Well, this week was great! First things first, congratulations Anastacia! Edmonton Canada... isn't that where that massive mall is? That's awesome! Too bad you can't go to the waterpark! ;) But that is way awesome, and I'm happy for you! The mission will change your life! Congratulations to the Bradfords, too, for leaving! I don't know what you and dad will do without them, Mom! ;)
Well anyways, as I said, this was a fantastic week! The greatest thing that happened was that Barbara and Michelle got baptized! WOOT WOOT! It was such a fantastic service! She was so excited, too! We had their interviews on Wednesday, and they were unsure at first. But the next day, they called us and told us that they felt they needed to be baptized, and wanted to do it that Saturday! So we planned everything out. The member who brought them originally was ecstatic. He planned everything basically for us! He also ended up being the one who baptized Michelle. The day before the service, we went over to verify that everything was ok, and she scared us, because she started talking about all these trials are coming in her way to keep her from being baptized, one after another, and she was freaking out! They made her doubt a lot about wanting to be baptized. However, at the end of it all, she told us, ''But I know I need to get baptized. In spite of all of this, I know it's what I need to do!'' It was so great! She already has a great testimony. She brought her whole family to the service, even her parents, who have never entered into a church before. The service was very spiritual, and everything just fell into place! There were no complications, no problems, no nothing! That never happens... even she was telling us that things that day just seemed to push her to be baptized! She was baptized by the bishop of her deceased uncle, and Michelle was baptized by Hno Escalona. They were confirmed the next day by us, the missionaries. I'm so happy for them! The ward is stepping in a lot too. A member made Barbara a tunic that fit her well, and they took over planning for us! And now they are all excited to have a family home evening with her, or anything! This is a great ward...
The rest of the week was just calm. We worked hard, and helped a lot of people in giving service and what not. We are still struggling to find new progressing investigators, but we keep working. Today Elder Carrasco had to go to the doctor because he had too much earwax and it was plugging his ear. We were there all day!! It was ridiculous. But... he can hear now. This month, President has issued the Olympiads... the zone who baptizes the most will be rewarded a day of olympic games with the president and his wife. They'll basically come and play some minute to win it games. Everyone's going crazy... the sisters in my district also baptized, which is awesome. They have fantastic investigators who turned into fantastic recent converts who want to share what they found with friends and family and everyone! The sisters are loving that. I'm happy for them! The changes I made in the way I work seem to be working very well for me. I feel like I hit home more with my investigators, and that they listen to me more. And I feel more connected with the members here, and they trust me more than they did before. That's excellent, because it's through them that this work will have the best progression! I am also a lot more happy working like this! It just brings greater peace doing the work for charity rather than for numbers.
Other than all that, it's been pretty tranquilo. Nothing too big has happened. The ward is going crazy over the new ministering system. They don't know what to do, everyone is confused... it will be interesting while they figure everything out. Things with Elder Carrasco are good! We are now in the fifth week of our cambio. How quick it's gone by! But hey, I hope you all have a fantastic week!
Les amo a todos!
Elder Schmid
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