Leave with no regrets.

This week was another slow one, but we are seeing success. Claudia, the mother of Jorge and Tonantzin and the daughter of Gloria, was baptized on Saturday. She won`t be confirmed until this coming Sunday due to stake conference, but it`s something really special to be able to see the family linked by 3 generations. They`ve changed a lot and seen a lot of blessings. We also have seen how an investigator who decided to pay his tithing ended up having so many work opportunities afterwards that he didn`t know what to do with it all. Little things like that all the time. This investigator, whose name is Victor, is planning to be baptized this weekend. I ask that you pray for him, his well being, and that his family might be attentive to the promptings of the spririt and find their own testimonies.

Stake Conference was good. It was the first one this stake has had, as it has only been a stake for a year now. The Guadalajara temple president, his wife, the mission president, his wife, and a 70 (Raimundo Morales) were all there. There were very good talks about the temple, missionary work, the perfectioning of the saints, and the atonement of Jesus Christ and the importance of understanding it and applying it to our lives. There was also a young convert who spoke about how he has decided to serve a mission, and his family has thus rejected him completely and refuses to help him in any way. He`s trying to get his things together to go, but he`s going anyways with a firm testimony that what he`s doing is right...with or without a collared shirt or dress pants. He leaves in 2 weeks.

We are 2 weeks away from another transfer, and I think it will finally be time to leave. Where I`ll go, who will be my companion, what will be my assigned task (if any), I don`t know. However, I`m trying to learn as much as I can while I`m still here, and leave with no regrets. If I stay, I`ll still be glad to have done all of that.

Thank you for the pictures and the talk. David looks really grown up now, and Ashley is almost an adult! I`m going to try to print them out so I can have them in the house. I`ve also bought some pants, so now all I have to see is how long they will last me. I still haven`t had to use the funds from home, but I know that they will always be there when I need them. I do need to use the money from the grandmas to buy myself a birthday present, after all.

Well time is definitely up for now. Thank you for everything, and I think of you often. Stay strong and stay faithful, for God is watching over you all. I have felt it.

Love,
Elder Lund