Finally!

This week is Kelly's Birthday, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!  How could I forget?  Kelly should repent for not having full faith in me :P So this week started out as a continuation of last week.  We had very little success with lots of hours of knocking.  We were putting a lot of pressure on ourselves to do good, but we were having so much trouble finding anyone to talk to that we were getting frustrated with ourselves.  After a full week of not getting into a single new home, we Finally started finding people on Thursday.  We had an appointment up like 3 Keys, so we designated that day to be the day that we would go and work in the slightly higher keys.  We were able to get into one new home, and we also were able to talk to a man we had met the last week.  He is super cool.  This time we were able to give him a Book of Mormon and were able to talk for a short while about it.  After a short spiritual discussion he asked us about what we do and whatnot.  We told him we knocked doors all day, we werent paid, we love this gospel basically.  He said since we put so much effort into what we do, he would put some effort into reading and praying.  He is a really funny guy, and we are really excited for him in the future.  We know he will have his prayers answered.  Friday we went down to some areas we hadnt knocked in Key West.  It was slim pickings again, but we were able to get a return appointment with this one lady.  We came back the next day and we knocked first for a little bit, and we had some good success and will be meeting with some new people down there now.  We then went and knocked the ladies door, and she said that there wasnt any man (we told her the day before about the man rule).  I asked her what she could do so we could come in, maybe a neighbor or someone.  Her eyes opened wide and she went and asked a neighbor like 3 doors down if he would come and sit with us.  We were brief but felt the spirit pretty strong.  The man had to leave quickly so thats why we were quick, but she told us as we were leaving that God works in mysterious ways, and this time since we came back she knew that we had been sent there and she couldn't see us leave.  It was pretty cool.  Yesterday we were able to get 6 new investigators also.  One from a recent convert, and a family of 5 we met knocking.  It was really cool.  We were able to set the family with dates, so that was really cool.  We are so excited for the work going on down here.  I know the church is true and that the gospel is very important all our lives.  I know that Christ was born humbly, but lived divinely.  He taught us all the things we need, and he also suffered for us in our infirmities and our sins, our pains and our afflictions.  I know he loves us and that this special time of year we get to celebrate his birth.  I know I can't celebrate his birth and life better than telling people about him and inviting them to come unto him.  I love this work and am so grateful to be out here.  Thank you all so much for your love and support.  I love you all and want to you to remember the reason we celebrate Christmas.  I'm so grateful for all you do.

Elder Wesley Christopher Bowen

PS I got the two packages.  It was fun getting all them, cannot wait to open them.  So christmas will be 30-35 minutes of a call.  We can use skype. We were invited to 2 members house that day, one for lunch, the other for dinner and a lesson with some nonmembers.  We will ask them if we can use one of their computers for skype.  If not we will be on the phone.  Do you have a Skype account?  Elder Voges still in the Provo MTC?  I'm glad Elder Grant and Elder Carlson met.  It would be cool if they were companions, they would probably get along well.  Hopefully I'll hear from them soon.  I wrote Jack last week too. Thankyou so much for everything you do.  I hope you have a good week.  Love you all