July 19th

Hola, hola

 

Well this past week was such a sweet week not only for our own area but for our enitre zone!!!! This past week our zone had 7 baptisms, 2 of which were from our area but it was such a sweet weekend for all of us. The month of July has been so sweet and we have been blessed like crazy. I guess as the temperature keeps on getting higher and higher, we just keep baptizing and more than anything being blessed. I don't really have any random information for you about maryland this week haha Thanks so much for the pacakage DAD, i was very suprised to see a package from you cause usually it is mom but thanks a bunch dad it lifted me up when i needed it! Mom and jace and bell thanks so mcuh for all of your letters as well this week ha i love to hear from you guys, ha hailey and jace your letters are classic thanks so much!

 

First and foremost i just want to let the Rogers Family know that they are in my prayers and especially Ricky! I'll be praying and fasting for you guys and hope all goes well in the upcoming weeks! Love you Ricky.

 

This past week Jose and William were baptized. Every 3rd sunday our branch has a linger longer where everyone brings food and we have lunch afterwards so we threw the baptism in the middle of church getting out and the food so we had a nice party haha. Jose and William are awesome. They were nervous for the baptism but i just wanted to share an experience. I baptized william and i was down in the water and he came down and we did the baptising and he comes up out of the water and just shouts out, "WOW THAT WAS AWESOME!" everyone just started laughing but it was so funny because that's just how he is, I think the spirit works in everyone differently and i guess for him it must have been more humorous. It was such a special day and one that i will never forget.

 

We have been teaching William and Jose's Aunt named Rosa for quite a while now and we have invited her to be baptized before and she said yes but she wanted her husband to be along for the ride as well and he hasn't been because he works so much, but we were over there teaching her on saturday. We were teaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ to her and really focused on Baptism. We got to the end and she said, " I've really been thinking and i need to be baptized" That brought smiles to our faces. then she says, " I should probably set a date for that right?" by this point me and elder woolley are just stunned haha and she says "Can i get baptized next weekend?" She put herself on date! I have never had that happen before but ya Rosa is getting batized next weekend with Elder And Juana! So in our branch we should have 4 or 5 baptisms next week! Our branch by the end of this month will have 8 or 9 baptisms and the rest of the zone will have about 6. Things are really happening in our branch and it's so much fun to be there!

 

Rafael is doing great, he's been stuck on the Bible so we went over there this past week and really taught about the BOOK OF MORMON and more than that the restoration and i think he is understanding it. We went back 2 days later and he had read 19 chapters and was giving us a summary, there was such a different spirit when he talked about the Book of Mormon that was so amazing. It's really cool to see when the Book of Mormon just opens up he heart of someone who is so stuck on the Bible. We have been greatly blessed, and i'm so excited for the upcoming week, we are throwing another wedding for Elder AND Juana and they are so excited! I'm sure next week i'll have much to report, but all is well here and we are doing great!

 

Thanks for everything you do for me i really appreciate it! Have a good one!

 

Much Love

 

Elder Hammer