Paula´s Baptism!

So many great things happened this week! I´ll start with the best part which was Paula´s baptism! Paula is a 20 year old girl who´s dating a young man who´s going on his mission to Brazil end of the month. We had contacted her mom and made an appointment to pass by which fell through, but I felt the constant need to go back and find her. Each attempt led to no results and we passed by one last time before attending the saturday session of our Stake Conference. At the end of the conference Paula introduced herself and said we had gone to her house several times and spoke to her mom, as she described her to me I remember it was the woman who we tried to find with no luck. Then out of nowhere Paula explained that she wanted to be baptized and had been attending another ward for some time and had made her decision! Our first appointment with her she said she wanted to get baptized that next sunday but that her dad was gonna be out of town at work. We were a bit releived because although we were eager to help her get baptized there´s a lot that goes into preparing someone for baptism and the actual event itself and so we committed her for a date in 3 weeks. In that time we taught her the lessons with her pololo aka boyfriend, her mom then joined us in the lessons, now her father who we´re going to try to help quit smoking and her entire family, grandparents, cousins, uncles, friends, etc. came to support her in the baptism sunday, it was a huge success and we´re hoping that their first contact with the Mormon church was a positive one! Paula is a pioneer in her family and I know that her decision to follow Christ will be a great example to her family and eventually help them make the same choice.

Other good news is that our GOLDEN family, David & Carolina went to the Registro Civil and

will be getting married the 16th of April!!!!! WOOHOOO!!!! It wasn´t the March wedding we were hoping for, but we made several phone calls to other Registro Civiles and they didn´t have dates until June or July so it really is a miracle they got a date so soon. Hna. Ireland is not so happy and want them to go to BFE in Til-Til to get married in March, but I´ve prayed and fasted so much and I know that this is the Lord´s will, he is trying our patience and this time will only helo them to be better prepared and converted before making this promise with the Lord.

Random news is that there was an earthquake this week in the middle of the night, those are always fun! 5.5 on the richter scale! Hna.Ireland was sleeping like a rock, but even the little ones wake me up at night, it´s a part of everyday life here...nbd. Also, it was Hna.Ireland´s b-day and we got a new companion for the rest of the transfer! Hna.Pascual from Guatemala, Chapin, woohooo!!! So the chapines and catrachos will be united for a month until the next transfer and then we´ll see what happens afterward. President pretty much told Hna.Ireland and I we´re not gonna have another transfer together...tear :´( we we´re hoping to see Carolina and David get married and baptized with their son together, but one of us will be left out of the picture, that´s the sad part about changes.

Spiritual cookie: " And they did land upon the shore of the promised land. And when they had set their feet upon the shores of the promised land they bowed themselves down upon the face of the land, and did humble themselves before the Lord, and did shed tears of joy before the Lord, because of the multitude of his tender mercies over them." Ether 6:12

xoxo,
Hna.Ibarra