April 25, 1995
Just a little catch-up --I've got a few minutes. From now on, I'll be writing daily. Elder Bravo is a good companion. He has faults, but we all do. The days have been nice in Santa Cruz -- Los Lotes lately. *Y*Last Sunday, Frankling and Gary Aldana were baptized, along with Victoria. Fran-kling really impresses me. He's 10 years old, and has been reading in the Book of Mormon. The Week before, Maria Theresa + Hmo. Gregorio were baptized (17 April). I performed the baptism. It was a great experience. *Hmo. Ca* The Calderon family is getting close, as is Miguel Tarqui -- we found him. They are reeally impressive people. Several members of the district/zone recently left. Elder Altamirano -- on a noe-month extension recently became our zone leader, and Hma Saldias came in where Hma. Rocabado left. We have a new companionship in our district -- Elders Gomez + Quispe in El Carmen, + Elder Farias is Elder Jackson's new companion, in place of Elder Chuvas. I've been getting letters for two weeks now, it's been great. I've got letters from Grandma Jones, Brandon Jones, + my family. Benji McMurray is going to Argentina. I was finally able to get up at 5:30 this morning -- but we had to leave, so I didn't study. Oh well, disappointment is a part of life. That's basically my challenge right now--to study more + better--scriptures, language, Charlas, + to keep better records - investigator, finance, *weekly* journal. But overall, it's been going pretty well--We even cleaned our room today. I'm looking forward to working harder, and getting everything done I can, and with the Lord's help, I will do it. The Gospel IS true!
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