Week 48- Crazy Holidays on el Mission

Familia,

goodness gracious, I'm so happy the holidays are over!!

Okay okay, so I know that that's not what you're supposed to hear a good missionary say, and I really did enjoy Christmas on the mission...but boy oh boy. Is it going to feel good to be able to get back into the jazzy groove of 'regular' missionary work. 

We've seen a ton of wonderful miracles this week. The AP's all committed us at Christmas conference to not allow a transfer to go by without having at least one baptism....!!!!...

Okay. So just letting you know now, that's a pretty big deal in Oklahoma. I don't really have anywhere else to compare it too (except for Brazil), but that's not a normal baptismal rate for us. 

For the most part, everyone is taking it VERY well. Instead of getting discouraged, we're all rising to the challenge. That commitment was spirit led and so of COURSE if we really submit our wills to His from here on out...it's going to happen. 

Well, Sister Cox and I have been praying VERY hard these past two weeks. A baptism wasn't looking too great on our horizon and we knew it was going to take a lot of faith and listening to the Lord on our part. Well..it happened. 

Juan, and 11 year old who is the son of a less active who REALLY wants to get baptized, his whole family came to church yesterday! He gets a ride with his active grandma but we were needing to see some effort from the family before he was baptized and huzZAH. There they all were. 

The next thing was how it turns out that the Rodriguez's might be able to get baptized in less than two weeks now..!! It is a super long/sad story..but with a good ending! It turns out Brother Rodriguez was pretty abusive and Sister Rodriguez was needing to leave him except she didn't know how too because she was scared to death of him. Well we had her talk to Bishop about it and Bishop immediately recruited us to run around the building with less than 5 minutes to round up all of their kids and then to get them all out of there before Brother Rodriguez came out of Priesthood with the Elders (it's all good they distracted him for us.) So basically, it's a super sad, crazy miracle, but now we don't have to wait for them to get married for her and the kids to get baptized!! I know, it's really bitter sweet and to be honest, rather scary (we were scared), but positive thinking.

So basically, the end of this story is that I know that this gospel is true. Heavenly Father lives and is AWARE of us. Sister Cox and I just really did our best and through it He was able to use us as His instruments.

I'm sorry I need to go, but I love you :)

SIster Call