My computer doesn't have a thing for a pen drive so next week I will try to get a better one so I can send some pictures.   I also can't find the thing to plug in the camera and it also depend on the time I have on the computer. You asked me about the other elder and had heart problems and that I stayed up all night with.  He will leave tomorrow. The last two days of your mission, the Monday you can see your investigators and then Tuesday you go to Santiago and go to the temple and then and go on the plane.  So that is tomorrow,  So he did make it with out dying.  I had him that night because it was changes with the District Leader that day.

O.K. I have more questions for you.  One on fasting. Do you pay fast offering every time you fast or only at the first of the month? I have had two companions tell me you pay every time, but I thought it was only the first of the month. One more question, with the bible, do you know of like things in it to help me kinda weed out doubts? Like how many times Jesus is said in the Old Testament and stuff like that.

This week is transfers again. So that will be fun. Not really looking forward to that. That is way cool about Lance getting to have Russell M. Nelson come to his mission and talk. That is quite the thing. We are an hour and a half away and he didn't come to our mission, so Lance got pretty lucky. But the Lord knew Lance needed that, so that's good. This week was another hard one. When I came to the computer today, it was even harder. I saw a picture on the mission page of a family I was teaching in Los Vilos. They got baptized. That was cool.  The investigators I have honestly, I think we are going to have to start over and start form scratch. We found out a lot about our people this week and found out one investigator who we thought was progressing, has been lying to us for six weeks. I am so sick of getting lied to over and over by everyone, We taught the guy without a job and watched the Joseph Smith movie. The spirit was so strong and the next day he didn't show up to church. The stuff he says doesn't really make sense, so I don't know. Honestly, we just need to tell them its like this. You don't want to come to church, then we can't take more time with you. If you really want it, you know where to find it. We were talking to some members last night. The young couple are both return missionaries, and they helped us a lot. The thing is our mission doesn't really help us with some of the things we need help with. Like how to really drop an investigator, but do it in a way so the church will have a good name and stuff like that. I don't know really and a lot of the time you get told be obedient and the miracles will come. It's just tough when you are obedient and the other missionaries aren't and they are getting the baptisms and you are walking in the street all day. I just have to keep going. I guess I will see my the fruits of my labor when God wants me too I guess. Oh and I got the package. Thanks a ton. I put the stuff for Christmas aside, so I did save it. Thanks for everything. Have a good week.

Love,

Elder Gillies