February 27, 1017

Setting Baptism Dates!

Here's english and spanish elders emailing!

MOMMA!!

Sounds like Utah was a party and a half! Glad you guys got to go and enjoy the temple up there! And holy cow Mason's hair is so flipping long!! haha thats awesome! The weather here is pretty good it rains every now and then but never too terrible, its still sweater weather, but I think its warming up a little bit!

So, the people that we are working with right now are Celeste, Esperanza and Fam, and Alex. Celeste is on date for baptism this upcoming sunday and is doing awesome, she is from Guatemala and came here when she was like 12 and is now working as a nurse so she's doing pretty good! Esperanza is the sister of a recent convert who just got sealed in the temple, so while her brother was being sealed we went to the temple with her and just waited in the visitors center and just watched a ton of stuff and she really liked it and one of her sons was there and he liked it to, she still wants to learn more but she wants to be baptized with her whole family! Alex is a YSA investigator dating a YSA member and has been investigating for a little while but says he wants a deeper understanding of everything before he gets baptized so were just going over everything pretty slowly and clearly and all that. And there are more investigators that we have but those are out main focus, and a couple less active familys that we have visited with pretty consistently are doing pretty good!

I think I just want to share my testimony on the gift of tongues, since moving to this new area, Richmond, I have progressed so much more in my Spanish here it is so crazy! Someone from SF that became AP (Assistant to the President) came to our area for exchanges with the zone leaders and said,"hey back in SF you didn't speak speak spanish and now you do" haha I just thought that was so satisfying that others could see some sort of improvement. I know not everyone is trying to learn another language but there is a common language that everyone can speak and that is the language of the spirit, and I know that if we are seeking for the gift to be able to hear, understand, and speak the language of the spirit, the Lord with help us with that!

This is carlos the cactus, he's on the hunt for Ice agents haha. Sorry I didnt take any pics this week with me in them give me a sec