Week 93...Hey, Hey, Hey

October 17, 2016

HEY HEY HEY, 

First and foremost I'd like to give a huge shout out to my amazing family for putting together the birthday video & package! I almost cried, but I held the tears back because I’m a man! It's insane to see how much everyone has changed. I can't get over how Preston has pretty much just converted into the next Michael Jackson. I imagine that he's got 99 problems but a girl ain't 1. Dad's gotten a little chunky, Mom is as beautiful as ever, Adin is a stud, and Mia is amazingly beautiful as well. Not to mention my grandparents who look great and my cousins who are all amazingly good looking! Ethan is WAY DIFFERENT! WHAT THE FREAK! I come from a very attractive family... what happened to me in the process of everything? 

So other than the video, the week was just splendid. We have 4 baptismal dates set up and things are looking amazing for this weekend. Bartolo and Carlitos want to get baptized this weekend. Things got a little complicated with Carlitos this week and he backed out of his baptismal interview after we taught him the law of chastity. He's a 13 year-old boy, but he just wants to feel super sure with everything before he takes this step. So, we continued to teach him the principle of chastity and why it is so important, and after a few more lessons, he is good to go. The coolest part is that I found him contacting with Elder Montero on my birthday in the night and I said to Elder Montero "una puerta más!" That happened to be Carlitos and his family who let us in. 

Bartolo is the guy we found the week before general conference and he's just rocking it. It's amazing to see how much the atonement really works. He has been really struggling for 9 years and has lost everything... his wife, his kids, his job, everything due to alcohol. We really have just been loving him and helping him and he hasn't drank since we found him before general conference. He's pumped for his baptism! What a miracle! 

William is our other fecha and he's a Haitiano that Elder Villota and I found and I've just been saying the basics of what I know in Creol to help him. Thank goodness that Elder Villota speaks fluently! 

The other fecha is Mayra and she's the cousin of our convert Kamila! Pray for her and her family.

Nothing super funny happened this week. Just watching Dad biff it on the mountain bike made me laugh like crazy.

I Love all of you more than I love Chile, and that's saying something. I'm one lucky guy to have the family that I have. I love my Savior Jesus Christ and I know that this is His work! We so blessed to be a part of it!  The gospel is true, The book is blue.

Elder Weaver