¡Hola Mis Amigos!

¡Hola mis amigos,

Hey, sorry for not sending you guys an update last week. We have just been so busy we are even teaching on P-day. But it is good. Elder Crocco goes home next week and I'm going to get a brand new Elder. It is going to be fun and a great learning experience. But I have been doing super good lately. We are seeing miracles happen and even the little things keep your testimony strong.

For sure the highlight of our week was the wedding of Chris and Alex. They got married on Saturday. Bishop McMohan from the Londonderry ward performed the ceremony. It was really small. Only Chris' mother and Alex's two aunts and families were there. It was what it needed to be. It was more for them to make a committment to follow the commandments so that Alex could get baptized. The whole attitude of the marriage was so that they could go to the temple and make their committment for eternity. Even their vows made evidence of their desire to spend eternity together. It was funny because Chris' were really poetic and Alex's weas a little scampled because of her English, but she portrayed how she felt very well. We are so excited for them and it was really cool when we drove away. We both said that we felt real joy. We almost felt better than if someone was getting baptized. We figured that it was because they were both making a committment to help them both stay together for time and eternity. I have to say that I know Heavenly Father was looking down on that little ceremony and was smiling in happiness. Chris will be working for the next month to get worthy to baptize her. So in a month's time she will enter the waters of baptism hand in hand with her husband. They are so sweet!

We had to say goodbye to a great friend on Friday. German left for Mexico. But he has a great reason to go. We had dinner with him on Friday with some of the members that have been influential in his conversion. He expressed his testimony, which is so solid. I pray that he can get to Mexico and convert his family. Show them the joy that he has found and show them through his example. I am sure that he will be a great instument in the Lord's hands. I am going to miss him and we are staying in contact so that I can know everything that is going on in his life. He has changed my mission and I will never forget him.

Mauricio is going to be baptized this Saturday and we are actually eating dinner over there tonight so we will finalize everything. He is doing so good. He looked so happy yesterday at church and you can tell that repentence is taking a big part in his life. It is so exciting. We are having a Spanish activity for all the people that live in the city to get together and socialize and also say goodbye to Elder Crocco. It will be fun. He keeps saying that he did not think that it would be this hard to say goodbye to everyone. I am nervous to have to do that. Cause if I left next week I would be super sad...sorry mom. But this is the place I know I should be. I get that reassurance everyday. We finally got to teach Gabriel's kids. He is the less active and his wife is a Jehovah's Witness. We know that they felt the Spirit when I recited the First Vision. Their young Spirits were touched. So hopefully we can help them recognie that more when we go over next week. And by the way, pupusas are the best things in the world! Some members had us over last night to say goodbye to Crocco and they made so many. I had like 12. And if you know how big they are, that is crazy. But if you have a chance to have them, do it!

Mucho amor amigos, que les vaya bien!!

Elder Kipporoni and Cheez