Elder Matt Dial

January 16, 2012

Good afternoon family,

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This week has been kind of hectic. We have had a bunch of distractions and stuff this week, but the work goes on with or without us.....So on Tuesday, we got in a wreck. On the way to DDM (District Development Meeting) there was some traffic, and we were running on the late side so Elder Robertson was driving in a little hurry. We were merging on to another freeway and we hopped into the left lane. Behind us was a 2007 Mercedes Benz SLK going about 80 into Stop and Go traffic on the freeway. We were going about 40 so he flipped us off and slammed on his brakes. We continued in Bumper to bumper traffic for about five minutes then the chevy aveo in front of us slammed on their brakes. Rob was lookin in his rear view mirror, looked up hit his brakes hard and we almost hit her. Next thing we knew the Mercedes had run into the back of us.....Justice? I don't think he'll be flippin anyone off in the near future. All in all everyone was fine except for our bumper. Luckily his car was fine (I think) and we drove off and still got to DDM on time. So we turned in the car and got a loaner 2010 Chevy Malibu. Decent car...except the fact that it was given to us with the check engine light on....Elder Haygood the Fleet Coordinator, told us to go take it in to get it looked at. The Sears auto shop said it was still under warranty after looking at it in the shop for 4 hours. We took it in to the dealer and they said after having it all day that a rock had gotten into one of the systems and had to be replaced.....they couldn't get the part until today. We can't take the car in today. We're super busy today. So we have to take it in tomorrow and waste more time at the dealer. Ugh.

On a lighter note I had the opportunity to go on Exchanges with the ZL's and interview two of their investigators for baptism. Gloria and Maritza Cabada are super good. Gloria is 18 and has been waiting to be baptized for two years. The missionaries got in contact with her and her family two years ago, were progressing, and got “anti-ed”. Gloria saw through it all and kept meeting with the missionaries. Her parents wouldn't let her get baptized until she turned 18. MAritza, her sister, was walking by during a lesson about a month ago and said, "Guys, I feel like I'm missing something in my life and I think it’s God, do you mind if I listen?" Now they're both baptized and solid. Half the ward showed up to the baptism and it was basically SRO in that room. It was a nice time. Arturo told us last week that he's moving up to orange county.....bummer. We’ll send the referral there i guess. Nothing else has really happened. Thanks for the AWESOME package btw. It was great. I don't think i need groceries for another three months! You're all the best! Love you and miss you tons!

-Elder Dial

p.s. Also, next time you plan on sending out a package.......if you could deflate my bball....that would be the best. NO RUSH. Love you so much