Hey the letter I sent you all is from last week. Sorry, I tried to send fotos but they were too much. I love you all. Thanks for writing me. I haven`t read the letters yet but l and I`ll respond.
I love you all. ENRIQUE AND CLAUDIA AND THEIR THREE KIDS GOT BAPTIZED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey family,
Can you tell me what`s happening with Pablito. It sounds like something good happened but I don`t know what news he has. But I want to know in the next 25 minutes.
Hey everyone,
Dad congrats on finishing the conferences. Congrats on the missionary moments. The books sound great.
Mom sounds like English class is still going well. Tell the missionaries hi. Good job working on the house with Dad
Doug and Dani good job on your tests! That`s great. I`m excited to hear about where you end up. I like the plan of leaping to Wyoming. I`m glad the munchkins are doing well. Send me a picture of David.
Well, Enrique and Claudia got baptized and confirmed! Kevin, the boy that got baptized last week got confirmed. It was branch conference and our branch is bigger than all the wards in the stake haha. But we`re still a branch. It was cool to see Enrique sustaining the prophet and the quorum of the 12 apostles and the ward leaders. COOL! We have seen soooooo many miracles with this family. God definitely wanted them to get baptized. We found out that Enrique found out that one of his friends at workis a member and has a son on the mission in Argentina. His friend asked him if he was going to get baptized and Enrique said yes. The friend at work apparently helped him a lot. ANSWER TO PRAYER!!! We went to visit Claudia Satuday morning to make sure everything was okay. She made us lunch )rice, beans, avacado the size of my foot and boiled platano. We left at about 1 50. enrique has to work Saturdays and he told us that he wasn`t sure when he was going to get back maybe 4 30 at the latest. The baptism was a 5. We were leaving the barrio and he came up on his motorcycle!!!! yes! early! We asked him how he felt. (alegre). and he said there was enough time to bathe and freshen up. miracles!
They weren`t at the church at 4 50 so we went to their house. They were still getting ready. We left on foot and Enrique followed a few minutes later with Saeed on his motorcycle. Claudia doesn`t like to ride right now because she`s pregnant. He passed us on the motorcycle (this is progress because before we had to wait for him at the door of the church) The four elders took all the clothes and went into the bathroom with Enrique, junior, Rodrigo and Saeed. (Hey! They all had white ties to get baptized with). Claudia changed into her dressed. When Enrique came out in his white pants and shirt and tie he had the biggest smile on!!!! I`ve never seen such a big smile on his face. We took a ton of pictures. They are a good looking family. They got baptized one by one (Rodrigo 3 times and Claudia twice). Claudia left to change but Enrique stayed in the font to see his wife and then his sons get baptized. We have a picture of the four males on the steps of the font. Salvage! After we played some games with everyone and had refreshments. The family sat on one of the church benches waiting for us and Enrique had his arm around Claudia. I`ve never seen that before! :) Rodrigo made the cross sign in the water before getting baptized because he thought it was funny. Rodrigo has made progress like crazy. He loves to read the scriptures! And last week in FHE he was praying and he was about to end but then remembered... thank thee that my family is going to get baptized all together this saturday and it`s going to be a very special day because we`re all going to do it together. He asked that the family of the world be blessed. He has learned how to forgive and the whole family has a much happier feeling between everyone. Enrique doesn`t nag the kids or call them necios so much and the kids have a lot more respect for their parents.
The next morning we left the house at 7 00 because we had to get our investigators and Claudia and Enrique in the church at 8 30 because I had to play the piano forthe choir. So we left on splits. I went to Claudia and Enrique`s house with Diane, the sister of william, winston, esau, and jacob. There`s never light in the house (electricity). And yesterday morning there wasn`t any water either. They iron the clothes by heating the iron on the gas stove. and they ran out of gas!!!! no electricity, water, or gas! It was actually a blessing because no one had to shower (they said that it was okay because Rodrigo se bañó three times yesterday haha), President Mercado, the branch president, sent a white shirt with us for Enrique and we also brought ties. I had to tie the tie for Enrique because he forgot how. With a little craziness they entered the church with white shirts. They looked so good! And happy! When President announced that the family was going to receive the Holy Ghost, starting with Enrique, Enrique moved his hymnbook to the side and looked around for a minute. He went up there and I was behind the piano, but Hna Zapeta said that there wasn`t a more beautiful sight that Enrique up on the stand with his head bowed. Enrique said the closing prayer in the Principles of the Gospel class! woo hoo!
Well, I`m probably leaving Masatepe, but we haven`t heard yet. I`m almost sure. I have the full 6 months.
We found out that a reference wants to get baptized. His name is Daniel Aleman. It`s a good story pero ya me voy.
I feel so happy that Enrique and Claudia got baptized!!!!!!!!! I love them! And they really are starting a new life. Their sons are going to be AWESOME missionaries. We also found a cool family this past week. He is a member and she isn`t. their daughter came to the baptism and really liked it. We`re going to see what happens! Also, one of our converts who hasn`t come to church in a long time came to the baptism. Well, I`m doing good and I`m praying for you all. I `m praying that Doug and Dani find a good job in the place they`re supposed to be.
I love you all a lot! yesterday I called Hna Xiomara Mom, in English. Está rico, Mom I said. She didn`t notice. haha. But I love my real mom a lot more!
Love love love, Mb
Hi Marybeth,I love you mom! What is the news from Paul! Dad told me Paul had news but he didn`t tell me what
1 any requests for your birthday? or anything you need? Birthday package: one of those dry pack ice cream things just for kicks. I want to give one to my comp. Stickers, STATIONARY, thank you cards, candy. homemade bread and fruit salad. PLEASE NO RICE!!! something surprising...
2 we didn't get an English letter from you last week...did you send one? got the Spanish letter to Pres Monestel only yeah I just sent it again. Sorry about that
3 do you need money? yes, actually. Can you put more money in my checking account. I took about about 60 dollars this morning
4 are you healthy? Um... yes. I am healthyish. Ive had a cold for 3 weeks but I feel good now. my comp takes care of me and you don`t need to worry about my health at all.
Love, Mom
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