Week 99

Hola Everyone!

It's been another great week and the Lord sure allowed us to have success this week!! So we had Zone Conference on Friday and that was super crazy because it was my last Zone Conference. President Conde and everyone sure did make it a special one, that's for sure!! President Conde called me in front so many times to do practices, answer his questions, give testimony, and everything. He was like, sorry I can't help it. You're just the missionary with the most time here, haha!

We also played Jeopardy and my team WON!! Our team name was "Los G.O.A.T.s" hahaha! Also, we sang hymn number 88 (not in English Hymns) in Spanish "Placentero nos es Trabejar" (I still remember when Brother Bennett told me that would be my favorite hymn). Anyways, so there's this part where someone's like saying goodbye to everyone in the song and when we were singing that part, the missionaries sitting behind me started patting my back and then the missionaries on my side started waving goodbye! It was a special funny, sad moment for me!!

So on Sunday we had Saul's baptism! He's an awesome young little kid and I'm dang proud of him for his decision! As me and him were changing into our white clothes, I was asking him how he felt. Most people about to get baptized say, "I'm super nervous," or something like that. And he was like, "I'm super excited and I feel super ready!" It was so dang awesome!!

Also on Sunday we had 106 in attendance at Sacrament Meeting!! When we first got here to the ward, there was like 60-70 every week. We were able to have nine investigators in church on Sunday too!! The Lord lives and He loves each and every single one of us!!

I love the gospel and everything that it brings in my life! It's such a blessing to be a member of the ONLY TRUE church! I remember the picture that I always saw in my grandma and grandpa Blake's house that says "I NEVER SAID IT WOULD BE EASY, I ONLY SAID IT WOULD BE WORTH IT." Isn't that right!! I hope that we all can do our best here on this earth, because that's all that our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ ask of us - OUR VERY BEST!! I love you all so much and I hope that you all have an amazing week!!

Elder Blake

These are the English lyrics to the hymn Jordan was talking about - keep in mind it's a rough translation and probably aren't exact.

Oh, dear brothers and sisters, farewell,
For the moment to go now impends.
If in God we by faith persevere,
Past the veil we shall still meet again,
Meet again, meet again!
Oh, dear brothers and sisters, farewell!
Meet again, meet again.
With our God in his love we shall dwell.