Arocha family, Ricardo's investigators and speaking with friends from Ezpeleta

NO I'm not set on BYU-I.  I've been thinking and listening to a bunch of opinions from a bunch of different elders and I think UVU probably will be a better option... easier transition to BYU and all that jazz.
So this past week was pretty crazy, first of all we spent a lot of time looking for Ricardo and luckily we found him and he got confirmed.  Yay! very exciting! So we are all very excited.
As for other investigators,  2 weeks ago Elder Palmer and  we on exchanges with the district; he was in Platanos and I went to Hudson. Anyway when I got back he informed me that they were doing contacts and ran into this family that had been listening to the discussions like 6 years ago, or at least the wife was. They are awesome, she wants to get baptized so bad but needs to get married.  Her son Santino is ten and he loves the discussions.  Then theres the dad who wasnt really interested before and now is!  We are very excited for them they called the Arocha family and they came to stake conference yesterday and liked it a lot.  We were very excited. As for other investigators, the girlfriend of Ricardo who got baptized (shes a member and how we found ricardo) She has been having a bunch of problems lately with sick family and new houses and all that jazz.  Well her parents had been watching/helping her a little with this and they wanted to know how and why she has so much peace in her life in spite of so many problems.  So we are teaching them now and took out a baptismal date for 2 weeks! References are the absolute best way to do missionary work. It really helps a lot.
Yesterday was stake conference and I saw so many old friends from Ezpeleta.  It was so cool actually being able to talk to them because before I didn't know the language yet.  It was really cool. The pic of the dog is just a dog I saw that I thought looked like Toby. Ha!  So ya hope everythings going well over here.  You are all in my prayers.
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Thanks for family miracles, Ricardo and his baptism

Oh my goodness! Jackie and Brad didnt even mention  a car accident in their letters.  I am so glad they are ok.  My goodness I am so glad they are both ok.  You are very right when you said miracles exist.  I am very grateful for prayer and that our Father watches over us.

Mom as for schools and stuff, I think BYU Idaho might be my num 1 choice right now with UVU number 2. I talked to Brad and looks like we are going to be rooming together so that'll be fun.

Huge congrats to Brit, Aaron and all the Johnsons!  Twins?!  I'm excited that I'll be there when they nacen? ... get born how do you say that.... dang it

OK so this last week was a pretty crazy week.  First of all we have this guy named Ricardo who was our focus this week cuz he really wanted to get baptized but we hadnt taught him everything yet.  So we taught him every night in the church with a member it was great. But then Friday, the day of his bap interview came around, and he didnt show up. PANIC everyone!   So Elder Palmer and I called him that night but he wasnt home and he doesnt have a cell phone so we decided to go to his house.  He was living with his brother at the time so he and his ¨wife¨ (They aren't married yet but will be soon.  Anyway he lives with his brother so they dont break the law of chastity.   So, his brother lives in another area where I had never been before but we got the address from his wife. So saturday (the day of his baptism) we woke up and left the pinch early so we could find his house and get him to the Elder that needed to do the interview. We took a train to the area where his was, asked directions and walked about 20 blocks looking for his house.  We finally found it and he came out.  YAY!  He told us that he had to travel to Tucuman (another province way north) and had to buy his train ticket last night, so we grabbed him and took him to the elder who was doing his interview.  During this time I called the bishop and told him the baptism was back on and all that jazz. So after the interview it was about lunch time and we decided we would just do the baptism at 6 that night.  So off we went.  We went to our lunch cita and filled up the baptismal font and did some other stuff and 6pm came and he hadn't show up.  Ahhhh stressful!  However he did eventually showed up and got baptized. All that needed to happen was the confirmation the next day in Sac meeting. Here they do the classes first and then Sac meeting last, so we waited for him.  The first class came and went and we called his house.  They said he already left so we just had to wait.  The second class ended and Sac meeting started. It was extremely important that he get confirmed Sunday because next Sunday we cant cuz its Stake Conference and the Sunday after that he will be in Tucuman.  So we were praying really hard. Well sac meeting ended and he didnt come and we were both just sad/worried. So now we have to find him and find out a way to get him confirmed this Sunday.  We have to do a lot for it to happen tho-- permission from the Bishop and Stake President and just a bunch of stuff...Ahhhh stressful! So ya that was pretty much what happened this past week. I finally have a computer that accepts my camera, so heres some pics :)

I love you all and hope all is well, your in my prayers always.

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