April 1, 2009

Hey! how are things going this week? i hope that things are going good. you will have to tell Kaya happy b-day for me. because it is coming up pretty soon, next wednesday. i cant believe that my little sister is turning 16. is she looking into getting her drivers license? or did they make a height limit too? haha. but it is really weird thinking about how things have been changing so much and how i am missing out on so many things there. it is hard. i feel so left out. but here in a year i will be back. tell kaya that i love her and that she better be careful with who she dates. because if i have to i will knock someones teeth out. and it wont be her teeth, but the idiot that she is dating. if he happens to be one. but yeah.....Things are going good here. the baptisms were awesome! the baptismal service was just amazing, i was given the opportunity to baptize João and he is a bit bigger than i. while in the water he didnt think that i was going to be able to bring him out of water so one of his legs slipped but his leg got stuck under mine so he didnt have to get baptized twice. but it was awesome. after the baptism we had them bear their testimonies to everyone. and almost the entire ward was there to watch because these four people are trully amazing. i have learned so much with them. i think that they have taught me more than i have taught them. but while they bore their testimonies the spirit was so strong that i nearly cried. my eyes got way watery and it was just amzing. i am so grateful that the Lord gave me of all the missionaries that He has serving in the mission to teach them and baptize them. it was an amazing experience. they have got such strong testimonies of the church already as well, it has been so amazing. we went to their house last night to watch The Testaments with them and we were able to play with their daughter a little bit and just have an awesome time with them. things have been going really well. i am loving the mission more and more everyday. and last night my companion decided that he wanted to run home because the time was cutting short for us and i almost died. so i think that i might be out of shape a little bit. but yeah........i dont know what to think anymore with the whole juston situation. i am glad that you told me, because dad didnt mention anything like that. he said a few other things but i dont understand. but i will pray for him and i think that i might talk to president to see if he would give the right to talk to him for just a few minutes on the telephone. but we will see. i just hope that everything turns out good in the end. for now all i can go is pray for him. but i love you and i will talk to guys next week. i hope that everything is going go for everyone. i love you and i miss you. give everyone a hug for me and have a party for me tomorrow. because it is the day!!!!
Elder Jory B. Spotts