Good morning to the clouds

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Quite the week it has been way down here in Potosí. A week full of adventure and things we didn't plan, but that's just what a mission is so it's normal now. One of the missionaries this week went home after finishing his mission, and his companion that is finishing his training this week got sent to us. So we've been co-dads this week helping our boy Elder Calle out to learn to be a missionary. He hadn't had the best trainers, so we've been  trying to give him the 12 week training he should have got, but we've only got one week to do it. But we've seen him progress and grow so we are happy. He's inspiring honestly. The other day he celebrated 2 years of being a member.

This week we saw a lot of miracles. The 3 baptisms we were supposed to have last week fell through for silly reasons, but then they just stopped answering us. This week at random moments throughout the week as we were doing our normal tasks, we felt the need to call this person or send this message to this person or visit this person. As a result of these spiritual impressions, 3 of the 3 friends answered and were so happy to know that they could still get baptized this week. 

So this week we had the blessing of seeing 3 of our friends make a covenant with God and it was so sweet. It made everything worth it. The closed doors, the soaking wet feet from the freezing rain, the dropped calls, all of that jazz, because 3 children of God can now be saved. It made for a super exciting week. 

Have an awesome one

Elder Holdstock 







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