Hello loved ones!!
No, I didn't get transferred to a Spanish speaking mission; we just had the opportunity to have a spanish baptism!! We've been teaching Fransisco through his friend (master translator), Brother Ramos, and this week he was finally able to be baptized!! The service was entirely in Spanish, which was an awesome opportunity for those in the ward who had served Spanish missions to participate. Elder Longino and I were asked to give the prayers (in spanish), which was quite the experience... apparently, neither of us did too badly though, so all is well! The spirit there was palpable :)
Incredibly, there was another miracle this week as well. Friday night, we went up to Fort Lewis College to do service running microphones between different drum groups for the Durango Hozhoni Days Pow Wow. That was quite the experience. Those drums are LOUD! While doing so, there was an intoxicated gentleman giving us a pretty hard time. The time came for us to leave, so we let him know we were on our way out, when he tells us that he was an asssistant to the president on his mission to Italy, about a decade ago. We got to talking a little more with him outside, and found out he was telling the truth as he started talking to us in perfect italian (and not many non-missionaries know of the term "trunky", which he used while talking to usXD)! We had to go, but we got his name and number, promising we'd contact him soon. We left that night pretty shaken up that something like that could happen to a missionary. We talked to the mission president, asking him how, when he told us how easy it is. Stop reading your scriptures regularly (ideally daily), stop saying prayers regularly, stop attending church every week; the devil will plant a seed, and we'll take care of the rest. Let that be a lesson to us all. By small and simple things, great things are brought to pass, but that road goes both ways. By small and simple things, we can lose the light and the joy and the knowledge of the gospel that we have. This story does end on a positive note though!! Sunday, we were able to bring Brother Chee over to see him. Brother Chee is one of the greatest member misisonaries in the ward, and he knows exactly what this RM, Josh, is going through, because he's traveled that same path not too long ago. They connected instantly, and we were able to have an incredibly spiritual lesson with Josh. He opened up to us, and expressed his desire to feel the spirit in his life. It'll be a long road back, but he's willing and we'll be there every step of the way to help him, our brother, to make it back to where God wants and needs him to be. It's never too late to begin anew, learning and taking part in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Learn of Him. Experience the power of His Atonement. "Yea, come unto Christ, and be perected in him, and deny yourselves of all ungodliness, and love God with all your might, mind and strength, then is his grace sufficient for you, that by his grace ye may be perfect in Christ; and if by the grace of God ye are perfect in Christ, ye can in nowise deny the power of God."
I love you all!!!
Have an incredible week! Do the small and simple things that will bring you and your families closer to Him!!
Oh and congrats to Taylor and Bryson!!!! This is what it's all about :)
Annnd here's a pic or two from last week; we had the opportunity to drive to Silverton to contact a referral, and the drive there is BEAUTIFUL!
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