March 14, 2011

Things here are great. The baptism we had this sat went awesome the young women put on the program and it was really good. She was scared to get in the water at first. She looks a lot older then 12 so i keep forgetting that she is young. But ya her mom was extremely happy about her decision and she was too. the spirit like always was way strong at the baptism. She was really happy in church the next day when she received the holy ghost. She even had some friends come so we are going to try and get appointments with their families.

We have been dropping and getting a lot of investigators. We have some really promising ones though. one man named martin has been investigating the church for over a year and loves it and thinks that it is the most organized church in the world. Which it is but here sometimes a question the organizition in this ward. But i guess compared to other places around here it is. but martin is a way nice guy. he loves talking to us about the states and other things. He also really enjoys the bible. He reads it all the time we have been trying to teach him about the book of mormon but he is reluctant to accept it. He did quite understand the story very well behind the BoM so I think he may actually read it now. He still needs to get married too which for him shouldnt be a big problem he is more wealthy then most people and has a beautifull house. He also has a really nice family that we are going to start to teach also. they are all very nice.

Then we have Wendi a man that we contacted the other day and have had a few lessons with. He has a lot of questions and is extremely interested. He asks a lot of questions about the church and most of them are the ways that we are different from other churches. So it is good a lot of people are noticing the things that other churches cont do right from the lack of direct communication from God and the lack of the authority. but he came to church and we are going to try and set a fecha with him today hopefully it all works out.

Ya we were talking to rafael and he was telling us about the earthquake in japan. It looked and sounded bad. it just shows how important it is for us to be ready for anything. like the scriptures say dont procrastinate the day of our repentence. We never know when our time is, so if we are always ready then it doesnt matter when it is. we are so blessed to be able to repent. Jesus is our Savior and redeemer. An apostle said in the liahona that we as mortals cant comprehend what Jesus did for us which just shows how much he really loves us and wants us to return.

That is all from the republic for today. Thank you all for the emails and all your support. I wouldn't be here with out all of you. Love you and pray for you daily. Remember to always be strengthening your testimonies of the Saviour especially during this easter holiday

con amor

Elder Holmes