Space Math: Great Joy

Hola Todos,

This has been an awesome week! I absolutely love my mission!!!

The most exciting news is that Guillermo got baptized. I feel so privileged to be able to help out in God's work and watch Guillermo make a mighty change in his life. We didn't do much, if anything, but somehow we were privileged to be able to help Guillermo come unto Christ.

The baptismal service was wonderful. The spirit was so strong, and I am so excited for Guillermo. He is an example of excellent faith! We forgot to arrange for a piano player, so I got to play the piano for the baptismal service. I played Come Unto Christ for the opening hymn and Choose the Right for the closing hymn. Thanks Sister Martin for teaching me to play the piano. And Thanks Merrill Ward for giving me the experience playing in front of people during Relief Society!

Tania, Guillermo's girlfriend, came in from Utah for the baptism, and she gave the talk about baptism. I talked about the Holy Ghost. Well, actually, I prewrote my talk and read about the Holy Ghost.

The spirit was so strong! Baptismal Services are so cool, as is Guillermo.

Then on Sunday, Guillermo got confirmed a member of the Church. He has such strong faith, and such a great testimony. This was such a great begining for him and his progress towards the celestial kingdom.

This whole week I have been thinking about the scripture that says, "And if it so be that you should labor all your days in crying repentance unto this people, and bring, save it be one soul unto me, how great shall be your joy with him in the kingdom of my Father!" (D&C 18:15) I don't know what I did to be privileged to have this great joy, but I feel so blessed to have been able to invite Guillermo to come unto Christ.

We were also able to teach many cool investigators, like Abel y Jacobo, Maribel y Carmen, and Imelda. We are also teaching Celia y Delia, Manuela, Gabriel, Alberto, Nancy, and probably many others.

We are also teaching Sammy, a little 7 year old girl "member" who is preparing for her baptism. Last night we taught her the Plan of Salvation, using a sheet of paper for each part of the plan. We layed them around their living room floor and moved around a lot while we taught the plan of salvation. We laid down pictures of Jesus at every part. It was a super awesome lesson.

The branch had their Halloween party and Hermana Martinez and I changed name tags. We loved our costumes and thought that it was super funny!