Bautismos up in Guacimo!

Hola familia y amigos!

So  first to answer moms questions...

1)      Yes I´ve had diahrea for the last two months hahaha

2)      No we throw toilet paper in the toilet

3)      No bidets hahaha

4)      Costa Ricans are tiny! Probably 5 foot 8 haha

5)      Hmmm... no not really, I hate platano! And all the oranges here are green not orange, but they have super good apples here!

6)      Yes! I played the piano during our changes meeting in front of the whole mission haha, it was rad. I´m not very good anymore haha just really rusty from not playing for the last 2 months

Okay...

So we had 4 baptisms this week!!!!! We baptized Hugo and Yamileth and their two daughters Yanysell and Yanicxia. Once again I forgot my cable to send pictures but I´ll send them next week! Haha we took a picture with them and no one is smiling becuase latinos are weird, it kinda looks like a prison picture! Okay well the baptismal service was super good, but we had two brothers from the ward do the actual baptisms and they took like 2 tries with each person, which scared some of our investigators that were at the service, but oh well we need to integrate the ward! So that was the sweet part of the week!

And yes Mom and Dad, this week was hard. I´ve really noticed that in the mission, Satan is trying as hard as he can to fill us with negative thoughts, and just plain gross negative feelings, and that is what happened this week with Elder Nape and I. Satan is real, and he is powerful, but the good will always triumph. Through prayers, and through Jesus Christ and the Priesthood we can triumph any power that Satan throws at us, and it is the truth! So thank you for your prayers and thoughts about me.

Well we are teaching another family, Diego and Tatiana. They´re probably like 20 years old and they have 3 kids! That’s normal here in Costa Rica. Well they want to be baptized the 20th!!! Woot woot! So two families!!!! And Tatiana seriously loves the Book of Mormon and asks us a ton of questions about everything she reads, which is super awesome! It´s so rad to have investigators that ask good questions because you know that they are growing and beginning to internalize the gospel! And we also have the baptism of Natasha ( a 40 year old) and her 18 year old daughter Edith probably the 13th of October! So I´m pretty stoked right now. Well Spanish is coming good, it´s still difficult to understand some people but I can get the gist of what they are saying most of the time, so I should get it down relatively soon.

Well I´m excited to hear about the wedding! Wish Eric and Shelby my best, and let them know I´m praying for them every day! Send me pictures please.

Oh and also my birthday is in like two weeks! What the heck, time flies! You can send me starburst, skittles and other candy. Hopefully it gets through the mail service! Oh and you also can´t send packages to me through UPS, FedEx and something else, only through the post office I think! Sorry!

Well I´m glad to hear that Dad is overcoming his fears of singing, and that he´s gonna be a stud actor! And I hope Jase is doing well, let me know what he is up to! And sorry to hear about Richard Mom, I know that he was very helpful to you.

Well sorry this letter isn´t the best, I can´t really remember much that happened this week, only the baptism! Oh and I have seen14 sloths since being in Guacimo, they are so rad. Some of them are super ugly though, they have like pig snouts haha but they are so rad to see climbing the telephone cables. Oh and something I learned this week... so we have been doing all our work in the projects of Costa Rica haha, it´s weird to think that 2 months ago I would have been super scared to walk into the projects, but now armed with the armor of God ( scrips, gospel, the truth) I’m not even afraid to walk in the projects at 8 o´clock at night.

Well I wish all of you the best, and I’m sorry that this letter stinks but the computers here in the internet cafe are terrible and I have no time! I love all of you. I know this is the work of God, and that God loves his missionaries and the families of missionaries. You are all blessed to have a knowledge of this gospel, and it is your responsibility to share it with everyone you can. Help the missionaries, love them and treat them with respect. Especially the members in our branch, they don´t treat us with respect or help us, and it is really hard to continue the work of the Lord with a lazy ward that does not want to help the work of the Lord. I love you all, and miss you dearly!!!!!

Love,

Elder Taylor