Hey Everybody!
Things have just flown by this week. Quite literally, we went to do weekly
planning on friday and i said to myself, but we just did this yesterday! haha.
It has mainly been to the fact that we work everyday, and the spanish is coming
along so i play a more intrical part in the lessons. It has been great to speak
and listen. There are still a few people that ask questions about me to my
companion, who then tells the person to go ahead and ask me. Kind of makes me
feel dumb, but then i show them by giving them their whole answer and then some
in spanish. It shows them that im not dumb and that i actually am listening
haha. But that rarely happens now, so it only means that people know that i
know spanish!
As for the week, it has all been leading up to Sunday and to our Baptism of
Juan. He is part of a family where all the sisters and mother are members and
only he and his father are not members. His sisters converted 5 years ago, and
he has heard the discussions a dozen times but never accepted the church. Well about 3 weeks ago, he came to us and said that he
wanted to be baptised. So we have been working with him for the last few weeks,
and finally the great and glorious day came. His baptism was amazing. We had
over 40 people there and some were non members that were really intrigued by the
baptism. Some of them afterwards really wanted to hear our discussions! Juans
family was crying too, which made the day that much more special.
Another cool thing sunday was when some old investigators of Elder Estrada came
to our church to see him. They gave him a cool shirt and then we talked for the
rest of the day. They talked about the ward and all the fun things that they
did. It was great to see how much the worshipped him, and it only made me think
about the people that i have baptised and how much they will love me too.
The missionary life has become my way of living now. I have thought about home,
and just said eh...i kinda dont want to have all those problems of school and
stuff. Myabe ill just stay here haha. The life as a missionary just seems more
fulfilling than anything else i have done in my life. I look forward to each
day and the people that we have to teach. I definitely recommened a mission to
anyone that feels like they havent accomplished much in their life. You will
have no regrets for the time that you put into the mission field.
We have transfers next week, so i will let you know if they are sending me to
the jungle or somewhere!

Love
Elder Washburn