Mar. 2nd

Hey Family,

So, we baptized on Saturday. Maria and Jonaton were baptized together and were both so happy and excited. I baptized Maria and Elder Berezay baptized Jonaton, which was good because Jonaton is a lot larger than I. It was a neat experience. They asked me to play the prelude music and the music durring the changing, so after I baptized I had to change quickly and run back to the chapel to play the music for the guests. The Organ Lessons have paid off immensly. Every week in church I play the clavanova on Organ setting and at the baptism I played a relic of an organ that I'm sure was twice or three times my age.

I was a little nervous at the baptism, I'd never done a real baptism before. In the temple, those being baptized know more or less what to do, but Maria didn't know at all where to stand or where to put her hands, and I was hoping I could remember the prayer in Spanish and pronounce her name correctly and baptize her without any problems. I was preocupied as the Argentines say, but everything worked out. I said the prayer correctly, I got her name right, and she went all the way under and back up the first time. I was relived.

Right now we don't have any other investigators with Baptismal dates, but our goal is 4 baptisms in March, so we'll see what happens.

"¡It's March Madness Baby!" my companion likes to yell out once or twice a day. In our mission we're holding a Mission Mendoza March Madness. It's the Big Dance for missionaries. Every companionship is a team and you're playing against yourselves. The goal is to make it to the Final 4. The leves are as follow: Thorough 32: 32 open the mouths for 5 days straight; Sweet 16: 16 new investigator lessons in one week; Elite 8: 8 investigaors in church one week; and Final Four: 4 baptisms. Elder Berezay and I are excited for this and we've been praying and fasting that we'll be able to find a family of 4 and baptize them this month. We'll have to get to work and see what happens.

Well, that is the rundown of things so far. I'm doing well. I haven't lost hardly any weight since the MTC, which suprised me because we walk so much.

I love you all!

Thank you for your prayers and support!

Love,

Lucas