March 21, 2011

Hey family!

We had a pretty good week this week! Up until right now we have had 19

baptizms in the zone! We have 15 more for the 26th we could finish the

month with 34 baptizms! It will be such a huge miracle! Please pray

for the people in the zone, the mission and the world. It's not an easy

thing to be baptized. I have been reflecting a little bit about all of

this. For someone to be baptized they have to usually change many, many

aspects of their lives. It's not an easy thing to do. I'm so proud of

them when they make the choice to leave "babylon" behind and go

forward with faith in Christ, knowing that He will help them with

everything. I find myself awe-inspired at their faith.

This week is the last week that my companion has in the mission. We

are working really hard right now. We have had kinda a rough time

because lots of our investigators have kinda fallen off the edge. Some

have lost their interest or just aren't willing to do what they need

to. BUT! We have found some awesome families! Yesterday I had a

powerful experience. We walked passed a house after our dinner

appointment and through the window I saw a family sitting and talking

together. I'm not sure what it was that I felt, but I needed to talk to

them. I'm sorry to say that I was slow in my response to the prompting. We

walked by the house and got to the corner. We waited for about thirty

seconds for a moto to pick us up. Standing there I felt like someone

had punched me in the gut. I told Elder Campos "tenemos que ir por

allí" "we have to go over there". He followed me back to the house. I

knocked on the door and a woman that to me didn't look super happy came

to the window. We said that we were missionaries and we had a pleasant

conversation with her for a minute or two, then her brother came to

the door as well. We talked to them and her brother shared a lot of

problems that he is going through. He is separated from his wife and

now his son lives with her really far away. He only gets to see him on

Sundays when he takes him to an evangelical church. They were really

nice to us and eager to hear what we have to say. I'm glad that I

listened to the spirit and knocked on that door.

Thanks everyone for your B-day emails! Thanks to Hermano Pollary for

the letters from the youth. The one that told me Zach spilled my

hospital story was pretty funny. I was laughing pretty good. Thanks

for all your support and prayers! I hope that you are all doing

excellent.

Love elder B

Mom,

Still didn't get my package but it should be coming soon. I did get

some jerky from grandma dot though. The best! Tell B happy Bday from
me! Love you tons mom!