We Will Watch Your Career With Great Interest

Don't have much time today because it's only a half P-day (sad, I know).

Elder Longson and I stayed here and received another missionary while Elder Kuzmic left for a small town called Alice.

But in awesome news, the four brothers we've been teaching got baptized!! Dom, Jose, Armando, and William all got baptized on Saturday and were confirmed yesterday. It was so awesome to see, and they're such awesome kids. I’ll definitely be watching their careers with great interest.

Right after church, they all went over to the bishop's office, and the two older brothers, Dom and Jose, were paying tithing! Seriously, it was so awesome to see. These boys simply were, and are, so prepared for the gospel. It makes me so happy to see.

In other news, the boys' 9-year-old brother, Rodrigo, came to church on Sunday too and also wants to get baptized! He just keeps coming. The brothers are going to be an awesome influence and help in teaching him and getting him prepared.

Our other friend Jose came to church as well and is also preparing to get baptized! We've been talking with him about the Book of Mormon and the priesthood, and he's been loving it. He came to the baptism on Saturday and had said he wasn't going to be able to come to church on Sunday, but called us later that night and said he'd be there! He came yesterday and loved it.

Not much more to say or time to say it, but I wanted to let y’all know how many blessings I've seen through the gospel of Jesus Christ and how much of a difference it makes in our lives and in the lives of those who are able to hear it. Never forget the difference it makes in your life and the love Jesus Christ has for you.

¡Les amo muchísimo!

-Elder Teeples

Last week's email: "It rained, it rained, and it rained some more."
Movie: Forrest Gump - Forrest says this as he's talking about how it always rains in Vietnam and all the types of rain.

Pics:

Elder Kuzmic, Longson, and I before transfers
With the boys and their cat
The boys' baptism!!!
Our friend Jose




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