So first of all talking to yall was like the best thing
ever! I was really worried that it would make me like super sad and that it
would be really hard after the fact, and yeah it did make me sad, but not like
super super sad, it actually made me like really happy which was absolutely awesome!!!!
So we had a baptism on Saturday for Azuena Ortega! It was
really awesome for me because she is the first investigator that I have seen go
all the way through now! My very first p day in the mission we contacted her in
the street and then she got baptized! So it was so cool! Also, she asked me to
baptize her! Wow! The service was really cool because we had like 30
missionaries all sing nearer my god to thee (mas cerca dios de ti) and that
invited the spirit really well! Then I had to do the baptism twice because her
foot came out of the water the first time and the second time she like resisted
me so I had to really push her under but now she is just extra clean! Hahaha
then she bore a really cool testimony about how it is hard without her familys support
and everything but it was awesome, and she like even finished in the name of
Jesus Christ which I have never heard a convert do! So that was the highlight
of the week by far! Christmas was pretty good, we ate with a family in the
morning and then another family in the afternoon, adn like their big thing here
(which we ate with both families) is fish tacos which I am not a huge fan of,
so whatever haha but the second family gave us ties as a present which was
awesome! THen usually our p days end at 6 but christmas was different so we had
p day all day and then we just went and played volleyball for like 5 hours with
all the rest of the elders from around here! It was really fun but I was sore
for a few days afterwards! One of the pictures is the collection of pig out day
stuff Elder Hansen and I bought haha!! Something that was really weird that we
all noticed is that it did not feel like CHristmas here, which kind of helped
with the whole homesickness thing!! I hope you all had an incredible christmas
though!!!
So we had some breakthroughs with investigators this week! I
dont know if you remember the whole thing with Ana about how she came to church
even after she dropped us that one week, but back then she still didnt want to
meet with us even though she came ot church, but then this week she was there
again and invited us over to teach her! So that was awesome! Then, Carlos and
Maria havent been able to meet with us in forever but they finally could this
week and before we could even say anything about baptism she was like so how
does the 17th sound? So that is so cool! Finally Maria de Jesus is really
excited about the gospel and everything but she doesnt feel comfortable in the
chapel so we need to work on that so she hasnt been coming to church!
Not much else really happened this week but I am excited to
start my only full year in the mission! That is crazy! And I have officially
been in Mexico for 2 months so that is pretty loco as well!! I love you all,
and will talk soon!!
Elder Stout
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