Hey hey hey!
So yesterday was
Mother's Day and I got to update the fam on everything that's going on around
here and especially all of the exciting things. Some of the highlights this
week was that Val Hernandez got baptized and confirmed! She got baptized
Saturday morning, and confirmed on Mother's Day, and everything went really
smoothly. We had to hurry up and teach her everything she needed to know pretty
quickly because she had to get her interview and everything, and she's doing
super well. She had her friend Malachi, who basically introduced her to the
gospel, baptize her and then Grant Dexter, who is preparing for a mission and
just got the Melchizedek Priesthood, confirmed her yesterday. Everything went
really well for the whole thing and it seems like her mom is actually pretty
okay with the whole thing and maybe even a little bit interested. She told us
she thought the whole thing was happening too fast, but when we told her Val
was definitely ready and talked to her about the witness from the Holy Ghost,
she seemed to perk up a little bit. We also have an awesome Relief Society
President (Sis. Dexter) who fellowshipped her the whole time and was even
talking to her in Spanish (Val's mom is from Mexico and Sis. Dexter served in
Chile) so that she'd be more comfortable. Hopefully we'll see something cool
happen soon with the rest of Val's family.
Also some cool things
that happened were the Family Home Evening on Monday, english classes on
Tuesday, and the huge Mother's Day activity that we had on Saturday. The Family
Home Evening we used to do as a ward every single month, but not many people
were coming so they haven't really done them for about a year now. We suggested
starting them again and got put in charge of doing everything. So we made
assignments for the refreshments, the sisters took on the activities, and we
did the message. There were only a handful of people at 6:30 when it was
supposed to start, and I was afraid that not many people would come. Within
20-30 minutes though, people were flooding in and we had to find chairs! There
was barely enough room for everyone to fit! We shared a message about service
and ways we can serve, but the most exciting part of the night was definitely
the activities. I love how hispanic people just put themselves out there and
don't really care how they look as they do different things. We had them do
some pretty crazy things (it would take forever to explain in this email, but
pictures should be able to explain some of it :) and they absolutely loved
it! It was definitely one of the funniest nights of my entire mission... We
also taught english classes for the first time, which was fun. As we helped
people introduce and talk about themselves, we felt so proud of the people we
helped, just like parents with their children.
Saturday we had this
huge ward party and there were sooooo many people there. Somehow we got put in
charge of the potatoes, so we peeled and mashed potatoes for about three hours
on Saturday.... the potatoes were steaming hot, so they were way easy to peel
but totally burning our hands. Mexican women have this crazy ability to never
burn their hands and we just haven't developed it quite yet. They cook
tortillas and all kinds of things on the stove and do everything with their
hands and it doesn't faze them. We helped set up everything for the activity
and of course it was way unorganized because the guys were in charge. As I was
taping butcher paper on one of the tables, the 1st counselor said I'd better
hurry up if I want to finish before I get home... haha (by the way I said that
with a straight face). The food was good and the dance again was funny because
everyone gets up there and dances and it's way entertaining.
Also good news with
Milta and Ricardo! They totally came to church today, as well as Javier and
Itzel! We finally had all of our solid investigators at church and it just felt
so good. Milta had a little break from work finally on Friday so they
immediately called us up and wanted to come to the church or something, so we
went to the Visitor's Center and got to see God's Plan for Families, as well as
have a super good lesson and relate Alma 22 to her (it's way applicable). So
they're doing great, and we hope to see things progress with them. They also
have incredible fellowship, and are really enjoying everything.
So that's the main
weekly update. Life is good - just sprinting as hard as I can to the end
(physically and spiritually :)
Love ya! ~ Elder Carlson
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