BAPTISM, CLEAN OF THEIR SINS, ELDER QUIROS AND HIS LANDING, FOOTBALL, FOOD, AND FAMILY, THROWING UP, LETTER FROM MOM, #HOWBADDOYOUWANTIT?

BAPTISM
We were blessed to have another baptism this week of Z---------.  His family are almost all members and my companion baptized him.  But the cool thing is the pila (battery?) is outside.  Never seen anything like it.   

CLEAN OF THEIR SINS
We are doing great.  We have a lot of people who are going to church and have the opportunity to be clean of their sins.  BTW, we have changes this next week.  Fijo (fixed) that I'm staying here in my area, but idk if I'll be with Elder Quiros or what. 

ELDER QUIROS AND HIS LANDING
Funny story...we were in a bus and we jumped out the back but when Elder Quiros was leaving, the bus went and he landed on his butt, haha.  Pretty funny.  

FOOTBALL, FOOD, AND FAMILY
On Thanksgiving, we worked like normal, but a member that works for UPS gave us a Mini-Thanksgiving dinner.    So we ate a little bit of chicken and rice and tortillas with him and his family and it was awesome.  I remember all the football, food, and family on Thanksgiving at home.  Three of my greatest loves, hahaha.   

THROWING UP
It's getting a little rainy here, too.  Yeah, well I didn't get a cold but I was throwing up, haha.  Hay que pagar el precio para bautizar (you have to pay the price to baptize). 

LETTER FROM MOM

"There was a great talk today in sacrament meeting. The topic was something I needed to hear.   It was discussing complacency and how when things are good, it's easy to come to a stand-still in the gospel.  He talked about how if we are standing still, even while holding to the rod, we have the chance that we might just let go.  He gave a list of Spiritual Inhibitors.  1. Lack of desire, ie:  set alarm for 5 am to exercise.  Hit the snooze.  You want to exercise but have lack of desire to get up early.  2.  Dwell in the past.  Don't relive your glory days, you will miss what is going on while you are living your life.  3.  Lack of gospel application, skimming our scriptures, not studying.  4.  Lack of time.  Good, better, and best.  Here are the enablers.  1.  Action, 2.  Creation:  Writing a song and publishing it.  It's a powerful tool to enable spiritual growth.  Bringing something into existence that didn't exist before.  3.  Sacrifice.  Act promptly on inspiration.  Loved this perspective."  Letter from Mom

Response to letter:  No, it's true.  One of the assistants said that sometimes we are sleep walking.  It's true.  It's what I've noticed is one of my weaknesses is to get comfortable and be more relaxed.  But we can't do that.  We need to always be moving and ready do, change, and get better.

#HOWBADDOYOUWANTIT?

Oh yeah, a miracle this week is we received permission to go to a gym by our house.  So now my companion and I wake up at 4:50 a.m. to go workout.#howbaddoyouwantit? 

Le Amo usted es la mejor! (I love you you are the best!)

Elder Sweat