June 8th

Dear Family,

So here is the news about transfer: I'm getting a Latin Companion. I don't know who and I don't know where, but President Lindahl emailed me and said "I'm giving you a Latin comp." I'm almost positive I'll still be in Rivadavia, which is just fine with me--there is a lot of work to do. I was hoping to baptize last week, but we didn't. Last week I was praying with my companion and I was about to pray "Please Father help us have the miracle of a baptism this Saturday." But for some reason I couldn't say it, instead I prayed, "please Father, help our eyes to be opened to the blessings that you have given us and you will give us this week." The Bible Dictionary says that prayer is the changing of our will to the will of the Lord, I guess sometimes the miracle we want isn't the miracle the Lord wants for us.

Here are a few of the Miracles I was given these last two transfers:

-Elder Ortiz. I learned a ton from Elder Ortiz, sometimes it was very, very hard--we are so different--but I learned lessons about love, patience, listening, speaking up if I disagree and taking initiative that I don't think I could have learned in any other way. The Lord does choose the cruz we're tried in, and chooses it with love and concern for us.

-A Baptism. We worked so hard to try to baptize, and all of the people that we helped the most, ended up not getting baptized, but the baptism we did get was a miracle--Panchito fell into our lap. We just met him in the house of a member, and three weeks later he was baptized. All we had to do was set up a couple of lessons. And within a month he became one of the most faithful Aaronic priesthood holders in the Branch.

-Elder Wise and Elder Smith, our pench-mates. They made life so much funner, they helped us laugh, look on the bright side, and keep plowing along.

-Ward Missionaries. We were blessed with two ward missionaries who want to work and with whom we can do visits almost every day.

-A million more daily miracles and blessings--I can't write them all.

The Lord is watching out for us, He will bless us. I'm learning to look on the bright side, to count the blessings, not the problems, to count the sunbeams, not the rainclouds. We can make our lives a lot happier by learning these concepts I am sure.

I love you all Family!

Sincerely,