¡atención!

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Family!
>
> I got a little surprise from President Watkins… You rock.
> They came to the baptism this weekend and handed it to me
> there. Since I got it in November I figured it was a
> thanksgiving package, you know, like last year´s, so I went
> ahead and tore it open right then and there, and I am very
> pleased. The tie rocks.
>
> Hmm I was going to give you the emails of Ronny and Gina so
> you could congratulate them, but I find myself once again
> deep within the bowels of the Toledo Fortress Library, so
> naturally they are not here with me. Maybe next week, if you
> are willing.
>
> If you desire, you may send the package to the mission,
> which is safer, or straight to me. I would however like to
> request all the hymns I have for the guitar copied and send
> straight here. There are a couple pages I got from the
> class. If you could get those off right away that would be
> grand. There is a mission talent show this year and we are
> running out of time.
>
> Our address is C/ Abdon Bordoy 57, Aranjuez 28300, Spain
> (duh).
>
> If you send the package to the mission, it will guarantee
> me not wreaking havoc on it immediately. I will get it on
> the 22 of Dec during the mission talent show. About that,
> any ideas? There are some high hopes. We are currently
> thinking of writing a song to the accompaniment of guitar
> and bongos.
>
> Okay, the library gives much less time than I thought. We
> gotta run through the happenings. Lots of happenings.
>
> For your information, Missy, we did celebrate thanksgiving.
> Luckily, Elder Driggs has not been entirely forgotten or
> given up on and got some stuffing, mashed potatoes, and
> other goodies in the mail. I bought a chicken. Don’t worry
> though, I gave it a very turkey name: Todd.
>
> Next up, Christian. Christian is the amazing Romanian we
> have been teaching for the past few weeks. We went into his
> house the other day and I was skimming through my B of M
> looking for a scripture to use because he has already read
> almost the whole thing. I looked up and he was just staring
> at me. I stopped and he gave me a little smile. He asked me
> if I wanted him to tell me the big news then or later. I
> said, “now.” So he took a breath and said, “I am
> getting baptized the Saturday after next. You are going to
> baptize me and Driggs will be the witness.” You should of
> seen the look on my face. It must have been good because I
> saw the look on his face that was caused by the look on my
> face. You should have seen the look on his face. He told me
> that while he was working he felt that he needed to get it
> done with. He only has to get married now, which should not
> be a big problem, and we can fulfill his wish. That was a
> good day.
>
> Saturday was even better. This whole last week we have been
> out of minutes on our phone because the office elders kinda
> messed up. It made things a bit troublesome seeing as the
> stake made us change the baptism at the last minute to the
> stake center in Madrid. Luckily, the members came together
> to make all the calls necessary. Only one problem, not
> enough was said in the calls that were made and nobody
> filled the font. We went ahead with the dressing, the
> program, and even the pictures before finally stopping the
> font. It was a little bit low, but all went well. I think
> the most amazing part to me has been Ronny through all of
> this. He has been flying of nothing but faith. He has not
> felt ready the entire time, but he has faith in what he has
> heard and the little that he has felt. Right when we were
> about to take the pictures of his family, he disappeared. I
> didn’t freak, I just slipped away from the group to go and
> search him out. I found him alone in the bathroom with his
> head in his arms leaning up against the wall. I came in and
> put my hand on his shoulder and asked if he was okay. He
> looked at me, and with tears in his eyes said, “I was just
> talking with me Father.” In the testimony he shared
> afterwards he said that he finally felt what he was looking
> for, just minutes before he was baptized. He received the
> testimony because he endured the trial of his faith. A big
> testimony builder for me.
>
> Okay, a red box just popped up to tell me I am out of
> time.
>
> Love you all,
>
> thanks for the good words and the shout outs from the small
> majority of you,
>
> peace be the journey,
>
> Sky