Hey family!
Alright well first off thank you so very much for sending
out the package. Hopefully it will get here soon. I'm glad everyone is doing
well. That's awesome. I am doing good out here but there have been
some changes! So my old companion, Elder Garcia, had transfers so he left and now
I I have a new companion named Elder Carmona. He was born in the Dominican
Republic but he moved to the United States when he was 6 years old so he speaks
perfect English! Haha...You don't know how nice it has been to be able to speak a
little bit of English! Well anyways he is cool and he actually lives by Rose Park
in Salt Lake City! He has 10 months out here in the mission, so just a little bit
more time than I do.
So I have been teaching him the area and the investigators
and everything about Malvinas this last week. And it's going well! We have kept
up the number of people that are investigating the Church. We brought 7 to church and 6 again had baptism
dates this past Saturday and we had one baptism and for this next
Saturday and then we have three more :)
So I'm feeling pretty good about the work that we our doing
and especially that the investigators that we have are progressing and want to
keep coming to church!
Ok, so the baptism that we just had was a 12 year old kid named Investigator G. Sometimes a 12 year old
kid has a hard time when it comes to going to church and
staying strong after the baptism and after we leave, but with this kid, I'm nt too worried. He is the
greatest kid!! Every time we pass by his house he gets the biggest smile on his
face and literally jumps to the door. Then on Saturday for his baptism right
before the service started, we went to go take some pictures and I look over at
him and he was all teary eyed, and I had no idea what to think.... I couldn't
tell if he was scared or didn't want to be baptized or just really excited...
nobody really knew why he was crying. Well anyways we tried to comfort him and
he sorta calmed down then we had the service. I had the oppertunity to baptize
him and right after he came out of the water we asked him how he felt and he
said, "El agua era rico" which means something like the water was
delicious. hahaha I was so happy I had the chance to baptize him!! He's a
wonderful kid and we're hoping to be able to help his mom and his other brother
recieve the same ordinances later on :)
Well I am doing well and Malvinas is great! I can't wait until
this next Saturday too and the next and the next :)
Well I love this work, I love the gospel, I love the
scriptures, and I love you guys. I think about you all the time but not in a sad
way because I only get one shot at these two years and I promise I'm trying to
give it my all each day.
Well love you all
Elder Lignell Investigator G. on his baptism day!! He is a great kid!!!
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