1. Did Felipe, Maria and Carlos get baptized? If so fill us in about their special day. Tell us your feelings!
Heck yes they did! And it was awesome! We had more people show up to the baptism than at church yesterday. After the baptism, Felipe thanked me for taking time to teach him and help him get baptized. He said surely it was a process, but really it wasn´t! We met him like 2 weeks ago! He went to this last General Conference and he still remembers how good he felt when he heard all the talks, especially from President Monson. Felipe is a stud! My district leader was praising him last night when I called in the numbers, saying the Felipe was super ready and felt really good during the interview. So it was all in all a great experience! I´m excited to have another member in our small family here in Coronel Bogado.
Carlos and Maria were happy too! They were excited to be baptized.. Now in a year they can all go to the Temple as a family and be sealed together forever. I hope they make the sacrifice to go!
2. Has President Callan and Hermana Callan left for home yet? I am sure they are going to go through some major withdrawals when they get to their home in Farmington! They will be missing Paraguay and their adopted son's and daughters they left behind.
I think they´re still here training the new mission president. I´m sure going to miss the Callan´s! They´re great. I won´t be suprised if President Callan speaks at the next General Conference..
3. What was your favorite experience this week?
I think probably the baptism! That´s just what I needed after 3 months of hard work here.
4. Did you have any comical moments this week? I'm sure you were busy getting ready for the baptism. But, knowing you something funny had to happen this week.
I´m not sure if this is really funny, but thinking back at it I´m sure my reaction was pretty funny.. I was furious though. Alright, so we went to fill up our baptismal font, and someone left us a little treat in the bottom of it. Gustavo aka el pequeño demonio dropped a deuce in there while all the young men went to play soccer at the church. So guess who had to clean it out.. Yeah, the Elders. Thanks ya little brat.
5. What are you doing for your Pday today? Are you doing any sightseeing on your few hours to yourselves?
Nothin! There´s absolutely nothing to do her on pday.. We´ll probably just end up writing letters the whole rest of the day. There´s nothing else to do. It´s gonna be fun!
So yeah, there´s our week! A lot of preparation for the baptisms on Saturday. It was a good week though, very rewarding. I realized that I complete 14 months in the mission this week.. I can´t believe how fast the time has gone by here! I feel like I´ve come a long way in my life, and this isn´t even the start. I feel like I´m gonna hit the ground running when I get back, I´ve got a good life plan and I feel good about what I wanna do. I know I´d still be confused if I stayed home- I would have missed out on a ton of things that I wouldn´t have been able to learn at home. I´m glad to be here.
I don´t really know what else to say! I´m trying to remember what happened this week, and I feel like I´ve already said all the important stuff.. I´m alive and well! What else matters right?
I´ll keep you posted on the package.. Thanks for sending it! I know I´ll love it.
I hope you all have a great week! I love you!!
Elder Colby Dane Heiner
