BEST DAY OF MY MISSION SO FAR - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Can't believe another week has come and gone, feels like just yesterday I was writing you. COMO PASA EL TIEMPO NO? jaja just a little Spanish for ya! Wow what an emotional week, full of adventure, laughs and smiles, happy tears, and the rich joy that comes from preparing, loving, watching and participating in the baptisms of Family Salinas

We spent the week focusing on them and their goal of being baptised as a family, the best way to develop a true love for people is through prayer and service. Every day we passed by with little gifts or treats to help them stay excited that had to do with the lessons we were teaching them, for example one day we brought home made flags that they could write their own standards of liberty as we read about Captain Moroni and his standard for his people... and how the Lord asks us to make covenants with him such as baptism.

It was a fun week that took a lot of preparation and planning, but it was so worth it! My studies in the Scriptures and PMG just seem to get deeper and deeper and I love it, I feel like I have no time to study because 1 hour just isn't enough.  It will be really nice when I have the time to just sit and read for a few hours or something... HAHA IN 2 YEARS!!!!

If I could have some body record one of my days in the mission, I would have them record Saturday September 24, 2011.... We started the day off with a ward service project to clean the church at 9 a.m., its amazing how incredible this ward is, it reminds me off one in the United States! SO ORGANIZED! We cleaned the inside and outside and all of the church grounds and finished at about 1 to have empanadas and pizza for lunch.

After a good quick shower we headed off to make plans for those investigators who wanted to see a baptism, we ran around like crazy taking old rigidy buses and speed walking until we visited and had plans with all that wanted to come  - 12 people.

We went to pick up our family to go to the baptism and we had a few difficulties, Walter the dad had to go to the hospital cause his dad had a heart attack, so we had to go with out him in hopes that he would show up, we got to the baptismal service and had a surprise visit from PRESIDENT CARTER, he came with his wife and daughter to his first baptismal service, along with family Salinas.

The Zone Leaders Elder Johns and Mather also had 3 baptisms - a deaf and mute 16 year old, a blind man, and a pregnant lady.... what a combination and story for every one of them. We asked President Carter if he wanted to baptise and he said THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE FOR ELDERS... So he baptized the blind man of the zone leaders! jaja such a great man.

We had another complication, Mica the 16 year old girl was on her special time of the month....( In Argentina they say... She is having a date with Andrus) and was too scared to get into white.... So we are going to have another service this next week with her and her step dad Walter... But wow what a sight it was to see so many people in white clothes.

After the Baptism it was pretty late but decided to stop by Gabriella's house.... ( the lady a few weeks ago who bore her testimony her first Sunday) to see how her and her husband were doing... Well GOD IS A GOD OF MIRACLES!!!! What seemed impossible he made possible, she couldn't get baptised because she was married to another man other than the one she was with, and the papers take literally years to complete! Jose her boyfriend is an alcoholic and abusive...they got in a fight and are done for good and he moved out! Through her tears she told us she feels lonely but knows its for the best because now she can be baptized. 

We have a baptismal date with her for the 9th, I had a great talk with my Father in Heaven that went deep into the night thanking him for what he has blessed us with and asking him to guide us to keep helping his children progress, A PERFECT day in the life of a missionary.

Faith isn't that everything will turn out okay, faith is being okay no matter how things turn out!!!   I know that the Lord has his hands in each of our lives and if we just allow him to guide us through his Holy Spirit he will lead us to what he wants us to do.

Elder Johns finished his mission today... I love him a lot. He is an amazing kid who has a lot of power. I am going to miss him. But he worked till the very last minutes of his mission and I'm excited for him to see his family again. I feel like we have been friends for our whole life but can't believe it was only 6 weeks.

Mom and Dad it would mean a lot to me if you could take the time to at least call him, or go visit him in 3 weeks for his homecoming in Ogden. Dad has his number in his email! Or Jacob Johns on face book.

I hope your all stoked for General Conference this next week. It's always a great way to share the gospel, I would like to leave you with the challenge to look for an opportunity to share the gospel with somebody by inviting them to here the MOSES of our day... THOMAS S. MONSON!!!

What an opportunity. Next week I would love to hear what you all thought about conference... And another little challenge - write down some questions and we are promised an answer.

Con mucho Amor

Elder Foster

Our beautiful ward building that everyone is so grateful to have.

I see things like this everywhere, thought I would take a picture just to always remember that an old car turned on it's side in the middle of the street isn't normal in the United States.

Baptism of the Salinas Family
President Carter was surprise visitor

Empanadas and pizza for everyone after our ward service project.

Service project with our ward.

Zone Leaders Elder Mathers and Elder Johns with myself and Elder Gomez after ward service project.
Just pointing out our mission goal of 200 baptisms per transfer.