The gospel makes people brighter and lighter!

Feliz Navidad!
12 December 2011
Family! 
   Kevin Good luck in your proposal tomorrow.  I know that you will do great!
   Cheryl  Thanks for your letter.  It made me really really happy.  I`m glad you are enjoying Christmas time! I can`t believe Tanner has loose teeth and that he can read!  He`s a smart kid. 
   Dani  How are you feeling?  How is your mom?  Are you excited to go to DC for Christmas?  Hopefully we can have a three way call and I can talk to the Wyoming and DC folk. 
   Dad Thanks for your letter.  I like hearing about the successes you are having in the Stake! I hope you get to retire soon :)
   Mom thanks for the mail.  Thanks for the packages...I have just gotten the one which is good.  I`m going to find out about transfers later today.  I hope we go Christmas caroling here too.
   Grandma Campbell  I got your Christmas present.  It`s under my Christmas tree! 
   Kyle, tell me whats going on in your life.  Tell Carrie hi.
   Doug  Good luck with your tests!  Work hard and have fun!  I hope you enjoy this Christmas!
   Pablito  I can`t believe how often they use diminutives here.  It`s crazy.  How are you doing?  What are your plans? 
   This week we had a lesson with Jamilet.  She passed her baptismal interview but she still doesn`t want to be baptized.  She wants to wait.  We had a lesson with her and asked her about her lectura del Libro de Mormon.  She told us that she really liked a scripture in 2 Ne 2.  We read the verses with her and when she was talking to us about the scriptures I could just see the light coming from her face.  I felt really happy for her.  The gospel makes people brighter and lighter!
   We had a baptism yesterday.  Javier is his name.  He`s thirteen.  He came to church for the first time four weeks ago.  We went to pick up his brother, but his brother had left and Javier told his dad,
"I want to go with the hermanas."  This was the week that I was waiting for my other investigator and we got to the church late and had to run to catch the bus that was going to Jinotepe for stake conference.  This is my entry from my miracle book from yesterday.  Javier got confirmed.  We went to Chirinos to get him this morning and he got sent by our other pilas investigato (Jamilet) to buy something.  It was late and we were at his house and didn`t know what to do because he wasn`t there.  We decided to head to the church.  As we were walking he passed us on his bicycle going towards his house.  We yelled but he didn`t respond.  We walked back to his house and he said, Caminen!  He put on his white shirt over his grey polo because he said he was cold without the polo shirt.  Anyway, he got to the church. YAY!!!!! As we were walking back to Javier`s house I was a little sad because I didn`t know if Javier was going to come or not.  But we passed one of our RC with one of his friends and they were walking to the church.  That made me smile.  Javier got baptized by one of our Recent Converts, Milton, who is his uncle.  He just got back from a mini mission! 
   Today we went to San Marcos and played futbol.  I just watched and talked to people.  
   Last week our pday was fun.  We ate ice cream, wrote our families and then we went to Presidente Mercado`s house and picked up a frisbee.  We played frisbee in the church with our shoes off.  The 6 of us basically live in the same block.
   We had a lesson with a reference from the Elders this week.  His name is Francisco Herrera.  We taught him the whole first lesson.  He listened, answered questions, and said he would read the first chapter of the LdM.  We`ve passed by his house but he isn`t there.  A lot of people have trouble understanding us, but he got it.  It was fun.
   I read a scripture that I really liked this week. Ether 12:4-  1 We believe in God. 2 Because we know who God is we have faith in him and in his work.  We have hope in the Atonement and in the reality of the Plan of Salvation.  We have hope in the Atonement of Jesus Christ and in his power.  3.  This hope that we have makes itself an anchor for our soul.  We have peace, we have a home, We aren`t easily moved by our difficulties.  The anchor of hope makes us sure and steadfast in the church, in the gospel, and in our lives.  4 This hope helps us to focus on OUR purpose.  To keep the commandments of God, abounding in good works and bringing him our gifts, our efforts to glorify him. 

MK can you forward this to Regan?  Hi Regan!  I hope school is going well and that you are enjoying or are about to enjoy your break!  Tell Amy hi too!

Sobeyda  Como esta?  Estoy muy bien.  Hna Castro ha estado enferma pero està mejor ahora.  Cuando va al templo?  Quiero saber como estàn todos en su casa!