First Baptism of May- May 3, 2010

Hno Pablo at his bautismo.
(Disclaimer: This is a picture from a previous baptism, not the baptism Brea reports in this email.)

Hello Everyone,
So this week we had a multizona in Layco, which meant that we had to ride on the buses for two hours to get there. E´Bol told us we had to leave at 5, and then he and the ZL´s didn´t show up until 6 so that was a dirty trick. Oh well, he told the other elders in our district the same thing. We waited at the Torre for an hour, and Hna. Arroy got some sweet pictures of it. It’s really pretty when it’s all lit up. At the multizona I saw Hna. Torres and her new companion. That was kind of weird since she used to be my companion.

We continue to teach a bunch of lessons to a bunch of people who are totally ready to hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

So this last Friday was Stephanie´s birthday, and I´ve been a total bum about mailing my letters and finding out where the post office is, so here is a little shout out to Steph, I love you lots and I´m sorry I haven´t sent your birthday letter yet. Oops, I´ll get on that soon.

On Saturday we had another baptism. It was the husband of the woman who was baptized last week, so it’s now a complete family! Yippy, and now when their awesome little girl turns eight he´ll have the opportunity to baptize her.

Yesterday President Perez drove down here and had interviews with Hna. Arroy and me and that took a while. Then we went to the appointments we had scheduled and neither person was home, so we started knocking doors and found some cool people to teach. Pretty much that’s my life on a mission. I love you all so much.
Love, Brea

Another week and another baptism

Hello People I love,
This week has been completely crazy! Last week Hna. Torres and I went with Hna Rivas (she´s the wife of Elder Rivas who is in the Seventy) to her hair dresser to get a haircut because hair dressers here are kind of ridiculous and he was supposed to be really good. He was alright, but cut way more of my hair than I wanted, because I just wanted an inch or two off since I’ve been growing my hair out. It’s now impossible for me to put my hair in a pony tail just because the back is too short to reach. Also, it’s a bit longer in the front than in the back, kinda like Victoria Beckham´s hair, which I’d normally be alright with if it didn´t make it so I had to do my hair every morning.

On Tuesday our whole district went to a bunch of our various investigator´s houses and taught them. I´m not really sure why we all went together, but it made for a really busy and tiring day. That day we committed a man to be baptized on Saturday. Wednesday we had a multi-zone conference and Doc. McArthor, the doctor over all of Central America, was there and talked to us about being safe with food. Papi Pérez talked to us about keeping the rules and making sure we fill out our baptism forms correctly, someone hadn´t done their math right and had baptized a 7 year old.

Friday was hectic and on Saturday we were supposed to have a baptism but he got into an accident, so we had to postpone until Sunday morning. Sunday Morning we had the baptism and then we worked crazy hard that afternoon and then had some awesome dinner at a member´s house.

Today we played volleyball and then most of the Elders played soccer. We then went to our normal cyber café, but they didn´t have any power, so we had to come to central for one. That’s pretty much all that I´ve been up to this week. How has life been since mom got home? How have you all been? I love you all very very much!
Love, Brea