Monday, April 18, 2011

Happy, happy Brigham

good afternoon to all. today is a very happy, and stressful day. happy, because last week we ended up baptizing 4 wonderful people, and stressful for changes and opening areas.... ill soon explain the both. last week, we realized that we were going to be baptizing, so we really tried to dedicate our time to finding a lot more new investigators, but it was really hard. we ended up only finding about 6, which was our goal, but many of them will probably fall. as we talked to magali and jorge on wednesday night, the night before their baptism, we talked them through it, and watched the 20 minute restoration video, and the little girl cristian asked if she could be baptized too. she has been in all of the appointments with them, has also stopped drinking coffee, but hasnt been to church yet. so we called president spannaus, and we talked to him about the situation, and he said yes we should baptize her! so thursday we baptized the three of them, and it was a great service, it was pretty full, and great participation. i baptized jorge, and elder zazueta baptized cristian and magali. we also did a special musical number of oh my father with the music of come thou fount of every blessing, and i think it went well. that night, a sister in the ward gave me a hammock. i had talked to her about getting me one about a month ago, and without even talking to her, she jsut showed up and had it for me. she cut the price for me a lot also! so for the past 4 days, i have been sleeping soundly and comfortable in a new hammock.... ah! then friday president spannaus called us and said that he was going to take out the two elders in jardin b, and put in sister missionaries, and open jardin a for two elders.... he said we had to find a house for the elders and buy all the things they need. so friday we went on splits with the elders of jardin and went looking for a few hours, but with out luck. also the bishop of jardin was trying to help us, but its really hard to get ahold of him. to top it off, elder zazueta was going to leave for changes, and so the responsibility fell on me, because he didnt wnat to, or have to worry about it. in that night, we wnet with sonia, she was an eternal investigator, and we started teaching her and committed her to be baptized sunday morning before the services, and before her family left out of town for vacations. please tell elder snyder about her. he baptized sonias brother lalo a year ago, and finally she got baptized with us. they are the only two members in their family, but other missionaries in different areas and also we are going to keep working on the other members! also lalo is going to the temple on may 6th i think for his endowment with emmanuel guerrero! way exciting! sonia got baptized at 7 am before church at 830. there were also a ton of members from our ward, progreso, and also members from vista alegre. she has been constant in going to church, and the activities, so everyone knows her. magali and cristian and jorge were super sad that elder zazueta left to lazaro cardenas, michoacan, because just barely they got baptized, but its all ok. ill take care of them! haha. right now im still waiting for my new companion to get here, elder miller. he is the old byu baseball pitcher, and, i hear, a wonderful missionary in whom president trusts in alot. im super excited to work with him, but we still need t oget out and find a house for jardin a!!! i hope all is well, and im glad to hear from so many of you. thanks for your support and letters and info about home, it helps me stay strong and keep working. love you and take care
elder facer

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