Elder Spencer's Chile Osorno Mission: The Baptism of Consuelo!!!

As for me and this beautiful land of Alerce, this last week was crazy and amazing!:) We were with the family Alvarado like every other day this last week getting Consuelo prepared for her baptism. Also, we were working on the plans for our mission for when Elder Christofferson comes. We have to plan where all the missionaries are going to stay the night before, so that has been pretty fun and I think we have all of our part planned out, so that is nice!:)

Also this last week we celebrated the birth of my companion on Tuesday and I made a peach cake dessert and we ate hamburgers as well!!:) It was an awesome day. We got to teach Julieta and she is progressing well. She has been working a ton for this summer season here. She makes school uniforms here for a ton of the children!! So she makes a lot of her money during this time. We read about the vision of Lehi this last week and she understood it and applied it to her life and it was so amazing!:) Then on Saturday we had the baptism of Consuelo!!! I was able to baptize her. She said that she wanted me to do it because her family is still reactivating so her father couldn’t do it. She was so happy and it was so cool. I just love baptisms!!:) And also another good note is that we started teaching Consuelo's sister’s (Natalie) boyfriend Pedro. They want to get married so that he can get baptized because she is a member!:) It is so cool. They are still feeling the passing of Bednardita but they are really getting close to the church and God which is awesome!:)

Faith is what builds character! That is an awesome thought from Bishop Zamora that you shared! It’s so true because faith is a principle of action, so we have to use it through our trials and that is how we grow! Thanks momma!!:)

But I love you to eternity and beyond momma!:) Hope you have such a great work conference and that you get home safe!

Love you!:)

Elder Shawners