Feliz dia de Pascua! That means Happy Easter!
This last week was busy!
We had a ton of things to do for
transfers last Wednesday, like make the transfers video, sort all the mail, get
the oldies sent back home, and get the new missionaries and train them on all
the basic mission functions! It was almost
painful to hear some of them speak Spanish, and realize that I spoke like that
about ten months ago! Haha! The gift of
tongues is real!!! That last week
consisted of three almost-sleepless nights, so it was good to finally be able
to get some sleep that last few days!
The work was good the
last few days! We are trying to get more
involved with the members of the ward, since I saw so many miracles in David
that came from working with the members. We have put two new dates for baptism with
some investigators that we found contacting, and they accepted! If we can get them and the other two married,
we will have four baptisms coming up soon! Now, we just have to get all the
legal issues worked out! C is still strong. He is one of the ones that needs to get
married. We are planning on taking him
to the temple this Sunday. President
does tours of the temple grounds every Sunday, and teaches a mini lesson about
the temple.
My areas has
Panama Viejo in it, so yesterday, as we were waiting for a member to meet up
with us, we started walking through, and seeing all the old ruins. It is incredible to see that these buildings
have stood for over hundreds of years! At the time it was built, it was one of the
biggest ports in all of Central and South America, and it was the biggest
cathedral around. I love serving in a
country with so much culture and cool cultural sites!
That is so crazy that
J leaves next week! I am excited for
him! I have a couple friends here from his mission, and they say it gets really
cold there, because it is in the mountains. And when does T leave again? I am excited for both of them to learn Spanish,
so we can all be mutilingual bosses! There is a kid from our ward here, his
name is I, and he got his mission call to St George! He already speaks English, he lived in England
playing semi-professional soccer on a minor league team for the Champions
League team Chelsea. He leaves August
5th, and I kind of want to visit him when I get home from my mission!
Well, there is not much
more to report on this week. It was a great Easter, reflecting more on the
atonement and how to apply it in my life more than I ever have before. We are going to Cerrro Ancon, a big mountain,
to hike in the rain for P-Day! The first rainstorm of the season just came in! I love you all!
Love,
Elder Austin Michael Kipp
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