Hey everybody!

Hey guys. another week went by here in Las Cruces. We had our zone training this week. In our mission we've started setting baptism dates on the first lesson. A mission in Ohio or somewhere started doing it and doubled almost tripled their baptisms! It's going to separate the wheat from the tares and help people progress. There have been some great experiences around the mission so far and we're hoping to see some great things happen here as well. Tell Nate to get ready because they'll probably be doing it in his mission as well.

Zone training is also when we hear the departing testimonies of all the missionaries. One of the Assistants and one of our zone leaders is going home this transfer. It's sad to see them leave because they're great missionaries. It's also crazy to think that I've been out here for 6 months already. Time is flying by and i have a feeling that Feb. 2011 is going to come faster than i want.

Things in the area are moving kind of slowly right now. We' haven't really been able to set a date on the first lesson like we've been trained. The only new investigators we've found since zone training said no to setting a date but we're glad that they are still excited to be moving forward.

Israel, one of the new investigators said that he felt like he was on the right path when he prayed. We're excited to find more people to teach and to set more dates to see more people baptized.

Hope you all are enjoying your summer, it's definetly summer here! Talk to you all later.

Elder Andrew Harris