An Unwelcome Salvadoran Welcome

So, this week I recieved my new comp who is Elder Lunt from Utah. He was born and raised in Washington state near Bothell and at about 14 years he moved to Utah. He's way awesome. He played tennis, loves the office, we have the same career ideas and everything, it's way sick. All the people here say that we´re twins haha. It's pretty sweet.

Also they made me the district leader here. It sucks because I have the Sister leaders, the zone leaders, and the assistants all in the same district... So, I basically constantly get an earfull if the district sucks... Wooooo

also we baptized Michael! A year ago when I was in this ward for the first time Elder Junior (the elder that baptized him) found him and started teaching him, and for problems with the word of wisdom he has had troubles getting baptized. his wife and daughter were baptized the 25 of last december and now almost a year later the husband is getting baptized. I honestly never thought that I would be here to see him get baptized, but what a blessing it really has been to see his progression in this past year.

Also the gangsters searched me and my comp this week and when they realized that we´re super poor and our phone is crap they gave us permission to preach in the part of town as long as we dont tell the cops on them. Haha happy first day to my new gringo comp.

Do good things,

Later kids

Elder Vaughan

Me and my son, the district, Michael's Baptism

Papa Vaughan Trains Again

So things this week went pretty well. On Tuesday night the assistants called me and told me that I'm going to train a newbie this change. All I know is that he will be from the US. So that's pretty sweet! I'm gonna be a daddy again.

Then on Saturday we had the baptisms of Griselda and her son Bryan. The both of them are way amazing. Ever since the first day we got there they started reading, praying, and going to church. Two Sundays ago was fast and testimony meeting and my comp gave his testimony there, and it was pretty good. Then on Tuesday Griselda told us. "Elder De los Santos, what you shared touched me. I felt something really special. Like how you two explained the feelings of happiness and joy (the Holy Ghost), well I felt that during your testimony. I think that is the answer that I was waiting for." Well thanks to that she got baptised along side her son this Saturday!

Things are going pretty good here, hopefully they can continue and improve even more. I'm gonna have 6 changes in the same ward this change. (thats like 8-9 months o so) and a full year in the same church building hahaha freak bro Im old. 7 months from tomorrow I will be in a plane headed home, but whos counting anyways? Later kids, do good things and serve your neighbor.

Elder Vaughan

Baptism of Griselda and her son Bryan, with a fam I found and was later baptised, the best crew in the world. One of my favorite fams from Las Canas. You might remember the mom that got baptised in Febuary.

Sharp Piñatas

So this week was pretty good. Five people were able to go to church and they are all looking pretty positive. We are teaching this one family of four. The husband wife and two boys 8 and 6 years old, and they are super cool. The hard part is that the husband really doesn't like anything to do with any church so he´s kind of hindering the progress of his wife and his son. But either way those two went to church and are both pretty set for baptism. Let's see how things turn out this week. Other than that, just the normal locuras and what not of the mission life. Hoping to see some progress here. Last week of the change.

Love y'all.

Elder Vaughan

She got her mission call to Argentina, celebrating Melissa's brothers birthday (Melissa is the girl that got the mission call), some road. I somehow managed to slice my arm open on a pinata... don't ask how.

Conference Tattoos

So this week was fairly well. In case you didn't know, this week we got to watch general conference. It was a pretty solid conference. I liked Saturday more than anything. They talked a lot about service and God's plan for us. Sister Bonnie Oscarsen said that if we don't serve others our life has little purpose. It's that important! So get off your fannies and serve people! Then Elder Pingree said that if we serve others, God will direct us in the paths where we should go. Someone else also said that we won't find out where God wants us to go just sitting down and following the flow of things. We gotta get up off our butts and work and do what God has commanded us to do and if we do that, he will guide us. So go and do something.

Side note, I got some dope sleeve tattoos.

Elder Vaughan

My new tats, and my new hymn book cover