Mormon Tabernacle Choir Concert

Hey there everyone!

So this past week went very good and I'm doing awesome and still having fun! So we just returned from the Chicago temple! it was so beautiful and the rock work they did on that temple is awesome! i love the color of the temple. Its defiantly a small temple but it was good! 

So this past week we got a new investigator. His name is Felipe and he is awesome! He is having problems with his marriage so he heard about us and called us to meet with us. We have taught him twice and he is such a solid investigator.

Next is Jose Hernandez. The picture of him i will send is funny and shows how short he actually is ha. He is really short but has a huge testimony. We teach him every week at least two times and some days he will call and say Hermano Banta, Hermano Adams are you coming to teach me today? Hes so awesome and funny. We asked him to be baptized and he said yes but just not yet. planning for July!!

Next is our investigator Leo. He is only about 35 years old and reminds me so much of uncle Adam. I don't really know why but he just does! hes been taking the lessons from us for the last three weeks and he loves when we come and teach him. his wife likes us too but says she ius not changing from being a catholic. We Will get her ;). They have five kids and there all very young so we hoping to eventually baptize the entire family. There all so awesome and also have him on date for baptism for July. 

So the weather here has been so crazy. One day is hotter then hot and the next day its cold and raining and storming like crazy. We had two tornadoes touch down in our area and it was crazy. The tornado sirens were going off all week long and it was just a neat experience. Sad and scary but neat! I cannot remember which day but it got so bad we couldn't even work so we had to go home and just do stuff there.

On Friday we had our very first well my very first Zone conference. It was awesome and all the talks went good. I was asked to say the closing prayer and was nervous but did it without a st udder. President fenn is so awesome and his scene of humor is so funny. For all of you who know the story you will understand the following thing president Fenn said. We started zone conference and he got us and was sweating very bad. He took off his coat and was like holy cow!!! its so hot in here the neshak, shadrack, and abendego would probably die in here! ha hes just so funny and loves to keep us on our toes!

So Saturday night it was about 2 in the afternoon actually and the gastelum family called. The parents were going to the Mormon tabernacle choir that night. They had extra tickets so elder Addams and myself got to go and ride with them. They picked us up and they had a 100 thousand dollar BMW M3. It was so nice and Hermano gastelum like to drive scary fast. I wont say how fast we were going on the interstate cause i don't want to scare my mom hah! So the concert was so good and come to find out that my junior year seminary teacher was singing in the choir. Shes very young and her name is Sister Butikofer. I waved to her at the end and yelled hey you taught me in seminary and it was just funny ha. It was good and we didn't get home until about midnight but don't worry we had permission from our mission president 6to be out late for it.   

Well that's about it for this week and hope everyone and everything at home is going good! i miss you all and can't wait to see all you again. I was thinking of how old some people will be when i return and i just started laughing. Anyways well i love you all and please keep in touch. Sorry if i have missed anyone's emails but we have been really busy and i will get caught us next week. Love you all and will talk to you all soon. 

Elder Banta