¡Mordida!

Hey everyone! Thank you so much for all the birthday love! Thank you

family for the package!

Monday: As a zone we had a BBQ! We were at a park and got to play

sports outside! Then we had a nice lesson about the Plan of Salvation

with a family. The kids had a lot of questions, not all were on

topic...

Tuesday: After the food bank, we got ready then tried visiting some

people. We ended up having a little lesson with a recent convert and

her daughter. We talked about hope and the hope that comes from faith

in Jesus Christ. Around dinner we stopped by the apartment office to

see our friends Maria and Crisol, the manager and assistant manager.

We talked with them and talked with a guy named Graham. He is new in

the complex and he moved here from New York. Crisol said we should get

to know him since he is new and doesn't know anyone. By the way, the

Sisters are teaching Crisol's daughters and we are good friends with

Crisol. Later, we had a lesson with Victor, Penelope's dad. He is

doing really well and he is on the track to baptism! We watched The

Testaments. It is a movie about the coming of Christ to the Americas

in the Book of Mormon. It was really good and there is a real

spiritual high at the end. Then we all shared our favorite parts and

enjoyed the warming presence of the Holy Ghost.

Wednesday: BIRTHDAY!!!! I opened my presents, immediately made the

Lego race car within seconds, then made a cake. I put Oreos in he

cake, the Hershey's Cookie and Cream frosting, then Oreo crumbs on

top. We then had district meeting. It went really well! I assigned out

parts to district members and they did a great job! We then had a good

time in the kitchen. Mordida. It is a hispanic tradition to get caked

in the face... Usually they slam your face into the cake but I decided

to take it wedding style. We tried the Oreo cake I made but nothing

stuck and it was just like sandpaper then it fell off. We then used a

piece of cake left over from the baptism a few days ago. Don't worry,

it was in the fridge. That got me good. I will include the video.

After, we went and got lunch at Pei Wei!!!! I found one here!!!! Then

we went to try and visit some people but nothing stuck, unlike the

second round of cake. We did have a lesson and dinner with the Ortiz

family! It went well and I almost got an ice cream cake mordida by

surprise but I successfully blocked it. Win! Then we had a volleyball

fellowshipping activity that went really well! It was a great 20th

birthday! I also ate some candy and drank some soda. Haven't done that

since the beginning of September!! Also our apartment was magically

decorated/trashed. Hahaha it was great!

Thursday: Exchanges! Today I was on exchanges with Elder Stidham in my

area. It went well and we were busy the whole day with the food bank,

lunch with a member, appointments, dinner with a member at Buffalo

Wild Wings, coordination meeting, then looking for people he taught

when he served here. It was an awesome day and It was great to speak

Spanish almost the whole day. I am very comfortable speaking Spanish

the whole day.

Friday: Today is Elder Wilstead's birthday! He is 19 now! Paint

service! We did this big painting service at an elementary school. I

was on the tape crew. We had a great dinner to celebrate Elder

Wilstead's birthday. Later, we had a lesson with Victor finishing up

the last principles to be taught. Then we were invited with the

Sisters to go to Crisol's house. She made us cupcakes. It ended in

mordida... I will include a small video as well. The video doesn't get

that after the first cupcake then it turned into a cupcake fight and I

got a second cupcake in the face and up the nose. So I have received 4

baked goods to the face this week...

Saturday: Service with Joe! After, we finished up some stuff then I

had to lay down because I was feeling sick. Later we started working

on the baptismal program for Victor's baptism. We did some weekly

planning then went to Panda Express for a little companionship

birthday dinner. Then it was an awesome adult session of stake

conference.

Sunday: Stake Conference! Then we finished weekly planning. We then

had a lesson with Ivan then a nice lesson with Hno Gonzalez. Hno

Gonzalez is doing well trying to come back to church after straying a

little bit. We had dinner with Hna Ahumada, she is like a really old

grandma for the missionaries. She is also probably the funniest person

alive! She always wear homemade beanies around her house. She had made

2 and gave them to me and my companion! Then we tried contacting a guy

that Elder Stidham taught. He had moved but we set up an appointment

with the current resident! Then we had a lesson with the Ortiz! It

went well and we watched a general conference talk. Then we finished

with me teaching Elder Wilstead some Spanish.

This week was pretty good!! This Saturday is Victor's baptism and it

is when we find out about transfers!

Have a great week!

Love,

Elder Dallin Baker