December 28

The highlight of this week, besides Christmas, (and I´ve already talked to you about Christmas) was Roberto´s baptism (see fotos). He´s a really great person and was very well prepared for his baptism. I had written a lot, but the internet we were in last didn´t save it. (it closed when we had only been there 45 minutes and the internet quality was so bad that my mail account didn´t save my draft properly).

Anyway, this is a copy of what I wrote to President Hansen:
We just found him and taught him. He converted himself. From the first lesson he told Hna Callata that he was only going to believe in what they said if he felt the Spirit. Well, he felt the Spirit and so did we. We fasted with him, we read the scriptures with him. I could see the change in Roberto as he decided for himself that if he wasn´t to be firm in the church he would have to choose better friends and start to read the scriptures a lot more to be able to understand things better. In the last week before his baptism we could see that he was truely converted. Roberto cares a lot about his family and that they can also recieve the gospel. His elderly mother is now coming constantly to church with him and enjoyes it (although we are taking it really slowly with teaching her so that she can understand well), his younger brother is preparing for baptism as well and said the opening prayer in the baptismal service.

All this comes from Roberto´s cousins Ester and Samuel, who are members and introduced us. They continue to be an active part of the process of teaching them and encouraging everyone to get to church on time. Ester and Samuel continue giving us references and we are currently teaching several more of their extended family members. All of my baptisms in the mission (expect for one reference from other missionaries and one reference from a progresing investigator) have been references from members. (end of copied part)

I am struggling with the internet quality today and trying to get my photos to load, so I might not write that much.

The only photo that isn´t from the baptism is from yesterday. You can see that it´s really hot and sunny even though the dark clouds are covering most of the sky.