2012 Apr 9

2012 Apr 9PM

Hey Guys!

This week has been pretty good. It was kind of hard because it was Semana Santa which is a major (I'd say THE major) Catholic holiday of the year. And it is an entire week of vacation for a lot of people (and the only week of vacation for a lot of people too) so a lot of people end up going to the coast or to the beach where it is warm so that they can relax and have fun, which also means that basically nobody was in their house. But we somehow got along and found things to do the whole week. I took a lot of pictures but unfortunately so did everyone else which means that nothing is uploading. So I will have to send the pictures to you guys next week. But it was really great. It was nice to see the way that the Catholics worshiped God. There were these processions and these beautiful carpets made of different materials that they made so that the processions could walk over them. It was so pretty.

Something really great is that we have a baptismal date with Gladys for this coming Saturday at 4. So we are planning on going over to Tierra Colorada almost every day to teach her all of the things that she needs to know so that she can get baptized. Something that kind of adds a twist into the whole thing is that the president put us the goal getting 40 contacts (which means 40 appointments with people that we talk to in their houses) which would be great if we weren't having to prepare Gladys for baptism for this coming Saturday and she didn't live so far away. On Saturday, though, the president told all of the missionaries in the mission to fast so that they would be able to complete with the goal of 40 contacts and we did so I guess that we will see what happens. We are going to need a miracle for us to be able to get the goal but I guess that we will see what happens because we did fast for it. (So any prayers on your guys' part would help a lot. :) )

Also, two less actives that we have been working with for a long time came to church yesterday! Leonardo and Bernabe! They are brothers who are potentials for the mission and it would be hard but I have hope that they can do it. And they came to church yesterday! And also a family named Guicol we have been talking to a lot as well and they said that they almost came to church yesterday and that they will for sure come this coming Sunday and they even want us to come over and do a family home evening with them (this is something that is 5 months in the making since I have gotten here). So I am excited. God is blessing us so much and I am loving it! I am going to miss this ward a lot when I leave it.

Well, I don´t really know what else to say because I think that your letter must have gotten caught in cyberspace. So I will talk to you guys next week! Love you!

Love,

Elder Froelich