well, the big question, did i get transferred..... no.
for the 4 transfer ill be here in `paititi and ill be will elder
castro too"!!! so itll be good, ill get to finish training him, we had
3 baptisms on ssaturday"!!! so that was really good. we have 3 more
for the 22. and we`ll find 2 more for the 29 so that we hit out goal
of 8 for the month. im really excited ffor my new district, they are
all excited to work hard and as a district we should finish with 13 or
14 baptisms this month. the other good thing about staying here is
that it means for sure ill be in the same place for the transfers for
my birthday, and christmas so there shouldnt be problems with my
packages. well this week was really good, we found some really good
people and we hope to plan more baptisms for november and december.
right now ive had 18 baptisms here in paititi, and i want to finish
with 25, so well see how that goes. that would be more people that
had been baptized here in the last 2 years, so we are really happpy
about the people that the lord has blest us to find and that have been
baptized, i feel like ammon in alma 26¨:12 im just happy that we are
turning the mission around, especially the zone of trinidad. its now
one of the best places, where it was one of the worst. the mission is
getting better, there is an energy here that is very good, earlier
in the year we were wanting every companionship to have a baptism
together every transfer, now it has grown to 4 baptisms in every
month!! so we are happy with the progres that we are making. im
excited to read the liahona of this month, i got one yesterday at the
church, and read a bit, it is awesome!!! it will clear up a lot of
doubts about the book of mormon and will help a lot of people get
baptized i think. i will get a package sent home before the month
ends so that it gets there on time. when i get back to santa cruz ill
be able to get the book of mormon cases made and shipped over there,
but untill then ill get some cool stuff from trinidad sent. i think
everyone will enjoy the things a lot. did evan get home this last
week? i thought that he was gonna finish in oct? and this is the last
transfer for spencer"!!! haha a letter tyhat he sent me 4 months ago i
got today haha the mail system from mexico to bolivia is not that
great i guess haha good to hear that everyone is doing well there, i
hope my next comp speaks a little english so we can practice before
christmas because im rusty haha theres an old timer from texas
visiting in my area, he lives on this street that i pass every day and
he knows the missionaries, and so he likes to speak english, so ive
chatted with him a little, hhahah at first it was hard, and i still
have to focus when i speak english, it should be very interesting in
another year to see how i am. i should get another letter sent out
next week. well, the rains have started here, we have to hide a
cou`ple times every day because when it rains here it pours, luckilyu
weve always been in a house when it starts and we can wait it out, but
the weather is crazy right now, its either 100+ or it gets cloudy and
rains for and hour of two, and after the sun comes out and scorches
everything, and the humidity is terrible!! but we`ll survive"!"!!!
have a great week""!! love elder donaldson
