?!  Most missionaries have 4-5 areas, but me, nope, I get bounced around a lot.  Also, the other news with this is that I will be training!

Second big news:  [Our investigator] GOT BAPTIZED!!!!!  It was sooo awesome.  The service was very nice and very powerful.  Very emotional. I played a piano solo of this arrangement that I wrote of “This Is The Christ”.  It was a debut, and it is way good.  I like it a lot.  Afterwards, we went over to their house and we had a little party with the whole ward (it was big), and that was fun!

10-25-2011
So….I am in VISTA!!!! I am back in San Diego County.  My area covers 1/2 of Vista, a part of Oceanside and a sliver of San Marcos. My companion has been out for 6 weeks, but serving in English, and so now he will finish being trained in Spanish. We were whitewashed and so that has been an adventure just getting around and finding everything.  We have a part-time car (first time in a year), and so that has been fun, pulling out the bike again and riding around.  I am also the District Leader of the Vista Spanish district, and so I will finish off being a district leader.