Oct 12, 2015
Hello Family!
It sure has been a fantastic week!
First off, Cristina got baptized! I cannot eve tell you how amazing she is. She is going to do great things! Her Mom and sister have been super supportive, but I am not really sure what else they need to join Cristina! Everyone keeps telling us that they are both ready as well. So we are going to keep working on that.
It sure has been a fantastic week!
First off, Cristina got baptized! I cannot eve tell you how amazing she is. She is going to do great things! Her Mom and sister have been super supportive, but I am not really sure what else they need to join Cristina! Everyone keeps telling us that they are both ready as well. So we are going to keep working on that.
The baptism was going to be at 7 on Saturday, but these
darn rehearsals for the temple celebration are
getting in the way! The youth are practicing 10 hours a week. We barely had time to even visit them! I was getting
worried that Cristina wasn’t going
to be baptized not because she wasn’t ready, but because we couldn’t find a time! We finally decided it
would be Saturday at 4:30 right before the rehearsal in the Valle
Dorado building, which is on the
other side of the city. (I don’t know if I've mentioned it, but we don’t have a font in our building because it's just a casa de oracion.) Well, the font leaked, and
when we got there the font was less
than half way full and the water was freezing cold. But everything turned out alright in the end because
all the youth from the stake were
there to support her!
This week has really just been such a blessing. It has been incredible how the spirit has guided us to where we needed to be. I also had a really trying experience. I got sick again. I was up all night and when morning came, I didn’t have ganas to do anything! I was so tired and my whole body felt weak. My mind was begging me to go back to bed. I really really really wanted to just lay down and do nothing but I felt so strongly that I should not. All through studies, I was SOO tired. Then the greatest miracle happened, we left the house and it was like nothing had ever happened. I still felt weak, but I had just enough strength to keep working! It was incredible. At the end of the day, I thought about what would have happened if I had just given up.
Don’t worry mom, this time it was my fault for getting sick. i really need to check the expiration dates before I eat things... haha! Well I think that is all I can remember for right now. Hope you have a great week! Oh, guess what! This Saturday, ELDER HOLLAND is coming to Tijuana! We are going to have a special conference with him!
Love you all! Elder Smalley
This week has really just been such a blessing. It has been incredible how the spirit has guided us to where we needed to be. I also had a really trying experience. I got sick again. I was up all night and when morning came, I didn’t have ganas to do anything! I was so tired and my whole body felt weak. My mind was begging me to go back to bed. I really really really wanted to just lay down and do nothing but I felt so strongly that I should not. All through studies, I was SOO tired. Then the greatest miracle happened, we left the house and it was like nothing had ever happened. I still felt weak, but I had just enough strength to keep working! It was incredible. At the end of the day, I thought about what would have happened if I had just given up.
Don’t worry mom, this time it was my fault for getting sick. i really need to check the expiration dates before I eat things... haha! Well I think that is all I can remember for right now. Hope you have a great week! Oh, guess what! This Saturday, ELDER HOLLAND is coming to Tijuana! We are going to have a special conference with him!
Love you all! Elder Smalley
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