Skype call and photos! (Hilary)

This beautiful girl radiates goodness!

Hi everyone! 

Thanks for the emails! I love you all! SO fun to talk yesterday! I love seeing you guys and I felt like I left more excited to keep working and more assured that you're all doing okay so far away. We (as a family) have seen many blessings and should feel very grateful and humbled.

The week went well. A. was baptized Saturday and confirmed yesterday. It went well! Her family has been reactivated and they are loving it. 

Y. will be baptized this Saturday. He's really looking forward to it. Saturday he and his mom attended A's baptism and the Mother's Day activity afterward. They left happy. He's really become involved in the church and continues to study.

J. accepted a baptismal date Saturday. Our first couple lessons with her she did not want to accept, but Saturday we got to their house and they were really excited. Her husband, a less active member who recently started attending church again, told us, "My wife has exciting news." She explained that during the week they had been studying and praying a lot and she realized that (how we had explained) baptism is the door to enter in. She explained the commitment she had made with the Lord and how she knew that although opposition would come, she would be able to be baptized and go forward. She's really prepared and so positive and excited. 

I feel so grateful to know that Heavenly Father is willing to trust us to help His children in this important process. 

It is such a blessing on our end to see how it all works. 

To see how much He really loves each and every one of us and how merciful He really is.

Hermana Rodriguez as Agent Perry the Platypus

Our Gospel Principles class has gone really well the last couple weeks and something that I have really loved is that the teacher has done a good job of focusing on the things that our investigators need to hear, such as baptism. Yesterday we studied about "La pueblo del convenio del Señor" and our investigators left with a stronger conviction of the need to be baptized.

Okay, that's all about the work. It is going well and we are working hard... 

 I love you all! I am sending pictures. Thanks for everything!

Hermana Norton

Mother's Day FaceTime (Sam)

I LOVE this boy!

Hello! It was great to talk yesterday!

 Mom, what day did you get that letter???? I sent that Monday and the guy told me it would take 7-14 days.......... and if you got it by Sunday that means it got there in less than 6. WOOHOO. God can even speed up the mail if he wants! :)

 Haha don't worry about what I said about "mimar"! :) it was a joke! haha we are blessed, not spoiled. The reason why is because we know and recognize the true source. I am proud of all of you for having the humility and the charity to always try to share what we know and what we have. Thanks for raising me how you have and for teaching me what you've taught me. I appreciate it.

-DEAL-

 Anyways, things are great here... as you saw and heard yesterday. :)

 I've been writing in my journal every day and I am happy for that habit. I INVITE YOU (ugh.. that’s the only thing that comes out of my mouth now..... Invitations...) TO WRITE EVERYDAY IN A JOURNAL. That is how you can measure personal progress and also the way you can watch the miracles of the Lord in your life. Even if you write 3 lines! Write something!

Its been a short message.... just one last thing... I need you to put something else in the package before you send it..... a short letter from each of you....... Por favor.... :)

 Love you guys! 

-Elder Norton