February 18, 2013

dear family:)

so let's see, the baptism last saturday went really well and now her little sister is getting ready to be baptized on march 2. we are seeing incredible progress in the people we are working with and are excited to see what else God has in store for these people.

hahahaha oh so funny story:
during district meeting on thursday, we found out that the reason we hadn't gotten mail for a couple of days was that we hadn't repaid the fee for the mail box. I have never seen 20 dollars thrown together so fast in my life. :)

we went fishing this morning and i think that im getting better at it. ;) we use the string-on the-bottle local fishing gear and im getting pretty durned good at throwing the hook out, but the whole catching-the-fish part is still pretty tough.

elder despain just told me that his sister is marissa despain and does, in fact, work at the libraries. if you ever talk to her, tell her that elder despain says hello.  :)

so in response to your question concerning elder conejero, yes, he does. he lives in a completely different world, though. his mother owns a successful company and his dad got a lot of money for something else, so the packages they send to him are full of 150 dollar shoes, and other such unbelievable things. i didnt think that those people really existed... hahaha

so the boy that we blessed who had small-pox has completely recovered. we were able to teach a powerful lesson about the restoration of the priesthood and the family is preparing to be baptized this coming saturday. we are really trying hard with them and are really hopeful.

ah, owen, you are enjoying shakespear? grandpa will be so proud of your culture;)

that reminds dad, did you get a chance to read the book i got you yet?

i love you guys a whole lot. i think that one of my most powerful testimonies is of how much the gospel blesses families because of my personal experience. thank you all so much.

love,
Elder Gerber
ps, i tried using the cookbook that gma sent me and it was pretty good. i think i'll keep trying things out with it.