querido familia y todos los demas! Well... Good news! We baptized that couple this week! Pablo and Ireri were baptized this thursday and it was soo great! We showed at the chappel and they were waiting on us, and we started the program and had a ton of people there! Well my companion got in the water to baptized Ireri and just looked at me really strangelike and i didnt understand why, well after i got in the water and just about cried because it was so cold! Pablo just laughed and said, doesnt matter, i still want to be baptized... Good converts, honestly... Well i also had a pretty cool miracle happen this week... I always bring around all the pictures of me and of my family and of my converts and we were teaching a lesson to some lady that contacted US in the street... way cool... shes 29, and ive been talking to her, her sister and her mom... She is way golden... Im playing it a little risky and i set a baptismal date for 2 weeks! This sunday she asked if she could bring a friend to church and of course we said yes... The best part it is... As a mission we have a "standard of excellence" which is as follows.... 200 contacts each week 20 lessons each week 7 new people each week 5 baptismal dates (in total) 5 in church on sunday (which is by far the hardest) a baptism each week (MY NUMBERS) 297 contacts 31 lessons 13 new people this week 8 baptismal dates 12 investigators in church 2 baptized Its pretty clear to see that the lord is really blessing me, not just for this week, but for this change in total... Well i love you all, and thank you so much for your prayers! It is nice to see all the emails from all the people that really do care about me... Elder Smitheram