Dear Family,
Thank you for your emails. They really mean alot and keep me motivated. On the mission your pretty secluded and sometimes wonder if people still remember you but every time i get your emails i am greatful for the great family i was blessed with. I got letters from Hayden and Mara this week too which was nice.
This week went really well. We baptized a lady named Aura Lorenzo. She lives really far away and her family is really poor but she wanted to be baptized and was ready so we got her baptized. There is also this young girl named Daniela who is the neice of the branch President so she comes to church with us but we had the other Elders in oratorio teach her b.c she lives there, get baptized too. Her family (especially her step mom) doesn´t treat her well so she might move and be adopted by our branch president. I had the baptism count for the other branch but she asked me to confirm her and i felt very honored. She seems so much happier sinces shes been talking about being baptized and had a new radience Sunday.
We took her family with us to the baptism as well and another family that we´ve been teaching from this area called Buena Vista in Moyuta. We challanged them to get baptized this next saturday and they really really want to. They will be three or four (the moms still alittle doubtful if she wants to yet) if they can stop drinking coffee by then.
The next day at church we didn´t have very many people here at all. Its really hard to do missionary work and try and keep the members coming to church but in little branches like this its what you have to do. Aura was confirmed in church as well by our branch President. After church she told us how much two of her kids want to get baptized now too and asked when they can get baptzed so if they get prepared by saturday we might be having 5 to 6 baptisms!!! Please pray hard for us that we can get it done. More that the Lords will will be done. It may not be this saturday but just pray that they will prepare to make the baptismal covenent with God.
Our District has been doing incredible. There are 3 areas and in July we has 11 baptism we didn´t baptize and so that was just in two areas. But this week we had 4 in the distict and everyone baptized. It was a great way to start a month. We have 4 baptisms for august already and 13 more dates. Are goal is twenty which would be a miracle b.c most zones in our mission dont get 20 baptisms in a month.
Today for pday my comp and i went to the capital b.c he lost both his tags so we`´ve both been Elder Vincent for a couple of weeks. He used on of my tags. I got to eat lunch a quiznos which is always good and i got to hang with Elder Hill my mtc comp who´s in the office. He´s the one from Bruces ward and he had some pictures of them and they look good. He is probably my best friend on the mission. I love him.
So would really like to know if you and dad and heath have gotten my letters and if they are reading my letters to the ward. Also if you see badger tell him Congrats for me. My teacher her in the CCm went to Equador and loved it. There are native elders there who dont cut there hair as part of there culture and speak some other cool language.
Thanks for all of your love and suport and please make sure to send my emails to people. Especially Aunts Uncle and cousins. I want to help as many people as possible.
Love,
Elder Vincent