Miracle After Miracle

FAM!!!! What a week! Miracle after miralce. I cant say it enough.... I love being a missionary! I love Spain! I love my companion! I love my investigators! I love my Savior, Jesus Christ!

 

Ok, a quick run down...

 

First week with Hna Scheu and I just love her. She is so wonderful! There is only one problem... we laugh way too much! I am serious. Her and I are like Hna Mather and I were (and dad and Winter!) where when we start laughing we cannot stop. There have been quite a few times now where I ahve had to lean forward and say a silent pray to help me stop laughing! And we both cannot sing to save our life so singing to start our studies every morning is more like just 5 straight minutes of laughing and then go straight to praying. We don´t sing in our lessons anymore because, well, through experience we have found out that no matter how serious we try to be, we cannot not laugh so no more singing even though our investigators ask for it. And, well we are both just kinda blonde so various moments throughout the day we just die laughing about somehting that we saw, something that one of us did, or something that happened the day before that we still think is hilarious! For example, last night when we were leaving one of our investigators house, (most of the pisos here are super small so aveces we literally have to sqeeze in and out of the doors) and I couldnt figure out how to open the door so I was trying and trying and finally got it and then I tripped on the way out and fell and my backpack got stuck on the door knob and the door slammed backwards and hit my companion and then I got up quickly and went to turn on the outside hall light thing but ended up ringing their door bell. hahahahah. I cant explain it well enough to give this story justice but let me tell you, it was pretty embarrasing but hilarious at the same time. All 4 of us were dying laughing. And Hna Scheu and I have already laughed again about it several times today. haha. But, on a more serious note, she really is absolutely wonderful and I feel so blessed to be her companion! We are both in love with each others families and cannot wait to meet each others families one day. 

 

vale, mis investigadores....

 

Danny... still wonderful. I cannot get over how much I am so blessed to be able to  teach him and know him and help him prepare for his baptism. I cannot wait for the 14th! He still hasnt smoked and continues to keep progressing. Our lessons with him are always so great.

 

Olga... she has been having some serious health issues this past week so we havent been able to meet with her as much as we had planned so she still doesnt have a date but we are meeting with her tmrw and if all goes as planned we are hoping that she has a date by the end of our lesson. She and her husband came to church yesterday even though she wasnt feeling well because she knew church is importnat and that she needed to come. She is wonderful.

 

Ineibis... my oh my. I wish I had time and what not to tell you all about the Cubans and what is going on with them but it will alljust have to wait till after my mission. But, it sounds like sometime during this week she will no longer be in the legal care of  that one lady and that Reinier will have legal custudy of her so that means that within the next few weeks if things go as planned she will be baptized.

 

OUR FAMILY::::: ENRIQUE Y ADRIANA! Oh madre mia what a miralce! Hna and I were contacting last tuesday night. It was absolutely freezing cold and super late, we were just about to head to the metro to get home and all of the sudden I was just talking to this family. Literally I dont remember thinking in my head, oh Im going to go contact this family or anything. All of the sudden I was just bearing my testimony about how much I love my family and how I cant imagine my life without them and how I know that families can live together forever. We ended up talking to them on the street for about 15 minutes, got their number, called them the next day, met with them on friday (the husband was running late from work so we had to just teach  Adriana because they were our last lesson and we had to be able to finish in time to be able to get home in time) but we taught the first part of the plan of Salvation and Adriana opened up big time to us and told us how she is searching and searching for peace and help in her life and how she felt so good when we were there. They have two DARLING kids... Santiago is 6 and Victoria is 4. We left so so so happy and so in love with this family. Right as we were getting in bed that night we got a text from Adriana inviting us over for lunch the next day (saturday). The text was the cutest thing ever and made us so happy. So we worked with our schedule a little bit and mdae time to go eat with them and it was AMAZING! THe food was amazing, they are amazing, the spirit was so strong when we were sharing our little thought with them, that had super awesome questions, and we set up another appt to go teach them tonight! We are so so excited. I have said this before, but nothing compares to teaching an entire family! I cannot wait to keep you guys updated on them.

 

Thanksgiving.... FAMILY! I had an entire super yummy American Thanksgiving dinner! But the whole day was so good so Ill start from the beginning... we woke up and just had really good studies that morning (i mean we always have good studies but this day was jsut extra good) then we had weekly planning which was so good since Hna Scheu is new we were able to really go through each of our investigators and prayfully plan for what  we will teach them this coming week, so we were in our piso till 2pm then we went over to the other Hermana´s piso to have a thanksgiving feast! We are all so poor and we had no time to cook much but we made mashed potatoes, bought pumkin soup, made a yummy salad, bought turkey to cook, veggies, and cake for dessert! It was so much fun! totally simple and what not but so fun! I love Hermana Crandall and Frost so much! We all have way too much fun together. Then right at the end of our feast we get a call from one of the American families in our ward inviting us over for thanksgiving dinner! We were already full but there was no way we could pass it up so we all headed over and fam, let me tell you! Kristen Hintze knows how to cook! Ahhhh, it was so so yummy! She made everything, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, turkey, yams, pie, salad... and it was all so good! And it was just a tender mercy. They were so wonderful, treated us like family, and made us feel right like we were in the states with our own families. But, the most amazing part  of this whole day were our lessons after! Ha Sheu and I were talking about this that night as were were going to bed. We absolutely LOVE the other hermanas and loved our lunch with them, this American family is absolutely darling and we walked into their house and felt like we were back in utah right with our families, the food was amazing, and what not, but none of that excitment and fun compares to having great lessons with our investigators. We had a lesson with Danny that evening and then a few others and I would have thought that all of the Thanksgiving festivities would have been the highlights but seriously jsut nothing compares to teaching others about this gospel. It is just absolutely amazing.

 

I told the Hintize family over and over again thank you so much and how they were an answer to my families prayers!

 

Thank you so much for your prayers! You ahve no idea how much I feel them I need them, and how grateful I am for them. It sounds like you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I love you all so much!

 

MOM AND WINTER! I got your packages this week! THANKYOU SO SO MUCH! Seriously I really really mean it. You ahve no idea. I card would have been plenty. Thank you! I actually havent opened any of them yet (I know you are all scocked and probably dont believe me!) but we are waiting till Christmas!

 

Speaking of Christmas... fam.... WE SKYPE IN JUST OVER 3 WEEKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

LES QUIERO MUCHO!

 

Hermana Heims

New Companion

hey fam!

 

Transfers were today and that is why I am emailing so late. I am staying in my area but Hermana Caballero left to Leganes this morning. It was so sad saying bye. She was wonderful and I learned more than I could have ever imagined from her. So, my adress is the same.... Calle Bravo Murillo 69, 3 IZQ 28003 Spain Mardid

 

My new comp......

 

Hermana Scheu!

 

 

She was the other hermana leader when my first transfer in Barrio 5 with Hna Caba and so when her and Hna Caba did intercamios I was with Hna Scheus comp, Hna Snelson. So all 4 of us became super great friends and we would always hang out pn pdays so when we got the call that she was coming to barrio 5 we did not believe it at all! I am super excited and we are both ready to work really hard and see tons of miracles this transfer!

 

Ok.... our week....

 

Ineibis... well, long long Looooooong story short, she ended up not getting the permission from  her legal guardian to get baptized so she wasnt baptized yesterday. We were all devastated but know that everything will work out in the end. We are going to obviously continue teaching her and everything and pray for a miracle soon.

 

Olga and her husband came to church again yesterday and we are hoping to set a baptismal date either this next lesson or at least some time this week.

 

Ok, sorry this is so short. I hope you all have a super great week! Oh and no, they dont celebrate Thanksgiving here. QUE TRISTE NO?! Eat lots and lost of turkey, mashed potatoes, Jello (mom you better make that fruit jello and eats lots of it for me!) and pumkin pie! I love you all a ton.  

 

Happy Thanksgiving! Love, Hna Heims

 

PS... Have fun black friday shopping!!!!!

Transfer Time

Hola fam!

Ok I have so much to telly ou all but I have a gazillion and one emaisl to respond to so this is going to be short. Sorry! 

First off.... DANI Y INEIBIS!

Ready to hear some super awesome miracles?!

Vale, Ineibis first. We took her to the temple on Saturday and did a tour with ehr and it was so so great! Then after she asked if we could teach ehr more so we stayed longer and had another lesson with him. Then she told us..... SHE GOT PERMISSION fro her legal guardians to be baptized! Yes you read that right! Holy cow we were so excited! So... we are having a baptism this sunday! We have to see her every day this week in order to be able to teach her everything in time (which potentially could be a probelm bc we have only been able to see her once a week since we started teaching her) but if all goes as planned she will be prepared to be baptized this sunday! Talk about miracle! She is so darling! And just loves this gospel so much!

Second... Dani has a date! wahoo! This last week our lessons with him have been incedibley powerful and we have seen significant changes in his testimony the last week so last night we had a testimony lesson with him where we all shared our testimonies, read scriptures about testimonies and it was so powerful! And at the end he said he wants to be baptized the 14th of december! Ah. Miralces! This work is just so amazing! There is nothing like it.He hasnt smoked in just over 3 weeks but says that the temptation is there and just as strong and we know that the next few weeks are going to be even harder for him but he is strong and most importantly, he is understanding the power fo the Book Of Mormon and the power fo Prayer to help him. 

Third... well, there are tons of small miracles that I witness everyday... Yessika is wonderful and loves learning and we ahd a great lesson with her last night! Olga and her husband came to church yesterday.. it was a total surprise to see them in the door way when we walked up yesterday! Reinier is preparing to go the temple to do baptisms next week. I was able to do intercambios con Hna Blodgett last week while Hna Caba was doing intercambios with her comp and let me tell you I just love her! You guys obviously dont now her but she is wonderful and I learned SO much from her. Seriously, intercambios have been such a blessing. I have been able to learn so much frmo so many different hermanas. Hna Blodget is going home in a week so today we are hagning out! 

Some other things... IT IS SO COLD HERE! I literally almost cry every morning I get out of bed. We just have a little space heater thing so our room stays fairly warm at night but the rest of the piso is ice cold. Its rough! Haha and I wear at least two pair of socks under my tights every day! And my feet are still frozen. So mom, can you send me some super warm tights please?!

Maily... oh that sweet girl! I just love her so much! But she is having such a hard time figuring out what she wants. SHe has no LDS friends and we ahve brought all of the yw with us to lessons to help her meet friends and we´ve have activities and everything to help her but she is just having such a hard time taknig the step in teh dark. Her friends that she ahs now do not do good things at all so she knows she will have to distance ehr self a ton from them in order to be strong in the gospel and what not. But, she is still as adorable as ever and we are faithful that soon she will be ready. 

Ok I gotta go report my numbers and write the pres before my time is up. 

I love you fam! Thank you for your emails every week! I hope you all have a great week! 

Love, Hermana Heims

ps... I knwo you all want pics but my cam is horrible and all my pics are blurry so I dont ahve any to email you. We have zone conference on thurs so my comp and I are going to borrow the sim card to one of our friends who has a ton of pics of all of us so hopefully within the next few weeks I will ahve pics to send home. 

pps... we had to call President last night to report somthing about on of our investigators and he told Hna Caba to not worry about it because transfers are in a week adn she is leavnign anyways. So we already guessed this since she has been in this area for 6 months but it was confirmed lasat night that she is for sure leaving. I possibly could too becuase with President you never know.. he always is doing crazy things. But Im pretty sure I am staying in my area and will be getting a new comp next monday. 

Her 15 year old Investigator

Helloo fam! I have zero time to write tonday, we are already late but I just wanted to let you know that I love you! We went to segovia today and saw castles and what not and the bus on the way back was full so we were stuck there for a while and couldnt get back in time to write, thankfully we got back in time to end pday on time. I printed all of your emails so I have not read them yet but I hope everyone had a great week! I did look at all of the photos though and MADRE MIA my nieces and nephews are so stinking cute! Thank you Linds and Winter for always sending me pics! Seriously, I really really appreciate it and love it!

A quuuuuick run down of the week...

Ineibis... My goodness she is so amazing. I literally dont have words to describe our lessons with her. We have only taught her 3 times but she told us on Sunday that she is so ready to get baptized and knows that it is all true. She has read 1Nefi, 2Nefi, 3Nefi, Enos, tons of the biblia, Liahona, and more. All in just 2 weeks. She loooves it all. And Reiniel could not be happier! But, once again, she is only 15 and is not getting permission from her legal gaurdians here. It is literally heart breaking. We are going to talk to the bishop and the president tomorrow to see what our options are. She is super sad and jsut wants to get baptized so soon. At the end of our lesson we invited her to pray to know the truth of our lesson and she told us, well of course I am going to pray but I already know it is all true. I love her! I need a pic of her to send yoou.

Ok, goota go! I love you! I will respond to all of your emails next week! I hope you have a great week!

Solid Investigators

Gosh, fam, I cannot tell you how much I loved chatting with you all last week! Seriously, I was on cloud nine all day from it! Les quiero muchisimo! But, that means that this email is going to be really long becuase I am going to write a few things from last week too since I didnt get a chance to send a big email. Because lets me honest, Hernama Caballero and I have been so blessed in the work the last two weeks that I cannot leave anthing out. 

So first is Ineibis. She is the girlfriend of Reinier (my recent convert). She is 15 years old. (yeah, a little young but thats ok) and her and Reinier have a 6 month old together. SHe was living in the street with the whole group but once she became preggo she moved in with a family friend of her parents (her parents still live in Cuba) and this family now has legal rights over her. Anyways, we ahve met her a few times awhile back when she was visiting Reinier and what not but thats about it. But 2 weeks ago REinier asked us for a Book of Mormon to give to Ineibis (pronounced ee-nay-bis) and the following week (last sunday) she and Reiniel showed up to church together! So awesome. After relief society, on our way upstairs to sunday school she said, "hermanas, I want you to start teaching me. I love this church already!" Woah! Then as we were talking more she said she is already in 2Nefi and LOOOOVES the Book of Mormon and cannot stop reading and Reinier had told her to read Enos and she absolutely loved this chapter about prayer. She said she hates reading but that the Book of Mormon is different. Ahh, when she was telling us this I thought I had died and gone to heaven. Seriously! So after church we gave her a restoration pamphlet to read and study before we would meet with her on thursday. When we met with her on thursday she had not only read the whole pamphlet but there are questions and additional scriptures to read at the end and she ahd answered all of the questions read all of the additional scriptures and was so ready for us to teach her. The lesson went super great. She kept telling us that when she was at church she felt peace like she had never felt before and that she is jsut so excied to keep learning. And at the end she said "ok so when I get baptized Reinier can baptize me right?" Haha she is so wonderful.  Buuuuut, here is the really really unfortunate part..... obbvously she is so ready to keep learning and wants to get baptized as quick as she possiby can but the family that she is living with who has legal rights over her are super against it and since she is minor she has to get a parent signiture. We ahvent talked to her much about this and we havent thought through options because we have only taught her one lesson but we know this is going to be a problem. So we will see. 

A few random things that have happened with the cubans this week that have made me happy and that I want to remember... first off, the other day when we were leaving we asked them if there is anything they need that we can help them out with and Carlos said, we live in the streets, we have absolutely nothing, but we dont lack a sinlge thing anymore because we have the gospel in our lives now! It was super humbling. I started crying and realized just how incredibly great these cubans are and how incredibley true that statement is. The gospel gives us everything we need in this life. Love, peace, comfort, security, hope, purpose, everything. Also, the cubans know how to cook! Seriously! They feed us 2-3 times a week (yes, another very humbling thing. This group who lives on the streets and has no money sacrifices and feed us always. When we go in the early mornings for a lesson they give us bfast, even when we insist that we have already eaten and arent hungry, when we are there for a late lesson around dinner time they always insist that we stay for dinner. Seriously we try so hard to not eat their food because obviously they dont have a lot but they say we arent allowed to teach them anymore if we dont eat with them. So humlbing.)Anyways, cuban food is so so good! And lastly about the cubans, is that when we have a late lesson with them (which is most days) right before we head home for the night they make sure that we send them a message when we get home to let them know we made it home safely. I LOVE THESE PEOPLE SO MUCH!

Ok on to Karen! Hna Caba and I contacted her in the street hace 3 semanas and when she contacted her she was waiting for her bus to head home from work. As we sat down on the bench that she was sitting on and were talking to her for a few minutes her bus came but she said she wanted to listen more and feels good around us so she would wait for the next bus. We ended up teaching her a lesson and set up another appt with her. The whole 20 minutes we were talking she was smoking and it was windy so the smoke kept blowing right back in my face which was so unfortunate but the lesson was so powerful. We met with her again last week and she was so stinkin excited to see us. She said she just feels good when she is around us and is going through a really hard time in her life right now and just needs to find peace and help. We taught her the restoration and gave her a Book of Mormon and left Alma 32 for her to read. When we met with her the next time she just kept going on and on about how much she loved that chapter and how much she wants and is ready to change her life. We invited her to be baptized once she feels and knows that this is true and she eagerly said yes. Then when we were done and leaving her a reading assignment she pratically thre the Book of Mormon at us with excited for us to mark the chapter for her to read! It made us happy! We have a lesson wither her tomorrow and are really excited about it. She had to wokr yesterday so she couldnt come to church but this coming sunday she is planning on coming!

We had a ward activity on Friday night and it was a HUGE success! Seriously so many people came we were so surprised! It was an activity of the nations so each person brought food from their country to share and then lots of people performed traditional dances from their countries! it was a huge success and all of the food was AMAZING! Peruvian food...l still one of my faves. Oh and then philipino food was so delicious! Us missionaries brought.... Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwhiches! Haha they were a huge hit and gone super quickly. There are about 4 American Families in our ward so they brought other food as well. Oh and we made choc chip cookies and brownies. It is so funny but everyone here always goes crazy over those two! They love them.

Last pday we went to a burrito place to eat... It was just like Costa Vida! I am dead serious! All of us americans literally about died we were all so happy! And the whole atmosphere was American! It was so great! 

Ok real fast about Dani... He went to a YSA activity on friday with some guys from the ward and he had a ton of fun! He always comes to church, reads the Book of Mormon and prays daily, and our lessons are always super great with him. We are still trying o figure out what else he needs. But we both feel strongly that we need to invite him to be baptized again adn pray about a date. We have this lesson with him tonight and are super excited! 

Ok there is more but I am out of time. I am going to leave you with a few quotes that I have found this week that I really like... 

In regards to missionary work "OBEDIENCE is the price. FAITH is the power. LOVE in the motive. the SPIRIT is the key. CHRIST is the reason"

"The reason why Christ suffered was to get to know us better. Perhaps the reason why we must suffer pain and heartache is to get to know Him better"

"Whenevery you say something about another, ask youself, "Is it kind?" "Is it true?" "Is is necessary?"

I love you family! Truly, I didnt know I could love you guys more than I did before my mission but I do! Thank you for everything! I hope you all ahve a great week!

LES QUIERO!

Love, Hermana Heims 

ps.... Mom, in the next package, can you send me toothpaste! I dont know if I have mentioned it before but the spanish breath is KILLER. Seriously. My first comp and a few others warned me of this when I first got into the field and I just laughed. But wow. It is so true. I dont know if it is the brand of toothpaste here that just doesnt do the job or if it is something else but I am afraid to try it. And they have crest and colgate but it literally costs a fortune. So, if you could send me a tube or two in the next package that would be greatly appreciated! 

The Lord has Perfect Timing

Hola Familia! 

What a week. This week was a testimony that you have to know the bitter to be able to experience and appreciate the sweet. This week was rough! 

But, it ended SO good because Reinier was baptized yesterday! AHH! It was such a good day! The Spirit was so strong throughout his whole baptism and my goodness you should have seen his face when he came up out of the water! And even better was his testimony after. He bore a super super powerful testimony about the Book of Mormon and how it contains all of the answers that we need in this life and how we can find soluciones to every problem that we face in this life. He said over and over that he knows that Christ is our Savior and that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is true. It was incredibly powerful. He was so happy and so was I! 

Other good things about this week is that sweet, darling Mailyn is finally progressing! Im serious, I could go on and on about  how darling Mailyn it! I am not sure if I have ever talked about her but she is 16 years old and lives here with her aunt who is in our ward. Hna Caballero and her old companion started teaching her over the summer and Maily had a baptism date and everything but then right before kinda got scared and then went on vacation for 2 months at the end of summer so they lost contact with her. When she returned and school started we started visiting her but she wasnt really progressing. Well, last week we started seeing SIGNIFICANT changes in her and we couldnt be happier! We brought a recent convert who is 18 to our lesson the other day and we read Alma 36 with her and talked about repentance and the lesson went SO well! Recent converts are so so SO amazing and help us out a ton! Then on saturday there was a young womens activity that we had invited her to but she said she had plans with her friends so she wasnt going to come but she showed up on Saturday and had such a fun time! She met tons of new friends and totally fit in with everyone. And the best part was that she totally participated in everything spiritual as well. She bore her testimony of the Book of Mormon and was answering the questions just as much as all of the other girls! We are super excited to teach her this week. But, we are taking things very slow with her. 

Yaremy is still great and has a date for the 16th of November! Wait, Ive told you all about Yaremy right?! Well, if I havent tell me and next week Ill write about her because she is definitely one of my miracles! 

Ok now briefly on to the rough parts of the week. But only briefly bc even though this week was definitely not one of my favorites, there was tons of miracles and tons of good things that did happen (like Reinier and Mailyn)! 

Our investigator Dani was supposed to get baptized a few weeks ago but felt like he wasnt ready and as Hna Caba and I gave him the interview the day before the Elder was supposed to, we all three (him, hna caba y yo) felt like he wasnt ready. It was sad but we were hopeful that with just a little bit more time he would be ready. Well, then he smoked again and a few other things that have really set him far behind and now he doesnt want a date right now and we are trying to figure out what he needs. He is such a great guy and has a desire to learn but struggles with putting in practice what he learns. But, we are trusting that the Lord has a perfect timing for everything. Then we found out some news about Carlos and his group (Im not going to write it becuase lets be honest, its too exhausting and Im so not in the mood to cry right now but maybe one day Ill tell you about it but probably not bc I am hoping to learn all that I can from it and then never remember it again haha!)

Hna Caballero and I are workign really hard this week to find new investigators because three of ours are now baptized (!!!!!!!!!!!) and we now only have a few. So, we have been contacting a lot the past few days and our plan is to do a lot more in the next few days. 

Oh, on a side note.... Fam! Go to all of the baptisms that you can!!! That is one thing that we have such a hard time with here in Mardid. We tell our investigators over and over and over that this church is a family and the ward is there to help you and support you and we obviously emphasize a ton the importance of this step in their life and how this is one of the most important decisions they will ever make in their life and everything and then only like 4 people from the ward come to show their support. So, fam, do all that you can to go to the baptisms even if you dont know the person!! 

Thank you for your emails this week! They were just what I needed! I love you all! Thank you for your support and prayers! I hope you all have a great week! 

Love, Hermana Heims

More Baptizing in Madrid

We got the call on Saturday and I am staying here in Barrio 5 with Hna Caballero. 

This week was long! It is always long the week of transfers because we are always so eager to find out what is going to happen. 

Ok one funny story and the OUR BAPTISM!

So on Tuesday when Hna Caba was doing intercabios and I was with Hna Snelson in my area we were teaching Reinier and in our lesson was Reinier, Duglas, Carlos and sitting behind us but listening in was Fernando (the guy that we half dropped/he half dropped us a few weeks ago because he would pray and didnt want to pray etc etc). We teach them in the street remember, because they all live in the street, but they have chairs and we have this little alley thing that we take the chairs to and teach them there. So mid lesson I feel something wet drop on my head. It had rained the day before so for a very split second I thought, eww, huh, must be water. Then literally half a seoncd later I see something tiny and white fall on Duglas´s hand and it immediately clicked in my head that it in fact was NOT water but BIRD POOP! I screamed "AHHH en mi pelo, madre mia voy a morir!" everyone started busting up laughing but thankfully Carlos had a hankercheif in his pocket so took it out and cleaned my hair for me. It was the size of a nickle. Literally. Oh madre mia. Haha mid lesson a bird poops on my head! so gross. 

Now on to the baptism!!!! So, Duglas was baptized yesterday!!!! It was a total team effort by us and the 3 hermanas in Gaudalehara. So, Duglas is from Cuba and is part of the group of Carlos. But, his wife just ahd a baby 1 month ago and also has another boy who is 12 so the wife, Duglas Jr, and the new baby live in Gaudalehara in a piso with a friend but there is no room for Duglas so he lives in the tent with Carlos and the others. So we taught Duglas here in our area and the hermanas in Gaudelahara taught Debora and Duglas jr and all 3 were baptized yesterday in Gaudelahara!!!! It was so wnonderful! As amazing as every baptism is, baptizing a family is INCREDIBLE!!!!! Carlos was able to baptize Duglas which although started out a little rough (Carlos is super weak and so it took him 5 times to be able to get him fully under) ended up being super awesome. It was a great day!!! The three bore their testimonies after and let me tell you, each one was so powerful! Ah, it was just amazing.  

I love you all!

Love, Hermana Heims