March 7th...

Hello!
We had one of the coolest lessons of my mission this past week. A russian elder here knows American Sign language, so he contacted a deaf estonian on the bus. Well we ran into him as well and were able to get his number and meet up. So there was the Russian Elder signing in English, the estonian deaf man, my companion and I writing out a lesson to him in Estonian, and us translating it for the Elder back into English. I think that broke some language barrier record or something. It was truly amazing. He is from the Pentecostal church and there are about 30 deaf members. We are going to baptize them all! :) We also taught a guy on Saturday about the Restoration, and he loved it. He committed to be baptized right there for 3 weeks. But then the sadness. We were leaving and noticed that he started to smoke. He says he has been smoking for 40 years and can't quit. So we figured we would work with him, but on Sunday he was drunk and didn't turn up to church. Then he dropped us over the phone saying our commandments were to hard to follow. So that was hard. But maybe we made a difference in his life that when missionaries come a knocking he will be more open. We'll see. We also have been working with a less active guy named Renauld. He is 20. This past week he jaked us and didn't turn out to our lessons and Sunday he didn't answer the phone, but he showed up in a suit and tie and even bore his testimony. So we are really hoping he is ready to come back. Everyone remembered him and were really nice to him. It was good. We have also been playing some gator ball. Way fun sport. We have a blast. So everything is going really good here. We are finding and teaching and getting less actives back. Miracles are still happening. I love it. I love seeing how much Gods hand is in our work and how random things to me are really small miracles from him. We are very blessed as missionaries. The weather is a lot better. hanging around 0 degrees. Its a lot warmer and makes life easier. It is getting slippery though. Ah! I haven't fallen yet, but close. Well I got to go and work. Have a good week, and I will bring more stories for next.
Love
Elder Boyce