Celebration

Hey everyone!

I hope everyone had a great week! My week was super cool!

The first thing awesome that happened this week was our baptism on

Tuesday!(Sorry, no pic.) It was the hermana I've told all of you about

alot who was totally into her church and everything. She didn't want

anything to do with baptism or the Book of Mormon, and now she's been

baptized and reads the Book of Mormon! Crazy how the Spirit can change

peoples' lives, huh? Well, she told us she didn't want ANYBODY at the

baptism because she said that she isn't sociable. Well, the ward

mission leader announced it in church, and so a bunch of people showed

up. So....she said she didn't want to be baptized, because all the

people showed up, and now she was angry with us. So I talked to her

for about 20 minutes, and shared scriptures with her that showed her

that the time of her baptism was then and there, and no other time.

She finally agreed, and the baptism went great. Then on Sunday we went

to her house and picked her up and took her  to church to get her

confirmed. It is absolutely amazing to me how her countenance has

changed. She seems to be radiating with the Spirit now. If you could

have seen her before, you would be amazed too.

The next cool thing was on Saturday, which was Bolivian Independence

Day. The Stake had a stake-wide activity where each ward presented

traditional food and a  dance from a department in Bolivia. My ward

had the department of Oruro, so we ate lamb with corn and potatoes. It

was really good. Then they danced "La Morenada", which is a pretty

cool dance, but my favorites are the Tinku and Los Caporales. YouTube

them, they are pretty cool.

Dad- Looks like you had a great time fishing...Tell Uncle Biz I like

his Metallica goatee. XP

Mom- About Quechua, I am trying to learn so I can teach a new

investigator. Tarija is a medium-sized city, so it's an entire stake.

About my daily life...it's about the same. We have a pension where we

eat, and it's por una hermana. And I work all day. :D

Aly- Have TONS of fun in New York. I can't wait to hear about it and

see all the pics. Eat a hot dog for me!

Emi- Well, I think you're doing well for your 5k time...Just run and

push yourself more, you'll get faster. Promise ;)

That's all for now!

Scriptures of the week:

Alma 26:12

2 Chron. 15:7

Luv you all!

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AEA

Elder Craig