This week went by SO fast!! On Tuesday we went to a mining town an hour away from Agua Prieta to do exchanges with the elders there. We had a great time with lots of work and the house flooding in the night. We returned on Wednesday and were able to work hard until Friday and then I went to Hermosillo to go to a baptism. Do remember the Family Morioki? Well they got baptized and they invited me to come down and perform the ordinance. It was so great to be able to see them all again and my kid Rodriguez. It was such an amazing experience. Then on Sunday we had a few super golden investigators in church so we should have some baptisms for the 16 of April:) I had such an amazing Easter weekend. I'm so thankful for my Savior and everything that he did for me. The gospel is truly about losing yourself in the will of the Lord which is serving others. Love you!!!
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This has been a great week!! I'm super sun burnt and tired. We're working really hard. This week we had a great zone conference with President. In the end he had me and Stephenson share a moment in our mission when we had been really discouraged, but had overcame it. I shared a time in my training when I had received an email that really distracted me from the work. I couldn't stop thinking about that whole night and when I woke up the next morning I really didn't want to work. But, I knew I had a decision to make. That was either going to be a great day or it was going to be a very long day. It was up to me. I decided to make it a great day by forgetting myself and going to work. I've found that is the best medicine for homesickness. It's time tested. And at this point in the mission we're working so much that I don't have time to think about home. Now my only problem is how fast this is coming to an end. I love the change that I see in the people we teach but what has surprised me is the change that I've seen in myself. I never thought I'd get to this point. I've realized that TRUE CHANGE ONLY COMES THROUGH THE ATONEMENT OF JESUS CHRIST. There are a lot of great self improvement programs out there, but those are only temporary changes. To be truly changed we have to apply the atonement in our lives. Love you!!!
This week has been amazing. Agua Prieta is great! It's a border town so there's a lot of American things and lots of the people speak English. My comp elder Stephenson is from American Fork and he has 19 months in the mission. He's really cool and we get along really well. He loves basketball so we've been waking up at 5 every morning to run to the church and play basketball. We have a few really awesome investigators that want to be baptized. We have a couple named Alvaro y Rosario. Rosario has known the church for 3 years and now she wants to be baptized. Her husband also wants to be baptized but he's not sure when, but we're working with them. We also have a funny family. Theres Ray, Samuel, y Bicente. Bicente is the dad of Samuel and Ray is the brother of Bicente. Bicente is a musician and he plays like 6 instruments so whenever we go with them he and I jam:) The first time we went he busted out "I have sunshine in my soul today" on the piano so I think we've found the new branch pianist. We also are teaching a young man named Diego. He's been going to church for 2 years but hasn't gotten baptized because he's not married to his girlfriend. They're living together but they don't want to get married because they don't like each other anymore. He can't leave her because she wouldn't have anywhere to go. We did a special fast with him this Sunday to find a way for him to get baptized. Today we're heading to Hermosillo for a meeting and we'll get back tomorrow night. Everything is going great here:) I love you!!!
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