Building a Wedding Cake - Baptizing the Married Couple

 Now that takes courage to build a real wedding cake.

 Well, it isn't as easy as you think.  Got to work some more!

 Vwalla!  A wedding cake! 

 The happy couple.

Whew!  Baptism day at last!

6/3

Yay letters! :) Glad to hear how the "Investigators" are going back in the states :) i can definitely relate to the feeling that there is not enough time to pass by everyone because your time is spent doing other daily things. It can be a big challenge for missionaries. It is a challenge. To become overwhelmed with office things that one doesn’t visit the people. It is so important that we have at least some form of daily or every other day contact. Satan works very strong and does not want any progress. The phrase i like is that the Lord asked us to leave the 99 sheep and look for the one and he will take care of the 99 things, and it is very true. Everyday i might have 99 things to do, but i love the one more than the other (some days it is hard to find that love but it exists) so i trust that the lord will take care of the 99 things (and he does) and i then can look for the one, or two. 

So weekly events... today was transfers once again... still in the office... but last night was a long night, we didn’t get back till about 4 in the morning. Some buses and bus loaders were giving us a hard time, so we had a chileno and a United States elder talking to different head leaders and acting with authority. hahaha. It has been a blessing, to be able to talk with authority one has to be able to talk fluently and clearly that way they don’t notice the accent and think it is weak. The Lord helps me with that i am sure. I didnt get much sleep because around 6 all the elders started calling me to get direciones and help on what they needed to do. I recently was able to do some pday activities. I cooked a way yummy lunch for the elders, got a box ready for the family and now i am writing the family :)

We had a baptism last week, but it was not just a baptism, but a wedding. This couple have been waiting for almost 2 years to get married and baptized. they have not been able to get married up until now because the husband is from bolivia and had troubles with documentation. we got here are got excited and got the work done. The main lesson i saw him learn was for a year and a half people were just helping him but he never got anywhere with the documentation, but then he put in the pilas and did it himself. When he put in the effort is when progress was made. We have had many rough moments but we made it through and they now are married and baptized.

Side note about the marriage, we made the cake (you will have to see the later pictures) 

Had some rough days like always, got pretty down thinking that I’m not the caliber missionary i should be, but i said some prayers and tried to just shake it off.

Familia Romero came to church!! The family is way fun, they have a 7 year old daughter and she reminds me a lot of my nieces. fun and laughable. For Sunday, we had quite a bit on investigators (primary age) so Elder Labra and I went to the primary. One of the kids of Romero is really shy and timid, so he was sitting outside with his dad and we saw them, so we went out there and we talked to him, and got him excited. we used a paper airplane game to get him closer to the church and going inside (Never thought those years of studying paper airplanes would ever come in handy, and well look it did :)

Warnier didn’t come to church, i think because they were not able to find some church clothes, but we are going to pass by this week and help them come back. Cesar and maxi were the only ones that came to church, but Carolina still has her baptismal date for this Saturday, we are going to try and get permission from Maxi´s mom that what he can get baptized with the Romero family. :) should be good experience. 

Well that’s all i can really remember from the week. :) just trying to stay focused and work hard. In these last days i have really needed to step up my teaching and missionarying. My prayers and hopes are for the investigators and so that the lord can work through me to touch them.

I love you

Elder Rowse