Hang of things

Hey everyone,

So this week has been soooo BOMB i cant even explain! wow. its been so good. 

So first off, i dont know how it happened, but we had 20 investigators in church this sunday.... wow. Our gospel principles class was packed! Haha it was so much fun teaching that class, but it also got super hot in the room even with the fans on and windows open haha. we will have to find a bigger room soon. haha. anyway that was the biggest thing on my mind

This week has been super good because we have seen some true progress in the zone. All the missionaries are getting along better and working harder. The areas with most dificulties are really starting to pull through now. We had a zone fast this last saturday and i feel like the drought in a few areas is now coming to an end. What we really need though is more coordination with the members to make it stick. I think one of the greatest lessons i have learned as a missionary is how to be a good member. funny right? haha

the principle of "stand where you are, and lift where you stand" is true.

Its also been a little sad this week too. Several good missionary freinds who have been sick for a while (including one from the zone) are going home early to recover.... they will be missed. Thats been a hard thing to experience on the mission. 

Imperio is progressing a ton! the ward is starting to put the bateries back into the home teachign and visiting teachign program (the visiting teachers started first obviously haha - what a blessing it is to have the releif society as part of the restored chuch....) and yesterday we visited several families with the elders from the ward. soooo good.

Thanks to some wonderful member testimonies we are plannign on having 4 baptisms this weekend. Orlando, Candelaria, Liliana, and Selene. The members really helped motivate them this last weekend and their baptismal dates are now solid. XD

Orlando, Candelaria, and liliana we have been teaching for almost 2 transfers now. they are such a wonderful humble family. They have absolutley nothing, but they are the most wonderful smiley people i know. We have had a lot of dificulties teaching them because they dont understand a lot of what we teach or what they read in the scriptures but its been amazing to me to see the spirit of the Lord come into their lives and fill them with understanding. Orlando seems like a different person than the Orlando we taught 2 months ago.

Selene is a teenager who was going ot be baptized about 6 months ago with her mom while another pair of missionaries were teaching her, but the day of her baptism she dissappeared, but we found her again and found out that she has had some family problems and we have been teaching her for about a month solid now (but practically 2 transferswe have been teaching her)

all that was needed was to show her she needs the guidance of the spirit and she was more than happy to be baptized. the young womans program has been awesome in helping her as well as the the ward missionaries.

I lvoe the work

Always turn outward and keep smiling,

Elder Bunker