HOLA!!!!!
We had the best week on my mission thus far this past week! It was the coolest expereince in the world and i'll get to that later but ya we are pretty happy here in Towson right now! Thanks for all the letters and the packages everyone. Thanks for the package aunt Mitzie i really apreciate it! Thanks for 2 packages this week mom, ha elder woolley was a happy camper seeing all that food.
So this weekend was the wedding of Marlon and Laura Sandoval. Saturday night we had quite the FIESTA with the members to make, what we thought was going to be a tiny wedding into a huge blast! Marlon and Laura were so excited and they had been out shopping the day before and we met them in a parking lot and she had finally found a dress that she liked. You got to remember she's 8 months pregnant and she's about ready to pop so finding her a dress isn't an easy task. When they showed up to the church on Saturday night and she was all done up walking through the doors and he was smiling to ear to ear it made every hot hard day worth it. I've never felt so happy to see a couple come together like this. Weddings are a ton of fun, me and elder woolley said we are going to start doing this more often haha We had a very short ceremony and it was great and then all the members brought food and the relief society made a cake. For a little branch it was quite the party and it was so much fun to see them just happy as can be! We had 10 of our investigators come to the wedding so that helped but elder and juana are going to have the same thing on the 24th and 25th of July so they are excited!
Then it was off to the Baptism on Sunday. Marlon asked me if i'd baptize him and then elder woolley baptized laura. They were so happy. As all four of us were standing there in white taking pictures i just was filled with the greatest love for this family. Never have i felt so confidnet in a family to return to the temple in a year and be sealed forever than i have with the Sandoval Family! I told them that if they did go through in a year that i would be there and so would elder woolley ha they wanted us to sign something to amke sure that we were there. The baptism went great marlon went first and then i stayed in the water to help laura wiht elder woolley so she didn't haveto do too much being pregnant, the water was way warm and i was thinking i sure hope the baby doesn't get excited and come early that would put a damper on the baptism but luckily we made it through and they couldn't stop smiling. The Branch really supported them this weekend and they were so greatful, they have nothing they live in an apt with 14 people and 1 bathroom and yet these people have now found what happiness is! It's been the best weekof my mission for sure!
Yesterday Elder and Juana cmae to church and Elder bore his testimony. He did great and said we need to serve god and here serving god is where we will be! He's on fie right now and he invited us over to teach his family and friends yesterday. This past week we got 2 new investigators from elders friends being at his house. And it's almost like a member present lesson cause elder is set on the church. Yesterday he was going off saying these other churches where is their authority, they don't have any just because you study the bible and go to school doesn't mean you have power and authority from God. ha he's amazing i wanted to give him my tag and say go for it! We have been so blessed through Elder, that's how we found Marlon and Laura.
It was a great week and our zone is doing great as well we usually are at about 6 or 7 baptisms a month and this month we have a goal of 16!! our zone is on fire right now and we have been given so many blessings. We are really excited for our zone as well.
Life is going really good right now and i'm so happy. I've decided life is too much fun to be down and have realized how blessed we are. The gospel is the only thing that makes us this happy, there isn't any other thing like it! I love you all and hope you have a great week!
MUCH LOVE
Elder Hammer
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