Hey family!! This
week has been a little slow. Elder Watson was fairly sick for a few days. So we
went to all our scheduled appointments, but we weren't able to do much more.
I'm looking forward to a whole week of hard work, hoping he is feeling better.
He seems to be getting better, so hopefully all will go well this week.
The ward here is
really pretty good about missionary work. The bishop is totally focused on
growing the ward, and the ward mission leader is really good too. We also have
really great ward missionaries, and other people who are always willing to go
out with us if they are available. This one ward missionary, Josh (his family are all awesome, by the way),
just got home from his mission to Germany, and is totally awesome. He goes out
with us to as many lessons as he is available for. So we use him a lot, and
that goes great. And a lot of other people help us. So we get good support from
the ward. We also normally have dinner appointments, which is nice. Except I
was planning on going to Brazil and losing weight, and now I actually have to
be worried about getting fat. So, not something I was expecting. Working out at
6:30 in the morning is so hard, but I really need to start doing better... So
yes, we get fed well here.
This week we put two investigators on date for baptism! L
and D, and I think both of them will make their dates. Not too worried about
it. The date for both is April 11th, so hopefully that will be my first
baptisms!
So this week it rained for the first time. So glad I got
that rain jacket from you. When it rains, it just like rains all day. The
weather had been super nice since I got here (which people said was really
weird). I wish we could check the weather each day, but we currently don't have
any technology, so that's impossible.
Speaking of technology, we get iPads on April 8th. I believe
that I will be issued a loaner one, because no one knows how long I will be
here, but I don't know for sure yet. But
that will be interesting. They have this program set up where you have to
basically do training and earn your way up to full use of the iPad. When you
first get it, you can barely do anything, and after 3 months you have like full
access. Basically they just want to train everyone how to use them the right
way without wasting time and stuff. So, who knows how much I will actually get
to use it, because no one knows how long I will actually be here.
We had Zone Training Meeting on Friday, which was good. Got
to see the whole zone and practice some cool stuff. So that was good. We also
did service at a food pantry kinda place on Wednesday. Afterward we go to a
members house for lunch, and they make great food. So, always something to look
forward to haha.
So, this week I was reading in Alma 32 I believe, and I
think verse 23 says something about how God imparts His word unto men through
angels. And then I was like wait, he imparts His word unto men through
missionaries (or anyone who shares the gospel really). And so i wrote in the
margin next to that scripture "Be the Angel." When people accept the
gospel and it changes their lives, they often see the people who helped them
get there as angels or like angels. So I want to be the angel to others. Just a
neat thought this week.
Anyway, all is well. I love all of you. Hopefully this week
involves more work and less sick. Have a great week everyone!!
Love, Elder Baldridge
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