Blessings of Obedience!

This one wont be very long, but I want to tell you all about how these past few days went and some great things that happened in them. This is both a testimony and a day to day replay of what has happened.

We had a baptism for Braulio on Thursday. It was on thursday because it was his birthday also. What a great gift right? His family came and that was awesome. His wife is already a member and actually she is a return missionary. His parents and his brother are not members.... yet. His mom and his brother were bawling the whole time. It was pretty great. But it didnt start till an hour later than it was supposed to because the water had no pressure and was barely coming out. So the bishop called a potable water truck and we stuck the hose in the window and blasted water into it. It was full in a few minutes. We had it going for 2 hours and the water was JUST getting half way up the second step. Fun.......

Then on Saturday, we were on exchanges because other missionaries needed the district leader (my comp) so I was with Elder Meyers(sp) and he is American. We had a GREAT day!!! There truely are blessings for obedience! We taught 2 niños that are going to be baptised! The lessons were kept simple and short and they enjoyed them. Plus... I UNDERSTOOD SPANISH AND I SPOKE ALMOST PERFECTLY!!!!! Once we left both appointments though, it was gone. But it will be back.

Then walking to our comida, a man named Carlos stopped us and said that he had a lot of respect for us and wanted to hear what we had to say but not at that time. We told him we were going to eat anyway and that we could take down his info and contact him later. We got his cell number. Now here are some cool things about this guy. 1) He lived in England for a few years and has really good english. 2) He used to be a Catholic Priest and doesnt agree with everything in the church. 3) HE CAME TO US!!!! I´m so psyched!!

Then we went to Hno Julian´s house because he said that he had a reference. I didn´t know that the reference was waiting for us in his house! She didn´t have time for a lesson then but she said that miercoles would be great. We set the appointment and she expressed how happy she is to find missionaries again! She has a Book of Mormon and just wants to take the lessons and be baptised. I don´t know her story past that.

Elder Meyers and I talked and prayed and decided that obedience is definetly the key. I am very excited about these next few weeks and all the promise that they hold. My first companion goes home in 2 weeks and 1 day. I am caught in an awful time warp and it is all just fantastic. I will very likely be in this area for at least one more transfer because, as I just found out, we reopened this area after the last elders went crazy. Literally. They drove eachother into holes in the walls of our casa. So I will be teaching my next companion the roads and members. Darn. Now I have to pay attention to roads. Haha. Kidding of course.

Well that´s all I´ve got for now. Love you all and thank you so much for the support!! Elder Heath