Hey everybody! I hope your week was as good as mine! It was just awesome. To tell you the truth it started off kind of rough. I was still a little bothered that Isabel didn't want anything anymore and Patricio told us something that was kind of a shock. We worked it out though and he is on track for his baptism this Saturday. More really good news! I don't think I've even mentioned him before but we had a 21 year old investigator named Victor in the 2nd ward. He came to church every week and had been investigating for a long time. All of his best friends are members of the church but the catch was he wanted to be baptized in Utah. He said it was part of his answer and thats what he was going to do. So we just kept teaching him and helping him along. He actually went to missionary prep class and seminary and everything. He's pretty much a dry member. Well a month or two ago me and him went to the bishop to talk about his plans of going to Utah so he didn't get there and then have it not go through. We talked for awhile and when bishop heard that he planned on doing it in July he said "Victor, just do it right now while you want to." Victor was a little confused since he though Utah was part of the answer to his prayer. But the bishop told him to pray and think about it. Well, this week he said he is going to be baptized this Saturday!! It was a surprise to everyone! All of the members have been waiting forever to hear that. Especially his friends. I was a little bummed because he isn't in my ward anymore but yesterday I went up to him and gave him a hug and congratulated him and he said "do you know who is baptizing me?" I said no, and he told me I was. I was so happy to hear that he wanted me to do it. The whole world has been wondering why he hasn't been baptized for the longest time and finally he just decided to do it and he asked me. I have no idea why he asked me and not one of his friends but I'm just so happy that he is going to finally do it. Its going to be an awesome memory. All of the members in the whole stake are so excited since everybody knows him. It feels like I'm going to be baptizing a friend. For those of you that have seen the pictures that members have put on facebook you can see that he is always with us. I'm pumped. We had a great zone conference this week too. I conducted it and I was asked to give my last testimony along with 7 others that are going home in April. It was hard knowing it would be the last time. President taught us a lot though and I felt really good after. President Clegg is awesome. We also had awesome teaching experiences with Rafael this week and my testimony grew. I'm really going to miss this. I love you all a ton and I hope everything is going good. I'll talk to you next week. The church is true.
Love, Elder Langston
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