March 7, 2011

So this week went really well too :)  The baptism for Dante went really well.  Only thing was that he didn't like the clothes that he had to wear and almost wouldn't come out of the bathroom (had to have some persuasion) and he didn't want to take a picture because he was ashamed and thought he looked really bad.  He looked great actually but he didn't think so.  But thats a pretty typical 11 year old boy for you.  He finally came out though which was good and the ordinance went really well.  His younger brother, Dylan, will get baptized on the 20th of this month.  And this Friday we have two more baptisms, Yessenia and Nayaret.  They are both young single adult women of 18.  Nayaret has been going to chruch for like 2 years but could never get baptized because she wasn't 18, and Yessenia was an old investigator that we found through her grandma who is a member.  So we are excited for that baptism, it will be a great experience.

 Yea, it will be sad when he (Elder Zeron) leaves, we work great together.  That we have so much experience on the mission definitley helps, we have all those experiences to draw upon to help us improve and do the work in the right way.  And thats why we've seen so much success, because we are trying our best and relying on the Lord and He is helping us a ton. 

Yea, going to the Zoo was a great idea.  They all really liked it.  I was feeding a piece of grass to a llama.  I liked the monkeys, they were fun.  The train was pretty nice, built within the last 10 years.  Only the buses on the coast are really old and crappy.  The buses here in Santiago are huge and nice. 

Today my comp is going and saying goodbye to all his old sectors, so thats what we will be doing all day today and Saturday. Then Friday he has the temple and we have the baptisms and Thrusday we have that zone conference. So it will be a pretty busy week, thats for sure. Just like last week. We had Concilio with the President again as the zone leaders. It was really good, me and my comp had to give a class there actually about the things we are teaching and doing to have so much success. It went well. The food of course was great too. Pancakes it the morning and some sort of American rice/chicken dish for lunch. I liked it. Okay, well I think thats about it for now, hope that you have a great week! You're always in my prayers. Love you mom!

Love,
Elder DeLong