I bought a boxen of doughnuts (1/27/13)

Dear Family and Friends,

Sounds like there was a good baptismal service in Fallon this weekend. We had one here in Bacarra too, though the water was much deeper. It went up to my waist , which meant it went above M's waist by a good foot of so. Maybe we should have switched fonts for the services. I am trying to send some pictures, but the computer is refusing to attach files right now, so I'll have to see whether or not any pictures can make it to you today. The Baptismal service for M was great! The talks were mostly in Ilokano so I didn't understand a lot of what was said, but the Spirit there was strong  and that was the important part. I got to perform the baptism and it went without any problem. The problem came when I got out of the font and realized that my dry clothes were in the clerk's office down the hall and I was soaking wet from the waist down. Luckily our clerk walked by and was able to rescue me. So I was the last one to change and go back into the room for the closing remarks and hymn. It was a great service and she was confirmed on Sunday. Now we get to turn greater attention to our three baptisms scheduled for  February.

So you all remember P I'm sure. He has some to church for almost a month on his own and his baptism is scheduled for February 23. He has been having a really hard time quitting smoking though. We gave him a blessing to help him last week and we talked more with him about it on Thursday. He told us that he was going to stop now, in fact he promised us that he was going to. That is about all that he has do overcome to be ready for baptism. but it is a major hurdle for him. Luckily, we have an awesome fellow shipper for him, Bro. Ra and we hope that we can find out on Tuesday that he has not smoked since our last visit.

Over the past few weeks our zone and district has set new goals to meet the standards of excellence given to us by President Barrientos. One of these is getting more progressing investigators. Elder Oand I have been trying hard to get investigators to come to church as part of this goal. One of our investigators, Myl, has been learning since the first week we got here, but has not yet been to church and has just now began reading. We committed him Saturday to come, but he was still very hesitant to come. We also committed his boss's family to come to church. He was there when we did and he told us that if they went to church he would have to go too since he is their "bodyguard". So now we know what we need to do to get him to church and we can hopefully get all of them to attend soon.

Things are really picking up here and around the world. Time is flying by and despite the extension on this transfer it is already almost over. The Lord is hastening his work and we are all part of it. Keep on praying for the missionaries and to have your own missionary experiences. The Lord will bless us as we do all that he has asked us to. Thank you for all your love and support. Mahal Kita!

Elder R.Wood