(Response to Dad's e-mail, in which Dad described going to Cori's wedding and reception--they had Mexican at a family dinner the night before--and in which Dad explained that Ian has been living out of his van while working as an ATV/Hummer trail guide in Moab--insert Christ Farley quote here.)
Dah! Mexican food. We made tacos the other day and...it jsut...wasnt the same. Itll be interesting to talk to Ian about living from his van. He always told me that was like a dream of his. haha
You know, I was actually thinking about that the other day. Also, I read in Alma where it talks about the seperation of the land of the Nephites and the Lamanites with the east sea and the west sea and the smal strip of wilderness that seperates them. It fits pretty well into florida, which would mean that the land of Zarahemla couldve stretched down to close to Georgia alabama area down south. (I think?) I need more study...and a map. haha Love you Dad! Eres lo maximo!!!
(Editor's Note: Well, that's one theory...)
(General e-mail)
Alright. So. I have good news and bad news. The good news will be a bit of a story, so heres the bad news first. I forgot my camera, so I cant send you all the epic pics I took last week. BUT, next week I will bring it and send off even more epic photos! Even of last weeks baptism. Yes, we had another baptism. Thats the good news! Now, the story:
So. Our stake has a goal this month to baptize 35 people. Admittedly, they are a bit to focused on numbers but without numbers we achieve nothing, so we keep working. Anyway, our Zone Leaders had kind been freaking out on us to try and find anybody in the entire world who we could baptized last week. I wasn´t to concerened with it becuase we´d already had two baptisms, but I still kept my heart eyes and ears open for miracles to happen. Well, my comp and I were walking down the street on Wednesday and this kid rode by on his bike saying "Chino! Chino!" calling me chinese. People here are a bit dull about racial differences. So then he pulls up beside us and asks if we are the mormons. Both a little exasperated by his youthfull antics we replied in the positive. Then he asked us if he new our ward missionary, Mariana. We again said that yes we did. He paused for a moment and just stared at us and we stared at him. I was about ready to just walk away, but the he said "Well, when can you come by to visit me and my family?" With the word "family" our attention was hooked. Right then we went with him to his familys house. He told us his name was Chico, and that he, along with multiple other friends, had attended church before with Mariana. And so it began. We met with Chico and another kid named Cleudi and invited them to be baptized for this last sunday. With the permission of their parents, they both said yes! Cleudis mom also wants to be baptized, but cant for now becuase she had a recent operation and cant attend church. She´s also living with a man who´s not her husband so....marriage. On the up side, when the Zone Leaders went to do the interview, she told them that she had had a dream. In the dream on of her friends in the church sat down next to her and told her that she needed to take the missionary discussions and be baptized in the mormon church. So thats cool.
Other miracles prepared for June or July:
So a few weeks ago we also recieved a reference from a member in our ward. His name is Yimi. (Jimmy) and lives with his family. His mom had been recieving the missionaries for years and years...like a long long time, but never wanted to act and didn´t belive that there was a true church. We met with just Yimi the first time and all seemed well. Then in the second visit, his Mom, Yanet was also there. So we talked with her a bit and she shared with us her experiences with the Missionaries and also, a dream that she had. The day after we contacted Yimi, the mom dreamed that a member friend of hers was standing in front of her, reading the bible. The member, our primary president, read some verse that talks about how the great and terrible day of the lord is nigh at hand and the time to repend is now. When she woke up, she new she needed to change something. So, we taught them the restoration and invited Yanet, Yimi and his sister to be baptized. They all said yes!
Unfortunately, the didnt come to church on sunday, so we have to move their Baptismal date...and Im pretty sure Yanet has to get married. Oh well. With the eye of the faith, she´s already been endowed!
Also, one of our recent converts, Emmanuel, was possesd or something like a month before I came to Boca Chica. So like 5 months ago. For all the time I knew him he was barely functioning. Blankly staring at us and barely responding in the lessons. Now he´s working, talking, and flirting like a normal man! He talked with us for like a half hour about how he could ask a girl out from our ward. It was awesome!
Miracles, miracles, miracles! Love you all! I promise lots of fun pics next week!
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