Hi everybody! Grandma could you do me a favor and send this around for me? I guess my family already took off. Thanks a ton. Well like the subject says, it really was a week of miracles. So many things happened. Just to start off, Nazaret called me last Monday and like I said she wanted to talk to us on Tuesday morning. Well Monday night her mom called and said she needed to talk to us before we came over on Tuesday morning and her daughter couldn't know that we had talked to her. We ran over there real quick and she said that Nazaret wanted to be baptized and she wanted me to do it before I left. And then she said that she wasn't going to give her permission to do it. My heart sunk but at the same time I was so happy that Nazaret wanted to be baptized. We talked for awhile and we just bore our testimonies. Pablo came with us and he shared the experience of his dad being baptized when he was young and how it blessed his life but she didn't budge. She told me that I would have to explain the situation the next morning. On Tuesday morning Nazaret called crying and said that we didn't need to come over anymore because she just had a question. Then she said "well I wanted to be baptized but I can't because I don't have my parents permission." It was really sad to hear. I just told her not to lose hope and to keep praying and that everything would turn out ok. We have been praying and fasting but her mom still hasn't given her permission. Nazaret has been happy though and I consider it a miracle that she wants to be baptized. I know there is still a chance for her to be baptized before I leave too. Its not over till its over right? Another miracle is that Isabel has come back. She told me she has been so up and down because of depression problems and that sometimes she wants to hide her faith. We explained to her that in moments like that she needs to put her faith in front of everything and know that everything is going to turn out ok. Thats when she needs to rely on the Lord. She has thought it over a lot and she is sure this is what she wants. She is going to be baptized April 16th. We were teaching investigators all week and we ended up with 20 lessons when we only taught 13 last week. More miracles haha. Me and Elder Hales just kept looking at each other shrugging and saying its the week of the miracles: I know that the Lord blessed us so much this week for our faith and our diligence and that he will continue to do so if we do our part. It was awesome to see the Lords hand so much this week. I received so many answers to questions in General Conference and from President Cleggs message this week. Elder Hales also had a personal miracle this week. His sister has been trying to adopt the little boy of his brother for over a year and half. The brother isn't able to take care of him so she has been fighting for custody for that long. His sister has also had two miscarriages and has many problems having babies on her own. The grandparents of the other family wanted the little boy too and it looked like they were going to get custody. Last week Elder Hales got the news that his sister won the case and gets to adopt the little boy this May. He was so happy and thats how the week started. Its been a good way to end out here. I'm going to miss it all. Its hard saying goodbye to members and investigators. I've learned so much from all of them and I've had so many spiritual experiences with them. Oh! One more little story. Rafa has been studying for his career and was really stressed and nervous this last week. He decided to pray and after his prayer, we showed up at his door. He said he knew we came for a reason and asked for a blessing. Everything turned out good for him. Well family and friends I love you tons. Thank you for these last two years. You've always been there for me and I'm convinced I have the best family and the best set of friends in the world haha. I love you all and I know the church is true. God is our loving Father and His Son Jesus Christ is our Savior and Redeemer. We have a living prophet. I can't wait to see you all next week! Have a good one.
Elder Langston
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