Oct. 25, 2010

Hey there Everyone!!

How is life going? :) Everything here is going wonderful... I have a
surprise.... Hahaha. I had my first baptism this weekend!!!!!! :D
Most of the credit goes to my companion because my Spanish isn't very
impressive when I'm around people that don't know English. Haha. But
it was still exciting and I was able to witness the change in
Michael's life. He is 14 yrs. old and SO EXCITED about the church!!!
He has been saying that he wants to serve a mission and he kept asking
the Elders questions about the priesthood and stuff like that!! Here
is a picture of my companion and I with him. What a great time!!!

Something else that I love about here is the rain!! It rains in the
afternoon almost everyday. Sometimes there is so much rain that there
are rivers in the street. In the other picture you can see that I am
standing on the stairs to my house and the river that is from the
rain! That day we were in a conference with the president and 2 other
zones. I forgot to take my umbrella. Hahaha. FUN!!! The conference
was great too!!! I felt the Spirit tons and now I understand what it
means to learn from the Spirit and not the speaker. I can testify
that if you go into EVERY meeting with an open heart and mind, you
will receive personal revelation. But I also learned that you should
open you heart and mind through prayer. Try it!!! It is amazing!

I also learning that if you fast without paying fast offerings it is
worthless. Just to help your fasts go better. :) I love learning
new things. haha.

So last week I told you about the piano situation here. Well
something else that I find interesting is that there are no hymn books
in the chapel. Almost all the members own their own hymn books and
care for them like their scriptures. It is amazing!!! And I realized
how much people take for granite the hymns. They are a prayer to God.
I love it. At the baptism I was able to sing along without using my
hymn book. :) progress marker for my Spanish!!! Exciting!!!

I also realized that almost EVERYONE here has a belief in God. The
only thing we need to do is show them where they need to worship him!!
I love it here!!!

Well I need to send this....

LOVE you ALL!!

Hna. Pelaez

P.S. I found out that the Bishop has a business with developing lots
for houses.... Dad you should meet him!!!!