this week was a pretty hectic week here in the province of san luis in the zone of san luis... we went to consejo and had a pretty good time. i found out i will be coming home august 24th. and i found out that i could become secretary to the president and an assistant if things work out and it is something that i want to do. i am not sure if i want to finish my mission in the offices is the only problem. and i am a little tired, after having now been a leader for a year in my mission. but i dunno we will see i will still be talking and expressing my ideas of what i want and how i want to end but we will see...

we also talked to president about the problems we have been having with the sisters in the zone not working, fighting, being sick, calling us for nothing, telling us we are wrong, crying and etc etc etc.... so we were going to do a change in the pensh and called and made it and two were happy and other two no and got way mad. and called president and he got mad and like things got all crazy. so now things are the same as before but president said they can do what they want. he does not care anymore and if they want to go home he will buy the next plane ticket out. one already is going home 4 months early... so i dunno it is way dumb but that caused alot of drama in the zone. i wanted to work with women... not little girls is the last thing i told them.

today i got my toe operated on. i talked to the doctor of the mission and stuff and she to the area doctor and this is what i needed to do. they took out my entire toe nail!! wow it was a doozy!!! i had shots given and stuff and didnt feel it much. but now it kills!! but hopefully the pain killers and prayers and blessings will calm the pain and i will be able to get back to working quick.

yesterday we had a huge miracle!!! you dont even know. i loved it and it was way special and crazy for a 20 year old person to take care of but me and my comp did it and will be having another baptism in two weeks.... so at church yesterday. after the sacrament was passed. a man walked in and said brother, i need to speak with someone... so we both got up went out in the hall and talked to this man. his name is gustavo. he said he needed to talk to someone before he committed a serious crime... he then told us alot of things that had happened in the last two weeks of his life... where he was in mar del plata in buenos aires sailing cocaine... he came back and got home sunday morning and at that time his mother ran at him with a knife to stab and kill him. he pushed her aside in self defense and she hit her head and was knocked out.. then his sister came and he hit her... in fear he got his moto and left to go kill himself for what he had done... so he went through an intersection on a red light to get hit by a truck and die. but the truck stopped and did not hit him miraciously... then some how he found himself infront of the chapel. and remembered that eight years ago he talked to a member and they said if you ever need help come to church and you will get it. and remembered a talk by gordan b. hinkley about the family and THE SACRED TRUTH... we talked and taught him and helped him and he told us that he wanted to be baptized.. wants to change his life and have a new start.. we talked alot about that... and he decided to do it and will do it all... we then talked about the book of mormon. and i have never seen anyone in my life react to it like he did. he is very studias about the bible and knows it very well. when we explained the b.o.m. he loved it and was so happy to hear about it. he knew it was true when he touched it and promised to read it and learn it and to charish it... so i gave him my engraven marked leather one.... cause that is all i take to church sundays. it was so amazing to see that and the change that came over him and the peace and relaxation he had... it was so amazing and such a testimony builder. we talked to him for two in a half hours during all the classes and things. and he left with a smile on his face and desire to change and his heart already had changed. was going to go home fix things and organize his life. he was going to kill himself before and decided he would go home and shoot himself since the truck did not hit him. it was very intense and yet so so so spiritual. it was amazing. i had been talking to fowler about miracles that have happened on the mission the day before. then i prayed to see miracles cause nothing had been going our way. and BAM that happens!!! it was so great i loved it.

well i hope all is going well for all of you and everyone is getting healthy and doing well. i love you and miss you.

i also hope stuff for school is going alright. that i am getting registered. i would like to take fun classes like bowling or something. and not kill myself. i hope austin and ben are working with dad on this. so please keep working on it. and let me know how it is.

con amor

elder bigelow