Well not much has happened this week.  We had our Zone Conference, made gingerbread houses and had a fun time.  It's been pretty cold this week, yesterday it was 4 degrees outside and we tracted in it!  It was exciting, people thought we were freakin' crazy, but were missionaries we're already crazy.

We found a new investigator to teach, he's from Philadelphia.  He's pretty funny, he ordered a Bible from Mormon.org.  So we dropped it by.

When we got there he thought we were the copys.  He was like, "I aint' done nothin, dun know nobody n haven't seen nothin' maann."  We told him who we were, then he was like, "Oh ya gods people, come  on in maaan."

We taught him lesson 1 (restoration) and he said, "Maaan anyone gots to be stupid to not believe Joseph Smith didn't have that vision."  I was like yeah pretty much...

Then he talked about how he was in jail for 4 years and how he was a Muslim there.  Then he left and started selling "dope on dat corna."  He said he would always see the missionaries while he was selling on the corner.  It was amazing to him that no one did anything to the missionaries and even watched out for them.

Then he talked about how there was no Santa Clause in the ghetto, he was like, "Maaan aint no santa come to my house, we aint got no chimney, if he comin through the window, dat foo getting shot!"  We just laughed and wrapped up the lesson.

It really helped me realize that us missionaries really are watched our for and protected.  I've had violent words, guns, drug and objects thrown in my face, but for some reason I'm not scared to stand it all in the face and bear my testimony.

Can't wait to talk with you this Thursday, Love you, your son.

Elder Holmes

PS Myself and the other 3 Elders sang this last Sunday, we sang "Angels we have heard on high."  Everyone said we did good!  So sweet.