Hey y'all! I have so much I want to write but not so much time, so I'll do my best to get the most important things in! This week was great! We had a baptism (my first) for L...!! It was such a miracle, the missionaries here had been working with her for months before me and Elder Ferrer even got here, and finally with us teaching her, she committed and this Saturday she was baptized! It was great to see that and see the smile on her face as she came out of the water. She's great!
This week we had another huge miracle. Did I already tell you about R....? The woman that stopped US in the street a week or so ago? Well this week she told us that her and her two daughers want to be baptized. They have come to every meeting, and in our lessons with them the spirit is so present and strong. They have been so prepared by the Lord to hear this message, and this Saturday, I will be baptizing them myself! R.... is 35, her daughter A... is 11, and her youngest daughter Z.... is 9. I know the Lord prepares his sheep, and I feel so blessed to be a part of this family's journey here. We did what we were supposed to be doing, and happened to be in the right place at the right time, and we were blessed huge for it!
Every Saturday we go to this great Bolivian family's olive tree orchard and chop and cut tree limbs that are too tall, and carry them to a huge pile to burn them. We do that for a few hours in the afternoon, and it's hard work! But I feel so good doing it. I feel great joy in serving the Lord's children!
A funny story from this week! So the other elders in our piso are funny. This week they tried to prank us and scare us, so me and my comp got water balloons, and we got with the ward mission leader and pulled a prank on them to pay them back! We told them we were going to meet J.... (the ward leader) by our piso at 9pm. So J.... called them to set it up, and we dropped balloons on them from the top of our building! Pretty good huh? It was better in person haha. Anyway I hope all is well at home, things are going well here and we are seeing miracles every day. I know the church is true and every day my testimony of that grows stronger. I love you all so much and will hear from you soon!
Elder Smith
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