Busy Busy Busy!

Hello,

Sorry I don't have a lot of time!! Things are going great! Have had a lot of recent great experiences especially with the Easter season, it was perfect timing!! I love this work and it truly helps all come unto Christ more fully in their lives! I Hope you all had a wonderful Easter Holiday and I love you all!!

Elder Walter

Blessings of Eternal Families

Hello to everyone,

Hello!! We had a great week!! Both Arianna and Valentino were baptized!! It was a very rewarding and great experience to have been able to baptize Valentino. He has done so much to get into the position he is in now. Now him and his wife Brianda have an opportunity to be sealed for all time and eternity!! I am so excited for that. I am just glad I will still be on my mission!!

I am so grateful for so many things that I have in my life and for all that I still have to come in my life. I am grateful for my family and for the support that they have always been in my life. It has strengthened me and allowed me to be in the position I am today. I am grateful for the potential we have as a family and for the eternal happiness that awaits those families that follow the gospel of Jesus Christ. I know that families are ordained of God to bring to pass eternal happiness as I have been a witness of that in my life. I am grateful for the priesthood for the sealing keys that have been restored that make it possible to live forever as a family.

We are currently working with still some great people. With the "Fiesta" festivities officially over, we begin a new week!!

Eric Gastelum is very ready to be baptized and we are in hopes that this is the week!

Lonnie Sellers is someone that we knocked into this week and he has had many different experiences in his life that have led him to where he is. He was very excited about the prospect of being baptized. As are we.

The Castano family. The mother's, step-father was baptized in the end of March and they expressed to us that they too have interest into what the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is all about. They heard quite a bit and are searching for which of the churches are true.. Great experience!

Well that just about does it. I hope all of you are doing great! Love yall!

Elder Walter

Summer Has Hit Texas

Hello from Texas,

Hello to all!! It's official!! It touched 100 degrees. What a break through! It was a scorching week, but luckily we got cooled down for a Sunday baptism haha!! The Rodriguez family got baptized!! Well Jamie (son) and James (dad) were baptized. Eric will be waiting hopefully just for next week. But yay!! They were so happy!! It was definitely one of the funnest baptisms ever!! The 5 year old son said, "Whoa what just happened?!" after his dad was baptized hahaha!! He is so funny!

Arianna will be baptized next week due to a death in the family this week. But she is great and happy as ever!! We are excited for the family to experience this especially after this trying time.

And against the odds, my companion and I will be together for a third transfer! We have high goals set for this final transfer together! It should be a good one!

I had a great experience this week. I received a letter from Sister Emma Wilson, serving in Utah Salt Lake City Temple Square Mission, from the Wilsonville Ward this week. She is doing an incredible job! Just an incredible servant of the Lord! One thing that really was powerful to me was her testimony of the opportunity it is to be in the work of the Lord. Lately I have received letters from Tres Layton, Dan Willis and Jason Parkinson, all proclaiming the same thing. My mind was brought to think about the other Elders serving from Wilsonville, and I couldn't help but know that they understood the same thing. I don't know if I understood more clearly the importance of this work or of the mandate to labor with all your heart, might, mind and strength, than I did when I thought about all of these testimonies. This truly is the work of our Beloved Heavenly Father. I know that and of the tremendous value that that carries. I am so grateful to serve amongst these valiant men and women, in a hope to bring people unto the kingdom of God.

Some people we a still working with are:

Valentino Canchola! He is awesome! So much faith, faith he will need as he looks to be baptized!

Hmo. Carlos Silva! He has great desires, of which need to override perhaps his other desires in his life.

Arrianna Guerra! One awesome 9 yr old!! I wish I was like her when I was nine!! A wonderful person!!

Julio Perez, who just decided to come by church one day and told us he wanted to be baptized... We'll see what we can do ;)

I love you all and hope you all have a great week!! Enjoy the weather!!

Elder Walter

Feasting on the words of the Prophet

Hello to all!!

Wow.. What a great conference weekend it was! Truly a spiritual feast! What a great day we live in where God has again called a prophet to the earth? With the established keys to lead and guide us to salvation through the merits of our beloved Savior Jesus Christ. I too add my witness to theirs, that Christ lives and speaks. That it is through, and only through, His atoning sacrifice that we achieve true and eternal happiness. It is by the principle of repentance that allows us to access the Atonement. Of which, when followed by baptism by someone who holds the priesthood of God, and the reception of the Holy Ghost, will bring about a binding salvation as we faithfully endure through and learn from the challenges of the world. This conference will bring to pass faithful endurance and spiritual guidance when applied.

In addition to the this weeks general conference, FELIZIDADES to the Duricka family and the Brems family!! As two more missionaries are added to the bunch!! Micheal Evan Duricka and Holden Eric Brems... haha I just realized that Holden's initials are HEB... That is the most popular grocery store in all of Texas and Northern Mexico!! I shop at the HEB Plus... So there you have it!! Congrats again!! Hope all is well with the boys and their parents! Love you all!!

This week was great, and the next few are shaping up to be even better. On the southside the temperature hit 96 the other day. They have long summers here. But things are looking super! We are working hard. This may very well be my companions last full week of work before... Transfers!! I have loved working with him. We have seen a lot of growth and success!! Thanks for your prayers and continue to rock at life!! Love y'all!!

Also Just want to say a big happy birthday to the papi!! Yep my dad's birthday is this week!! He has been traveling a lot for work but somehow he finds time to train for a the Mount Whitney climb he has in the middle of summer in California!! Love you dad!!

Elder Walter