April 11 Letter

Hullo folks. How good to hear that things are happening back in the Emerald Acres ward! Reactivate those people and baptize the others! That makes me happy. Also, the fact that ONLY the Aaronic Priesthood passed and blessed the sacrament is a significant feat. I am pleased. It´s good to know that Andrew and Ben are going to Father/Sons! I can see them now being trained to shoot guns with the few years that they have! Alright, that might be a bit farther in the future. Who knows.

This last week was awesome! We FINALLY had Carla´s baptism. Sigh... What a miracle. We had lunch at her house on Thursday, which was really good. They made coos coos! It´s a like a corn flour thing that you put butter and sugar in. Weird, but it tastes good. We just chatted for awhile and didn´t say anything about baptism. I shared a scripture message, asked if there was something that we could do to help them. Then, she said, "Let´s do my baptism at 6." ALRIGHT! Then, it actually happened at 6 that night. Que felicidade!

At Church, we had 6 confirmations at sacrament meeting! Wow. The 3 people we baptized last week, Carla, then a lady and her son that Elder Freitas and Etchichury baptized a week ago. I am SO thankful to my Heavenly Father who has blessed me to be a part of this work. Things have really turned out well for us in Pedra 90! It´s always interesting how most of the baptisms that happen, you really don´t play a part in. The Spirit does everything! Some of the best experiences of my life have happened here on the mission. I´m so grateful to be a part of this work!

That´s it for now! Have a wonderful April Break, maybe (?)! And Easter, whenever that is gonna happen! Loves.

-Elder Carpenter
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