October 10, 2011

Remember Remember the 5th of November...
Hahaha its Guy Fawkes Day (UK) that Saturday.
So I got my flight plans.,..........................................................................Is it ok that I dont wanna come home?  hahaha its not that I dont want to, but I just feel so attached to this area and this work here in Bimaco. This week the ward went to the temple in Uruguay. Amazing. They had some pretty intense experiences. The young men did 1000 baptisms for the dead in the 4 days that they were there. and only 7 young men went.
But really this week was really good. We worked super hard. I think I will start out telling you a bit about Gabriel. Hes a really cool guy, hes maybe 27, is from Buenos Aires, and recently moved here to Rio
Cuarto about a month ago.  well we found him last week and taught him about the Book of Mormon. He said that he needed to find out if its true because "if its true and I reject something that says"Jesus Christ" I dont want to get the bill on the other side that says "You rejected the word of God, Have a nice Day" So he is reading to know if its true. Hes very down to earth, and has had alot of serious issues with other organized religions, finding them to be a man made creation rather quickly. So hes a bit skeptical. I will keep you updated on him.
Umm we also are teaching Elisa and Ester. They are daughter and mother. Neither can read, but that hasnt stopped them from getting their other family members to read to them. When we got to that house, the whole family was in chaos. They were all fighting with Elisa, due to her mental scars from her ex, who beat her, and she would take it out on her son. =/ but anyway the family was really un united, and we were able to teach them prayer, and why its important. Ester also didnt really want much to do with the church, because she is catholic. Ok so Elisa, we lost track of her, but she wanted to be baptized. So we kept going by every once in awhile to see them, but no good. Elisa kept on praying. She prayed every night, then her mom started to pray
with her, and on her own, and her little sister would read her the Book of Mormon, and she got a restraining order on her ex, and she just became instantly peaceful, and calm. She got a job, that was far away, but found a job really close, like right across the street. one day we went by and she told us about her older sister, who is not nice to them. So when we left she offered the prayer and asked the Lord to soften her heart and help her family to be united. So the Lord did that. Elisa has incredible faith. Her family is united, they are making changes and its really cool to think, wow it all started with a simple prayer. Thats what prayer and faith can do for you. If you want it, and you do everything you can, and ask the Lord to give it to you, He will give it to you, I testify of that.

Well gotta be heading out
love you
Elder Ben Ludlow