motor city

hey family,

yesterday the library was closed for mlk day, but we actually wouldn't have been able to email anyways because we were down in detroit all day for the auto show. we went last year too, it's in downtown detroit at cobo hall, and it's a pretty big event. the major car companies put together presentations and displays to show off their cool new models and technology. don't worry i stopped to check out the infinities and they're as cool as ever. we're driving a ford fusion in this area and it's pretty nice, but the new 2013 model they had on display made ours look like a flinstone-mobile. and there was car technology they were showing off that was pretty insane. they were showing off cars that can monitor the driver's health, so if the driver has a heart attack the car will automatically drive itself to a hospital, and they can also shut off your house lights and lock the house's doors and windows as you drive away if you forget to lock up and shut down yourself. it's hard to beat the taco though.

as far as the week goes, it's had its ups and downs lately. i'm loving it all, but some people we're working with have been struggling. opposition is as real as anything else the gospel teaches us about. we are working with some sweet people too though. we're planning on a baptism this weekend for a guy named wayne. he's been a blessing for us, we walk out of every appointment smiling, he's the man. i'll tell you more about him next week. but we're working on building back up the teaching pool starting today. there are some elect people out there waiting for their door to be knocked on.

i had another exchange down in detroit this past week. it was in one of the spanish elders' areas. it was pretty neat, we were in a part of detroit called mexicantown. it's a spanish community. we had some lessons in all spanish so i sort of sat back and enjoyed the ride for those. there was a really neat experience though, there was a guy we had a lesson with who had become converted to the book of mormon. they met with him a few days earlier and went over the restoration and introduced the book of mormon, when he and i went back this time he was already in 2 nephi 19 and couldn't stop talking about how much he loved the book. the spirit was really strong too. i understood parts of what he was saying (it's been a while since spanish 4), but when i didn't understand what he was saying i could feel what the guy was feeling. it's hard to describe. it was the language of the spirit. elder davis invited him to be bapitzed in february and the guy said "i've been baptized catholic but if God is telling me to be baptized in this restored church then i will". our minds were blown. there's power in the book of mormon, it was written for people today, and those who are listening can recognize God's voice in it. we also got chased by a dog that day on our bikes. got away.

well i gotta go, people out there are waiting to be baptized. have a good week, love you

elder lamb