Hi-de Ho

FAMILIA!!!!!!

 

So first things first.............drumroll please............I HAD MY FIRST BAPTISM YESTERDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

It was soooooo sweet!!!! ah the most amazing thing ever!!!! Little Barbara was baptized yesterday! it was the most amazing thing ever. it was in gaiman. and turns out that we broke a 3 year drought of baptisms in that area. we were the first elders in three years to get a baptism in that area thanks to an awesome ward mission leader Hermano Quinchen and Presidente San Pedro. Her family is inactive but we are looking to get her two brothers baptised next. such an awesome experience. hermano quinchen baptised her.

 

good week this week. we just kicked it into gear and were doin work here. tuesday after district meeting and wednesday we went on divisions with the zone leaders. i was a little nervous at first but it ended up being really fun. I went with Elder Cortéz. He is from Santiago Chile. So once again i spoke spanish all day. but he knows a good bit of english cause his companion is from utah. so he spoke english and spanish to me and i just spoke spanish to him. we had some awesome lessons with him. super fun time. this whole week almost everyday we were going to Gaiman to finish teahing Barbara everything she needed to know, so we decided to start doing contacts on the bus to get our contact numbers up and we met alot of awesome people. we did get turned down alot but thats ok. its not easy getting turned down but i usually just laugh and go on to the next person. my spanish is improving because we usually split up and each take one side of the bus. so i have to do one side on my own and my companion isnt there to back me up. its scary but we just do it out of habit now.

The investigators here in Trelew just arent progressing. They dont keep committments and dont have a real big desire now to be baptized. its super sad cause the flame that was once in them is now gone. they still have us over but they dont have that same flame. the members dont do a whole lot here either. we had maybe 20 people at church yesterday. it was fast and testimony meeting and these people here dont like bearing their testimonies so it was just alot of silence. and no investigators showed up to church. we had 8 that had committed. no one showed up. we had 3 new investigators show up in Gaiman. That place is just blowing up with awesome people. its crazy. haha. saturday we had a talent show for the stake. the missionaries danced haha and i played the piano. it was fun. these brothers played some guns and roses and we were going crazy. singing and screaming. the members were laughing their heads off at us. taking video. they loved it. i love the people here. so it was a good week. very successful. 

I know do see the power in the book of mormon. Thats all i want to do know is read, read the scriptures, jesus the christ, conference talks, all these church stuff. its amazing. Brad was right. their isnt enough time in personal study. I love this gospel. It works miracles. their is so much power in this gospel. The church is true. keep studying those scriptures. Love ya all!!!!

 

Elder Ross