Sorry if this is so short. I have been trying to send a lot of pictures but the internet is slow today haha. so maybe another time
So pretty much this week has been good. I have been learning lots and lots haha i feel like its been full of mistakes and learning experiences as well. haha. My companion placed me incharge of all of the zone funds this week haha and its been a little stressing to be carrying around so much money and having to keep track of everything. But thats how we learn i guess.
This week has been super focused on the 3 people getting baptized. Only william and Alvina got baptized this week. Carmen did not. Its really interesting how much opposition gets placed in the way. Even though i have only known each of them for only 2 weeks i have really grown to love each of them and it really made me sad that carmen couldnt get baptized.
Carmen is a single mom that lives with her parents. she really has the desire to change her life and she loves what the missionaries before us were teaching. The problem that arose was that after we had left in our last visit Carmen mentioned to her parents that she wanted to be baptized and that was not going to fly with them. they were ok with her listening but being baptized was not part of the plan. They told her that she would not be welcomed in the house if she got baptized because they couldnt accept someone in the family belonging to another religion. (they are catholic by tradition) We explained to Carmen that we couldnt make the decision to be baptized for her and we were going to help her in anyway we could. she said she will try to baptized farther down the road.... I really hope we didnt just lose her. She went to Olmos (about an hour away) for the weekend to get away from her parents... we will see what happens farther along....
The baptism went really well, both the mothers of Alvina and william came to the baptism and i feel like it really opened their hearts to our message. I hope we will have the chance to share the gospel with them soon. we are looking for an oppertunity to help families. (haha alvina said she wants to teach with us soon, she really is converted)
Im really loving my new area. The members are really nice and respectful and that makes it so much easier to love them. haha. now to put them to work.... hahahaha. just kidding. i think we will have a good christmas here with the ward. It really is nice when the members want you over for christmas as a missionary. haha
One thing that has been on my mind so much lately has been about the work for the dead. When elder Nelson came to talk to us he and his wife talked a lot about connecting both sides of the veil. I have been thinking a lot about how to help our investigators and converts get to the temple to do the work for the dead. I feel like the work is being hastened on BOTH sides fo the veil. I was thinking about all this and then we went to the bishops office and we started talkign with him about the work and he pulled out a new pamflet that just came from church headquarters just for helping the converts do temple work. it was a nice answer from heaven that that was direction i needed to go.
sorry so scrambled
love you all!!
Always turn Outward and keep smiling!
Elder Bunker
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