Blessings are coming our way!!!

I'm glad that yall got my Christmas card, it's really nothing fancy because we're just a bunch of poor missionaries that don't know how to do anything in that creative type.

 

I am very grateful for the packages that I've recieved this past week. Mom, your package is great because I have a something to look forward to every morning because my patience doesn't last until the nightime. Your gifts are.... great and very..... thoughtfull you might say. hahahaha sometimes i wonder where you come up with these gifts but I know that your doing your best and hardest and putting a lot of thought into each scripture. I read the scripture to Elder Sauer and he tries to guess what it is and he never gets it right and just laughs at what my mom came up with.

 

Tony your package says everything about you. Just shove it in a box and send it on it's way.

 

So this past week we had a very revelatory experience while at Zone Leader Council on Tuesday in Iowa City. We discussed and looked at all the logistics of what the new baptismal goal should be for the year of 2013. It took much discussion and then finally we all kneeled down and prayed as to what is should be. It was revealed that we are to have 550 convert baptisms within the Iowa Des Moines Mission in 2013. I'm so glad for the keys of the priesthood which connect heaven and earth, and reveal the will of our Heavenly Father. I know for a certain knowledge that President Jergensen is called by the Lord and direct this great and wonderful work in these latter days. I find so much satisfaction in knowing that I'm engaged in this most wonderful work of the Lord. I felt very strongly that the work is hastening. Times are getting challenging and the Lord's lost sheep need to be brought to the fold and to be apart of that gathering of Israel is almost unbareable, but it's true and God has had selected us all to be on the forefront of this great cause.

 

Elder Sauer and I have a new investigator who is progressing towards December 29 for baptism. His name is Devin and he's a great young man who is 15 and lives in the worst part of town. He's strong in keeping values even though his less-active mom doesn't. He was at church yesterday along with 2 other investigators of ours. We did pick up 2 new investigators yesterday which is such a blessing because all week we have been praying for the area to pick up and to let our testimonies reach the hearts of all the inhabitants of Peoria. Our prayer was answered and I"m so grateful.

 

Please keep the faith and I don't really know what to say other then I love you all. Tony you look like Paul Bunyan

 

I'll just explain everything on Christmas

 

Elder Gonzalez