Happy 23rd Birthday, Calvin!! (March 3, 2014)

Posing during a Pre-Dawn Birthday Run

Yeah I got all the packages last week dont worry. And yes I waited and opened the birthday package this morning! This morning we went running to the beach and waited for the sunrise and took some pics. Thats what the 30 pictures of the sun are from...I think we might go to Malaga after we email to go ride bikes or meet up with some other missionaries. Im not sure. Then tonight a family is making a birthday dinner so that should be fun.

The Package

 This week went by really slow. We thought it was a terrible week but it didnt turn out too bad. I think it was just that our investigators didnt progress as much as we would have liked. We went and talked with the mother of the two kids we baptized. She´s been coming to church and likes it a lot. We asked how she was liking church and her grandpa blurted out "she loves it. She´ll be baptized any day now!" And she got kind of embarrassed but didn't deny it. She said she had some doubts about religion in general and of course wanted to learn more about the church, because we've never been able to really teach her. Cl... (the 8 year old) was practicing the talk she had to give in primary and she ended by saying (in spanish) I say these things in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, Amen". It was so funny/cute.

Tuesday we went to the apartment where these 3 argentine people live. They´re all in their early 20´s but really like us. We got there and they were saying how stressed out they were because of work and their families. And then we read 2 nephi 4, and then Enos and talked about and shared all of our favorite parts. It was a really good discussion and even they mentioned how much better they felt after reading those scriptures. They´re super nice kids, they just arent very [educated]. That´s the problem. We´ll try and get them to progress a bit more though.

Sunrise on the Mediterranean (3/3/14)

Yesterday in Church L.... (grandpa of the kids) came and was crying in gospel principles talking about baptism. I talked to him after and we talked about him getting baptized on the 22nd with his daughter. He said we have to talk with her but he knows its important. So this family of the grandpa and the daughter and her two kids have family that are super active in the ward. and every time we talk to this active family they tell us how its a literal miracle that the grandpa and his daughter are accepting the gospel like this. It doesnt really feel like a miracle, but it´s cool to hear them say that I guess...

That´s it!!!!!!!!

love ya, thanks for the birthday stuff!!

Calvin