baje...

well i got a call from president lindahl last night and i am going to be dropping as a zone leader to go back up to san juan to help an elder that he wants to become a leader. i will be going to the other zone in san juan from where i was called chimbas. and i will be in an area called albardon. and my companions name is elder windget, he has six months on the mission and is from idaho. thats all i know about him for now. but president lindahl told me he has alot in store for me. but from hearing my wants and desires and his, this is what is going to happen for now and maybe next transfer something more will be coming my way. but for now i am very excited to drop and have a whole new energy about me and now i will have alot of fun!!! i am going to miss san luis and the members and people here ALOT but i now this is what i need to do right now. it will definitly be a very very difficult goodbye for me. my zone leader will be elder roberts from alta, my friend. so i am super excited about that and it will all just be really good.

this week was a really good week. we had a baptism on saturday and i did the baptizing and i also did the confirming on sunday. it was a really good baptism lots of members came and were all excited for it. great time!! on friday night we got permission to go with the priesthood of the ward out to a lake and have an asado with them and a spiritual thought and stuff. kinda like a fireside but with just the elders and high priests of the ward. it was alot of fun and we all go to know each other more and had a blast passing the time together and the spirit was very strong there. but even more special was right before we went to the church to meet up with everyone and get in the cars to go. we were walking and felt we needed to go to the complete other side of our area from where we were and as we were working around there we saw the bishops moms house. who is a very strong and active member in the church. we decided that we will pass by say hi and see how things are going for just a quick second. we got there and went in and she asked if we needed something or why we came by. we told her that we were not sure ourselves but we felt we needed to drop what we were doing and come... she started to cry and told us that the missionaries had not passed by her house for about 20 years just to visit and see her. she told us that she knows we are called of god and guided by his had. because she had been praying and needed help and asked for him to send it to her. she has been strong in the church for a long time. for many years and now feels very stressed and weighed down with things. her husband was excomunicated a little over a year ago and is now getting baptized again and just a lot of things that i will not go into details about. but she had been feeling weighed down and stressed and sick. and said that the reason that we came was to give her a blessing.... it was one of the most powerful blessings i have been apart of. i new that i was guided by the hand of the lord and doing his errand. my companion gave the blessing and every word that came out of his mouth was the exact word i was thinking of and had in my head. the hermana sobbed from this blessing. afterwards she told us about her conversion story and all the blessing it has brought to her family where there have been several missionaries and leaders in the church and everything. it was a very special moment for me and to be apart of.

also on sunday we were able to give silvio serantes the melikezidek priesthood. i was not able to baptize him but i got here right after his baptism and baptized his son and have been there for alot of the steps and he is doing great. what a special experience to see and be apart of to give someone that you have seen in the bad and the good and the great change in there life and in the life of there family from the gospel. and to give them this great power that god has priveledged man with here on the earth. it is so amazying and i had the tingles that whole time and tears were shed in that blessing. it was a very special experience for fowler and i to see and be apart of.

on another note i heard from one of my converts in godoy cruz in trapiche from last year. he to has the melkezidek priesthood and is preparing to go to the temple next month!! so that will be super cool i loved to hear that from him and that he is doing good. it is roberto, he has a crazy conversion story as well. it is amazing the change that has come in his life and the happiness he has found from coming closer to our savior and be guided by the holy ghost. so great!!!

other then that nothing to new or crazy going on. all is well. this week i will be leaving and going to chimbas in san juan. back to the blistering heat!!! where i think i will be finishing my mission out at. all is well, my health is great thanks for the thoughts and prayers. my toe is doing alot better and i am very happy. i hope all is going well for you, i miss and love you. have a great week.

con amor

tu mendocino

elder bigelow