Hello dearest family,
This week was really good, and yesterday was like one of the best days of my mission. Yesterday we baptized Roberto venegas, which was like my dream ever since I came to this sector, that was like the only think I wanted to do, was baptize that man! I am so happy right now, it really was my companion though that was able to get to his heart and he is like one of the best missionaries and teachers I have ever met. I am so grateful for my comp because without him I'm not sure if Roberto would have gotten baptized. It really was his own decision though; he worked so hard, even though he didn’t show it, he had to make a lot of huge changes in his life to be baptized. The rest of his family were baptized more than a year ago, and for that whole time, he had known more and more about the church but always had a lot of doubts, or just didn’t want to repent. Really I have such a huge testimony about the power and role the Holy Ghost plays in the conversion of someone. The only thing he had to do was read the book of Mormon with a sincere heart, and meditates about it a little, then ask god. It was an incredible blessing to take part in both a prayer that he offered in front of us to ask god if it was true, and his baptism. As I walked down into the baptism font, I noticed that he wasn’t following me down in there. I looked back at him and he was just looking at the water, I had no idea what he was thinking, but I will never forget what I saw. He kneeled down, so low to the ground and so humble, and was praying with all his might. I couldn’t help but feel the spirit so strong in that moment, I was almost crying when I offered the baptism prayer. That baptism meant so much for me, and a lot for my comp. I don’t understand why he chose me to baptize him when it seems like everyone else had helped him so much and I felt like my comp deserved to baptize him, and I wanted him too. I actually felt really bad for a while because I felt like sometimes I was scared to try and teach Roberto or sometimes I didn’t exercise my faith to bring the spirit while we were teaching. I felt like I had gotten something without earning it. I honestly wanted him so badly to realize the truthfulness’ of the gospel and to be baptized in the saviors church but my FEAR for men and lack of confidence in my self and of god and my Spanish prohibited me from doing something that a wanted to do so badly. I have learned a lot of good lessons lately, but I just honestly hope that I will be able to put them into practice, and to find more confidence in my self and in the gospel of Christ. I have learned one thing though that will always help me, and that is that it doesn’t matter what happens, I just need to be happy and excited. O ¨tener animo¨´ I definately Do have more confidence in god now, I am building the confidence in my self, I will forever be grateful that I had the opportunity to take part of Roberto’s conversion. I really do feel so happy, and yesterday honestly was like the best day of my mission. He shared his testimony at the end of the baptism service, and it was so strong and incredible, he said it was the best decision that he has ever took since he made the decision to get married and to have kids. He said now I will be able to have an eternal family. It was the best and most spiritual baptism service that I have ever been too.
Yes I stayed with my comp, but now there are 2 more missionaries in the ward and in our pension. One is new and is from
I still enjoy being zone leader, its really cool being able to serve other missionaries and stuff. The stats always take forever but that’s it ha-ha. My favorite conference talk was probably Elder Holland’s, or the prophets talk on the temples. I thought he was going to announce a temple in
Well Family thanks for everything that you do for me, have a good week! I love you guys!
Elder Whitney
We helped build this house for a blind guy.
This is caty, the youngest daughter of Roberto
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