Mission Week 47, Yopal Week 12, "Transferring to the City of Sogamoso as a new Zone Leader"

This was a really fast week. Had to be the fastest week of my mission! The days just started flying. Everyone in Yopal got excited to see some changes ready to take place with companionships. We received the transfer call today from our Zone-Leaders. I have been called as the new Zone-Leader (LZ2) in Sogamoso. I will be heading out there tomorrow. I'm so pumped!

This week Elder Ramos and I went to work focusing more on teaching with the spirit and slowing things down a bit. Each week we've worked super hard to find new investigators, but then we failed to follow up with quite a few. I can see the importance of "Following up" as a missionary. Following up with contacts, new investigators, compromises, etc... If you don't keep things organized it makes life really difficult haha.

One of the eternal investigators that we have been teaching (Nidia), has finally made the decision to be baptized. The reason she never was able to is because she was married to a man the she doesn't like anymore, and they have been split up for many years now. They just have never gotten divorced. She has never had the time to get around to it since she's got here own sewing business. This Christmas she's going to make a trip down to where here Ex-Husband lives and they will finalize all of the paperwork. She really wants to be married to Isnardo. He's the man that she's been living with up until now. They really love each other. I'm sad I won't be able to see them get baptized! But happy at the same time to see them take this step in their lives.

Yopal has been a great area to work in for the past three months. The people here are all so friendly and many people have the desire to learn and grow. I'm really going to miss it here!

Questions asked to Elder Horton...
1) How many members in your ward/branch? There are about 950 members in our Branch (about 250 are active)
2) What is the church building like? The church building is like a normal chapel. The only difference is that everything is gated down. There's a huge gate that goes along the perimeter of the church building. The windows and doors are also pretty heavy duty. It's locked down real well. Every chapel also has it's own soccer field.
3) How is the food? What is the best food you've eaten? The food is rice, chicken, and beans. The best food I've eaten is something called the Bandeja Paisa (Look it up in the Internet ITS AMAZING!)
4) What do you usually do on P-day? On P-day we usually play soccer on the field that's in the chapel.
5) Are you sleeping well? I'm sleeping well We go to sleep everyday at 10:30

Love you all hope your week is filled with blessings!

Elder Horton

Impressions of Yopal
1. Don't try to grab an iguanas tail, iguanas attack you with their tail. They try to whip you to death.

I learned how to make my own tie this week. I'm not too bad at sewing!