Elder Holstooooooook

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 Hola hola a todos!


This ones gonna be short and sweet because it was a little bit of a slow week. Here in Bolivia all the kids are on "vacaciones" from their school so all our families have been traveling and unavailable which is just a little bit unfortunate. 

We were able to meet with two of our people who are pretty cool and know that baptism is something that they'll have to do, but are scared to make the commitment that comes with it. One of them is scared to make big changes in her life, and the other is scared to make a decision that her family isn't going to like. They're both awesome people and will one day join the church, I just gotta keep loving them and show them all the blessings that they'll get by being baptized and hope its in a matter if weeks, and not years.

On Saturday we got to hop on over to a neighboring zone because my little homie Paolo was getting baptized! He's the best friend of the son of the family we live with and one day out of nowhere like 2 months ago I asked him if he wanted to get baptized and he said "yeah, but I'm not ready." I hadn't seen him since and then all of the sudden I get a call from him telling me he's getting baptized on Saturday and wants me to do it. So when we show up to his church on Saturday, I'm talking to people getting to know them, then Paolo comes running from behind the church and yells "Elder hoolstoooooooooook!" Then jumps at me, hugs me, then drags me inside. The baptism was awesome and everyone is so happy he finally made the step onto the covenant path. 

And just like that, another week gone. I hope everyone partied hard this week with the 4th of July and my sister Abb'ys birthday. Love you all

Con cariño
Elder Holdstock 







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