I'M STAYING IN CAMINO CARRASCO!!!

Hola a todos...


I`m staying in Camino Carrasco, and so is Elder Ferguson!!!  We are so excited to be together here in Camino Carrasco for another 6 weeks!!!  We had a great baptism of Sonia and her grandson, Agustin!  They are such great people and now the newest members of the Camino Carrasco ward!  Sadly, Luisa did not get baptized because two days before her baptism a close family friend died, and then her husband convinced her that she didn`t have to pay tithing, so she wasn`t prepared to get baptized last Saturday.  She said she wants us to keep visiting her and that later on when she feels better and has accepted Tithing that she would get baptized, so we`ll see how it goes.  We are now planning another baptism for Gustavo Perez on the 25th.  He still needs to stop smoking, so please keep him in your prayers!!!  We saw some really cool miracles in this week, one being a family that we found of a mom, and her 2 kids(Geranimo, age 13 and Camilo, age 8).  A member accompanied us to a lesson with them and then offered to swing by and walk to church with her and her family, and she and her 2 kids came to church and loved it!  She cried because she felt the spirit so strong in one of the classes and in Sacrament meeting!  They are wonderful people.

The Zone Conference was great and Elder Foster of the Seventy came and spoke with his wife!  It was a really cool conference and I sure learned a lot about the importance of prayer and learning to hand missionary work over to the members and support them in sharing the gospel with their friends and neighbors.  We also received a challenge to read the Book of Mormon and mark everytime that it says the word ¨faith¨.  I`m really grateful for the opportunity and privilege that I have of being a missionary now in my life and to be able to help others come unto Christ.

It`s not very visible but you can feel and see on the parked cars, the ashes that were blown over here from Chile.  Elder Ferguson got sick from it, but I am just fine!  At the end of each day our shoes would be covered in white powder from the falling ash.  That is a bummer for all the missionaries that are supposed to go home this week from their missions like Taylor.  I hope they can get back to their families soon!

I love you very much and am grateful for all that you are doing.  Thanks for everything.

Love,
Elder Gardner