Well this week was absolutly awesome. I had one of the most successful weeks in my mission. We ended up the week with 3 baptisms. The 3 are all huge. 2 men and a Lady. They are all above 6 feet. During the week we worked super hard with the members. We went out with a total of 10 different people. It is amazing how hte work is really changed. The Mission President now has asked us to have members teach our investigators about Family History. It was an amazing spirit. We brought a 4 generation family tree from FAMILYSEARCH and left the member and the investigators with the sheet. It is a really neat thing to see our investigators finding hte names of their ansestors and having the desire for them to be baptized. It really gives them the desire too, to get baptized and start the work for others. Im am very pleased to say thet all of the new converts here in BArahona are super active. They have such a strong base now. We have started to rebuild teh Home Teachers program and also We have now 6 ward missionaries. 3 are new members, and one was less active that we helped activate. We have a little army. ONe day we were walking by the church then we saw two guys walking around in shits, ties, backpacks, and plaques. It turns out two recent converts got together on their own to do visits. When I saw that I was filled with a deep joy. I felt that our work was doing somthing. THe other day we also split off and went out with to ward missionaries. It was amazing all that we could do. It is a perfect situation here. We have an entire army of members now ready to work. The work is going to explode in the next months. With the help of the Lord and the members we have revamped the Branch. We had 135 people in church. When we got their it had between 95 and 100 people. I promised the members 200 active members by the end of the year with their help. Even though my time here is quickly dissolving away we´re just preparing the branch for the future. We now have 19 baptismal dates for the 23, 30, and 6. We are really hoping to be able to keep an equalibrium of always having 15 or more baptismal dates every week. So we will baptize 3 or 4 people then we need to put 3 or 4 dates with people. I know that the Lord is on our side. His Spirit is what testifies to hte people. The Spirit talks to the hearts of men. The Spirit brings light to them and helps them understand truth. I love you all and hope that you can all meet your potential of you creation. We all can become as Christ. All our neighbors friends and families all have the potential to be as Christ. It is our responsability to help them understand that and then to work for it.
It was awesome to hear all of your voices on Mother´s Day. I love you all.
Elder Spencer William Anderson
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