11/10/2014

this is getting ridiculous! haha the weeks are like days out here!!

this week went soooo great!!! until yesterday.....

well, i don't remember what day it was cause i was all the same, but we committed Hernan and Lina to be baptized!!! 13th of December!! that's in the next transfer, but I'm pretty sure i will be here until January. we also committed a lady named diana to be baptized on the 29th and shes pretty much ready. she was so happy to receive us and loved the lessons, she always talks about how much she wants to change her life, and she know that this is what shes been looking for. we also had some awesome lessons for preparing Maribel for her baptism. she told me she knows the book of mormon is true, and she loves when we help her understand what it all means and read with her. i just felt so much like miracles were starting to happen.....

then we got to church...... and not a single one of our investigators came. it was so frustrating. they all are progressing so well. and then this... 

so we and visited them after church. maribels boss made her work that morning... so we had to postpone her baptism a week. kinda stinks, but we just got more time to prepare her i guess. we aren't sure what happened to dianna..... but hernan got super sick i guess... so we went to there house with the other 2 missionaries and had a little party for elder bishops birthday.. so in the end all was okay i guess.... i just kinda was feeling bummed about maribel..

but as we were walking home last night, this really old friendly man who reminds me of joe lentz came up behind us and starting quoting scriptures about sharing the gospel with all the world. so we stopped and talked with him for a while and set up an appointment with him for this week... i love when things like that happen. there are people out there who are prepared to hear the gospel guys. but like dad said in his email, we gotta do our part to find em and have those experiences.

loving the mission guys. Spanish is coming along really well. my comp and i get along really well too so that's awesome. I've kinda lost track of time.. not sure how many weeks this is... but who cares :) haha... AUTUMN! i cant believe you have been in the coast for a whole transfer! jaja espero que todo este bien. y creo que tu eres la mejor. mantengas tu sonrisa :) no hay un razòn por a ser triste en la misiòn. te extraño mucho. oro para ti cada dia. sea feliz. te amo mi hermanita :)

i miss an love you all like crazy. don't change too much peoples. haha i know it'll happen but still.

just stay close to God. he always wants to hear from you, and help you. its the most amazing thing just to even have a knowledge that He is there :)

ELDER BIGELOW

ps. mom, i did meet elder toronto a few weeks ago, i just kept forgetting to tell you haha