HOLA!

Hola a todos...


Happy day after Easter.  Glad to hear that you all had a great Easter and that all is going well back home. We had a great Easter where we announced in Sacrament meeting the baptism of Sebastian Machado our awesome investigator who will be baptized this Saturday at 7:00 PM.  His brother who is 11 years old and his two kids (Valentino who is 13 years old and Guadalupe who is 11 as well) are now preparing themselves to be baptized on the 14th of May.  Please pray for them especially for Valentino and Guadalupe so that they can get permission from their mom to get baptized (the parents are divorced).  We are super excited for Sebastian and his great desires to repent and be baptized.  About 4 months ago, he didn`t even believe in God but went through some health problems and now believes a lot in God and is willing to do whatever God requires of him. So we are way excited for this weekend and are focusing a lot this week on finding new investigators to teach because it`s been a while since we`ve found a good new investigator to teach.  Please pray that we can find some more people to teach this week.

That`s great that Colin and some friends were able to do some service for the neighbors, way to go!!!  That`s scary that Colin will be getting his permit this week and that he will be starting to drive... Please don`t hurt Moby too bad...

This is the last full week of the change and we will be receiving the change calls next Sunday.  It`s probable that we will stay together for another change but it`s possible that one of us could go somewhere else.  We aren`t too worried about it and are just focused on finding more people to teach and baptize in May.

I love Easter and the time when everyone is remembering the great Atonement of the Savior Jesus Christ.  Down here nearly everyone is Catholic so everyone was celebrating the Holy Week for the entire week but it was more like a spring break than a Holy Week because not very many people are practicing Catholics, and lots of people had school and work off for the whole week.

We are also excited for Sebastian to get baptized this Saturday because then the next Sunday following his baptism and confirmation then he will receive the priesthood and will even be able to baptize his kids and brother on the 14th.  That will be a great experience for him and his family. 

I love the gospel and I love my Savior Jesus Christ who set the perfect example for me and for all of us so that we can become more like Him if we choose to repent and follow Him.

One great thing that I learned this week is how we can become more childlike and receptive to the teachings of Christ... Just think of a story or passage from the Bible or Book of Mormon and think to yourself, what would a child understand or take away from seeing or hearing this, how would a child react and then try to understand and be obedient like a child. It`s a great way to simplify and understand the basics of what we must do.

I know that becoming more childlike is becoming more Christ like. I know that The Lord lives and loves us.

Until next week,
Elder Gardner