Nanay Blanes

Well... This week really capped off some nice work in the past month. Nanay Blanes was baptized by her son which was definitely the highlight of the week. She has been taught by missionaries for like almost 2 years now, but it was finally her time. She was sooo ready. It was awesome. And then she bore an awesome testimony after her baptism. There were also 3 youth from the group under our branch that were baptized. It was an awesome service. 

The next day, we were at church and we ended up with 10 of the people that we are teaching attend church. It was the craziest surprise. We started a district fast on Saturday night with all the other missionaries for all of the people that we are teaching and for the branches that we are serving in. It was awesome!!

I honestly don't remember a whole lot more about this week. We didn't teach as many lessons as we usually do, but the lessons that we taught were awesome!! The spirit does sooo much to change lives when you give them opportunities to feel of its power. 

This week was also Halloween. Halloween isn't really celebrated here, but they celebrate "All Saints Day" or "Day of the Dead." It was an awesome chance for us to teach a lot this week about the Plan of Salvation. We taught some super cool lessons about the knowledge of eternal families and the perfect plan that God has for each of us. Thanks for all of the thoughts and prayers!!

-Elder Thomas