5/2/2011

This week has been a great week. We worked a ton, and ended up baptizing Ingred, that girl I met a few weeks ago! When I first met her, I thought she just wanted to talk to the missionaries because she thought we were cute, but now I´ve realized that she really has a testimony of the gospel, and she was so happy, excited, and willing to be baptized this week. It was amazing! Definitely a convert that I´ll remember.

In testimony meeting I gave a testimony on willingness. Like it says in the sacrament prayer, we should be willing to take upon the name of Christ, and always remember him,and keep his commandments which he has given us. There are so many people who take the sacrament every week, when they really aren´t willing to keep all the commandments. I was thinking a lot about how people pick and choose what commandments they want to live, and by this they really aren´t willing to do what the Lord wants, and they´re being prideful. I´m trying now to do my best to keep ALL of the commandments, and there are a lot of extra ones once you get in the mission... Ivan bore his testimony, and so did Elder Simpson, and by the end, Ingred was crying because of the spirit that was there. She cried at the end of the baptism to. She´s really understanding the importance of all these things.

I can´t believe everything that's going on at home. So much is changing. It will be good to talk to you guys this week.

About that... my president has put a huge damper on me. I can´t skype you guys on Sunday, because apparently it´s breaking the Sabbath day to speak with you through computers on a Sunday. If I were to do it on Monday, it would have to be between 7:30 and 3, which is horrible, because everyone will be at work. I think I´ll end up just making a regular call to you guys on Sunday in the afternoon. It sucks, but I can´t do anything about it... looks like Christmas is on a Sunday too, so maybe skype will never be a possibility for me on the mission. Know that I still love you though, and I look forward to talking to you this week still. I don´t have too much more to say, so just have a great week, and I´ll talk to you soon!

I can´t believe I´m almost 20... like i said, everything is changing, but hopefully things change for the better and not for the worse.

Have a great week, and remember to read the scriptures and pray.

Love, Elder Forsyth