He is contacting and teaching. My impession is that he is teaching many more people than he did in his previous area. Elder Bellomy seems to be upbeat, happy, and committed.
It is not to suggest that there isn't anything interesting going on, but he is certainly in a sort of focused zone. He loves his companion and teaching people.
Here are a few highlights from his last few letters:
The difference in his new area:
"We are doing lots of good finding. We normally find about 10 new investigators a week...compared to 2 a week in Sugar Land. It is a lot of fun meeting the people we meet."
Some highlights from the people he is teaching:
"The 4th of July was good and hot. We worked a regular day, we did get BBQ! The Sisters brought us some from a member. It was really good soul food. The highlight of the 4th of July however was a man we met on the bike path...He normally walks around with a pack of dogs so we don't talk to him because Elder Tufaga and dogs don't get along (He got bit 2 weeks ago), but he was with out his dogs so we started up a conversation. He wasn't interested, but he is a professionally trained opera singer and he sang us 2 songs. ha ha I was trying so hard not to laugh. One was from Handel's Messiah."
"There is a man ...I see so much potential in...He is about 40 or so, I think I told you about him...he didn't come to church, we saw him that day and he was drunk but I still can see and smell passed all of that. He will be baptized this month. He is way funny though, he is a martial artist...kind of...and he was showing us his moves...I was blow away, he actually knows martial arts. It made me laugh because I volunteered Elder Tufaga to spar with him and he was trying to egg Elder Tufaga on so he could show us his moves. ha Elder Tufaga was not happy with me! HA!"
"I think the spiritual highlight of the week [July 19] however, well, there were two. First one was actually not even our investigator but I baptized the sister's investigator on Saturday. His name is "W.W." and he is an amazing man. One of the most prepared investigators I have seen on my mission. His family is completely against it, especially his daughter whom he lives with, but regardless he knows it's true.
These are just a few of the stories that Eldrew is sharing of his teaching and contacting that we are comfortable sharing.
Pioneer Day in Houston:
(Mormonspeak note: Pioneer Day is a major state holiday in Utah. It is the holiday that celebrates the moment the Mormon pioneers entered the Salt Lake Valley.) "Wow, Pioneer day... I completely forgot about that holiday until the first talk at church. I thought to myself, "why is this person talking so much about the pioneers?" and then I realized and had to explain to our investigator next to me what a pioneer is and why the person was talking about it."
Talk assigned and accepted:
We were approached this week at Church to confirm Elder Bellomy's date for coming home. We were asked to arrange with Eldrew the date he will be speaking in Church. Elder Bellomy accepted and asked for an assigned topic to speak on. He also asked us not to remind him of the talk until two weeks before he comes home. He doesn't want us to discuss coming home because he wants to stay focused on his mission.
Transfers...not.
Elder Bellomy finished his July 25th letter with the following: "Transfer calls were today, I am staying in Sunnyside with Elder Tufaga. :)
Love ya'll!
Elder Bellomy"
And we love you too, Elder Bellomy
