Week 3 and Going Strong!

Howdy,

Wow, Elder Berntson and I are working!! The fruits of our labor are really showing too!! The Lord is blessing us tremendously!! Gosh, I LOVE BEING A MISSIONARY!! It is truly a miracle to see the light in the eyes of our investigators as they too come to know that this gospel is true!! That it is the same, exact gospel that Jesus Christ established in His coming to this earth. That authority is on the earth!! And to see the Holy Ghost bring that to people, is the greatest feeling!! I am just so grateful for this opportunity to be that tool in the hands of our Savior!! It is so sweet!!

This week has been hot, but bearable. It is crazy how much the slightest relief makes haha. Like biking down a hill, walking up to our apartment at the end of the day, opening the door and having the A/C smash us in the face, and overly warm water (not quite boiling). Haha but really it's all good, the heat has been a nonfactor and people are sooo nice here, often people just hand out water. Hahahah like the other day we were biking and it was like 6 and we had biked so much that day, like back and forth across our area. Haha and this truck yells at us, and our first reaction is like, "oh no..." When the man in the passenger seat hands us 4 bottles of ice cold water and peels out and continues to speed down this street. I mean I have heard of a lot of thing happening in this part of San Antonio, but never a Drive-By Water Gift. Hahah we just laughed. We had no idea who they were haha. Thank goodness for a loving Heavenly Father I guess!!

So far as people go who we are working with, THEY ARE AWESOME!!! We are seeing so many prepared people, coming out of our efforts!!

First off is still Bambi, her mother passed away and she was in Oklahoma this week, but everytime we were able to talk to her she was just so sure of the knowledge of the plan of salvation and she is just a rock!! What faith!? She is going to be great and she is going to be baptized this week!! AWESOME!!

Then Blanca!! She is a spanish lady who just blows our mind!! She is some who continually follows up with our commitments and wants the gospel in her life!! She has come to church every week since we have met and she helps us out with our spanish a ton. She doesn't know any english, so we have gotten a lot better at learning the structure of the language!! She is going to be baptized in the middle of next month!

Because of Stake Conference, both Charles and Anna were unable to make it. But Both of them have continued to hold strong to their commitment to the Lord and their desire to read and to pray are going strong. They are solid and still have their commitment to enter in on the path of the Lord!!!

Trisha is just a fantastic person. She always calls us to let us know if she can't make an appointment and reads and really has a desire to have the gospel to help strengthen her family!!! She has seen the example of her brother's family and wants that for herself!!

There is more I would love to say, but I m out of time... Take care yall and I pray for you and your families!! Thanks for all you do for me!!

Love,

Elder Walter

PS LOVE YOU MOM, DAD, JOSIE, AND KATIE!!!!