2-20-12

mom. i loved the valentine letter. it was soo sincer and i don´t know if i have ever felt as close to my family in my mission as i did when i read that later. a flood of memories filled my mind and i felt like i was home. thanks (:

we had a baptism this week! ug! i was dying of thirst to baptize and it finally came. it was agustin sanchez. after long time and lots of family home evenings and trying to get the ward involved we had a very successfull baptism. all that work was definitly worth it. its such a gratifying work. so much work, frustration, and sweat for the salvation of others. it´s sooo worth it. it was good (: i already sent you guys pictures, so i hope you like them.

i have a lot of pressure on my back this week. we have a big baptismal goal this week and it´s divided up into zones...the numbers. our goal is in charge of baptizine 8 this months, si o si! we already got five in the water, but we need three more this saturday si o si. in my district, i have two areas that both have enough people to baptize this weekend...for a total of three. o sea....they have to get baptized. they all have their little problems and super small things that keep them from getting baptized. ug, so i have to spend this week out of my area trying to figure out how we are going to do this (: but i love it. i love doing this. sometimes i can get selfish and want to work in my area, but i know how much the other areas need it. so it shall be great (:

i´m still getting used the president changes. avila is making the mission very different, mature, but different. i just adapted so fast to lindahl style, and i´m still trying to get a hold of this. but i know it´s from the Lord, so i must do it.

we had a great guy come to chruch. his name is pablo. he love what we are sharing. he reminds me A LOT of dave. he is a latin DAVE (heidi and dave). He i super personable, fun. Pablo really just wants to do the right thing and doesn´t want to mess his life up. he went to church and loved it. he still has to get married and stuff before he can get baptized, but he really knows that he needs to get baptized. i love this guy. it will be a slow progress but worth it. his last name is Stay....haha. english word. ayways, we also have carnival this week in San Luis. so lots orf partying and no one working for 50 hours straight....i´m not so excited. CRAZY STUFF.

anyways, i will be working super hard this week. thanks for the wonderful letters and everything guys. i love you all!

elder valle.