October 10, 2011

Norma and her son, Kelvin Alan, got baptized on saturday and confirmed on saturday. This was by far the weirdest baptismal service of my mission. Everything went fine with the 18 year old son, but after seeing him be baptized Norma freaked out and didn´t want to get in the font. Luckily we convinced and I got her all the way under the very first time. However, right after I pulled her up from the water she rested her head on me and just passed out. Seriously, she went totally limp in my arms. So, with the help of her son I just calmly brought her over to the side and she later recovered. but everyone was freaking out and trying to help. Later Norma told me about the experience she had and the things she saw when she was baptized. I don´t feel totally comfortable sharing them with everyone right now. When it comes to spiritual things she´s a little unusual, but the good thing is she feels extremely happy to have made the decision to be baptized and she says that she feels an enormous burden lifted off her. And her son is amazing. He is such a fast learner and has such a powerful testimony of the church. I´m almost positive he´ll serve a mission in the future.

My new companion is awesome. He´s a really funny guy and loves baseball and cars, and the best part is he actually talks when we teach a lesson or contact a person. Everyone thinks he´s mexican because he has way darker skin than me. He´s really easy to get along with. The only problem is he´s a huge fan of Utah football (haha).

The bishop of our ward is really awesome. He really is the motor behind everything in the ward. The assisstants left our ward for another area and now my zone leaders are in my ward. I was disappointed yesterday because the family that seems to be closest to baptism didn´t go to church yesterday neither did any other investigators. However, Patricia, just as faithful as always, did go. I´m so glad to have met her.

Where are you guys going to go skiing? How is Sean doing in school? What about Austin? What´s Marc´s favorite subject? When is Austin´s birthday? Is he excited to get his permit?

We went to the offices today for some visa stuff I had to do and I got your package with the beek jerky and the socks and everything. Thanks so much. You´re the best mommy.