This is my companion and i with Edna, Diana, and Oscar Suarez. He baptized them! also here we are fishing( my comp looks like a class A tourist way way off in the mountains of guate). Also us on a full bus. THis week I wrote a letter but sadly it is on paper andI haven't taken a picture of it. Next week I'll be sure to include this letter with the new one! Tell Curtis felicidades. Oklahoma is exactly where he needs to serve. There are people waiting there to meet him. He will be a great missionary! Wow Erin is going to missionary prep already. That is a little crazy... Is she planning on serving a mission? if not change her mind. This week was full of miracles and we have been uplifted and blessed constantly. We found a new investigator and his son named valdomero and Kenny respectively. We found them on Friday and they came to church on Sunday. Afterwords they asked us what they needed to do to be baptized. That is every missionaries dream. They accepted a fecha for the 15 of may and are super excited about the church.
Also I want to share with you a talk that i have been reading. It talks about our potential. I am so grateful for the agency that God has given us. He Truly wants us to become the best that we can. He will facilitate our correct decisions but he will not force us to choose his will. We choose who we will become and if we will assimilate attributes of Christ. I Know through God´s plan we will become tabernacles of light and eventually be able to help others achieve their potential as well. Please read this segment and think about the great gift Agency that We have received and how you can use it to Progress.

 Love elder Baldwin

   

You are right now the sum total of what you
have thought, said, seen, heard and done. What you
think, say, do, hear and see, cause you to change; to
change for good or evil; to become either stronger or
weaker; to either internalize the qualities of light or
the qualities of darkness. You are responsible for who
you are and you are responsible
for who you will become.
Do you know what kind of person you want
to become? Do you see in your mind who you want
to be? Do you know?
What manner of men ought ye to be?
Jesus asked a similar question. He said: "What manner
of men ought ye to be?" On this particular
occasion he was speaking to his Nephite disciples and so he spoke in the male gender, but the question
applies to us all, and so, He asks of you: "What
 manner of men and women ought ye to be?" Then
answering His own question he said, "Even as I am."
Jesus Christ not only came to atone for our sins; He
also came to show us the way. He is the
Way. You not only may become like Him; everything
is stacked in your favor to become like Him.
Think of this life as a path on which you never
stand still. As you move forward, you incorporate
into your being the characteristics and qualities of God. As you move backward you assimilate the
qualities of Satan.
Every challenge you face, every hard thing you confront
, every bad thing that happens to you,
every unfairness, every conflict, every sadness, tragedy,
 every disappointment and heartache, every
temptation and every opposition happens for one purpose
only: to give you opportunity to respond by
applying in your life the teachings of Jesus. As yo
u do so you are changed to become more like Him.
If you were never presented with some advantage
e to be gained by dishonesty, such as
recognition, or money, or a better grade on a test
or avoidance of punishment or embarrassment, you
could never develop integrity. If no
one ever offended you, you could never
 learn to forgive or internalize
mercy. Were you never wearied by the
annoying behavior of another or the repeated failures of someone
else you could never become patient
. Were you never subjected to
the appetites and passions of the
physical body for food, for water and for sexual fulfillment
you could not develop self mastery. Without
opposition the plan would be frustrated, you could
 not progress and the purpose of life would be
unachievable.
In short when you choose to follow Christ you move
 forward and assimilate attributes of light;
when you do not, you move backward and acquire attributes of darkness.
Can you see, have you seen, who you want to be?
What will happen if you don't plan. What will
happen if you have no vision
of who you want to become?
There are two ways of evolving: deliberately an
d accidentally. You can either decide who you
want to become and deliberately work toward that
end, or you can just go with the flow and become
whatever life makes of you. In that
event, you will become whatever
the fickle circumstances and forces
of life and society will make of you; whatever is currently
 considered to be popular or in; whatever is
easiest. But, whatever you become accidentally
 it will not be nearly the full measure of our potential. You
will become just someone, somewhere in the middle.
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4/10/2016, Sunday

This has been a great week for moisture! we have been blessed. As part of my fast, I had it be a thankful fast for the moisture and prosperity:) Also part of the fast for for you and missionary work:). Today in ward counsel Sister Stephens shared part of your report last week about Elder Uckdorf, she draws strength from your experiences and testimony, you buoy her and others up every week, do you realize this!!!!

    Britney Rounds Adams had her baby yesterday, 6 lbs. her name is Indie( I know so funny indi puppy) Blayne Adams.

    I Loved hearing about Edna and Diana and her family and their baptism, I hope they are doing well and you had a great week with them and your investigators.

Did you hear Curtis Rounds has been called to the Oklahoma mission, English speaking?

You are making videos do you prefer DVD's or can you only access flash drives?

Erin went to missionary prep tonight, they are starting a new 6 week cycle, I know weird/surreal it seems like you were just there....

I am excited for my work schedule next year, I do not have to teach an 8th grade pull out English class! yeah....It is a stressful class to teach; full of behavior problems, the students learn and behave so much better in a mixed classroom of all abilities. So I am staying put yet another year at Snow Canyon, I am not putting in for any transfers.

Love you,

MOM