I hate trains. They´re stupidly slow. They remind me of me
when I had my driver´s permit, and Mom would tell me. ¨Speed up. I´m gonna get
out and push!¨
Anyways... FAMILIA! Hola! How´s it going? I don´t have a lot
of time, so I´m going to focus on my Family letter. I read all your letters
though, thanks, and I love you! This week was insane. (BY THE WAY! Next P-day
will be TUESDAY due to transfers.)
Alisia backtracked a little bit, but she accepted a
baptismal date for this next Sunday. For reals this time, I promise. She´s a
special daughter of God, and the whole ward knows her now, even if just as ¨the
lady who passed out in Sacrament Meeting that one time.¨ But they love her all
the same. :) Joel and Sofia were baptized this Sunday along with Alejandro, and
Gregoria from the other areas in Virreyes. Every area baptized this week! It
was really cool, although Satan turned the water off, and we had to fill the
font the old fashioned bucket-hose style. I got a little sick of the jokes from
the returned missionaries: ¨That´s how I had to do it in my mission.¨ But I was
grateful for how many members and investigators attended.
Joel had a rough week leading up to the baptism. He´s been
really excited to be baptized, because he thought that his ex-fiancé would see
the changes that he´s making in his life, and be able to fix his family
situation, but the day before his baptism- his birthday- they fought. Really
bad. He called my companion (I was on splits) sobbing, to tell him that he
wouldn´t get baptized the next day, The Spirit must have dropped a giant cane,
because 20 mintues later, he called back saying that he prayed and felt like he
had to get baptized. He was really humbled, but you could see the joy amidst
the heart-break. He assured us that he won´t let the Devil get him. Hahaha,
Joel is awesome. Pray for him though, because we feel like he´ll probably still
have a few more trials before his confirmation.
Like I said, the Assistants are in my district. They are
machines. I did quite a few splits with them to get all of the baptismal
interviews done. They were really spiritual experiences, and I was really
grateful to represent Jesus Christ in this great privlege. Elder Wade and Elder
Pereira are great examples of how to be leaders with great love. They told me
at the end of the mission that I was the kind of missionary who is ¨meek and
humble, but powerful, and makes his moves with confidence.¨ It was a huge
compliment, and I was impressed bytheir humility and power.
I love you all so much! I wish that I could tell you all of
the amazing things that happened this week, but being out here on the mission
has taught me more about the scripture John 21:25. There´s really no way to
adequately describe the miracles that occur in the work of salvation. But it´s
truely a miracle, and I´m eternally grateful for my call to serve. My our
Heavenly Father bless you all. ¡Hurra por Israel!
Pictures:
Joel and Sofía´s baptisms. I´ll have to send you a cooler
picture next week of all the people who were baptized together. ¡Aguante
Virreyes!
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