October 15, 2012

600!

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Yesterday I hit 600 days in the mission! That seems like an eternity! but in a good way! 

On Tuesday we got back to what I would call, "normal" missionary life. Saturday, Sunday, and Monday were "abnormal" with General Conference and our Zone activity, and this week brings us back to "abnormal" since tomorrow we have a Zone Conference with a member of the 1st Quorum of the 70. Anyways...

I realized the other day, last Tuesday, that I have now been district leader for over 9 months. It's almost a mission record. Actually, it's a tie with the mission record I know of 7 straight changes. If I stay as DL one more change, I'll officially hold the mission record for straight time as District Leader. Nice. But, I'm happy to do it if that's what the Lord wants me to do. I mention this, because last Tuesday in my journal I was talking about preparing district meeting lessons and then I mentioned the amount of time I'd been DL. Tuesday was a great day for missionary work. When we went to visit a less-active 19 year old, he wasn't home, so we started talking to his sister-in-law outside and we had a nice lesson with her, gave her a Book of Mormon, and set up an appointment to go back on Thursday. Her name is Alicia, and she seems very positive. 

"[Wednesday] was excellent", I wrote in my journal. Because it really was. We had an EXCELLENT district meeting and we all felt the Spirit and left edified and ready to put in practice what we had learned about setting goals and making plans. It was a really cool experience, and we have all seen some of the fruits and benefits of doing so. The afternoon was also neat. As we were going from one plan to the next, I felt like we needed to visit a specific family, so we went towards there. However, I got lost and we ended up contacting a family that was very receptive. I believe it was guidance from the Spirit in order to get us to them, and not necessarily to the family I thought I had intended to visit. 

On Thursday we went back to visit Alicia from Tuesday and she read the chapter we left her, Moroni 10, and she had lots of great questions for us, but not about the Book of Mormon. Her biggest question was "Why are there so many churches?" which is the perfect question to ask a missionary! Like Elder Russell M. Nelson said in GC,"Ask the missionaries, they can help you!". So, we taught her about our Heavenly Father's love, gospel dispensations and apostasy through biblical history, Christ's ministry, the Great Apostasy, and the Restoration through Joseph Smith. I absolutely LOVE testifying about Lesson 1, and it helps me know every time that what I am teaching is true. I know it! And she seems like a GREAT possibility of someone prepared to receive the Gospel!

Yesterday, as you all know, was Fast Sunday. And once again, I gave the lesson in Priesthood. Luckily, I had time to plan it the day before, so it turned out alright. Elder Bobadilla improved the lesson in Sunday School. Gotta love it! But, it's really cool to be in a branch; it's a completely different experience to being in a ward in the capital!

I want you all to know that I know this Gospel is Christ's restored Gospel. We have the fulness of knowledge and truth, and all of the Priesthood authority necessary for salvation. Joseph Smith was a prophet of God. Through him, Jesus Christ restored His same Church upon the earth in these last days, and I have the honor of sharing that message with the world!

Love,

Elder Andrew A. LaPray

October 1, 20-12

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Subject: Two Weeks in One

It's crazy how fast time is flying!! We're already in week 4 of the change!!! That's almost half way of the change! Wednesday marks half of the change. Ridiculous! Sorry about not getting an email out last week, it was super quick of time flew. My bad. I'll try to make up for it this week if there were any cool stories. 

Well.. it looks like there wasn't a whole lot to tell from the week I didn't write. I was just looking over my journal and not really many experiences to share. What an interesting blessing :) Looks like no one really missed out. The only thing I wanted to mention was Sunday. Rather interesting. 

Since it is the 4th Sunday of the month we had to talk, which is nothing out of the ordinary, so I already had a nice talk planned about "Being Born Again" which, I thought was pretty decent. Nothing knock your socks off, but it's Sacrament meeting, not General Conference, right? Then Sunday School starts, and the teacher didn't come to church, nor the person she called to give the lesson... "Hey, Elder LaPray, could you give the Sunday School lesson?".... ummmmmmmmm guess so... So I gave a nice impromptu lesson of 3 Nephi 1-7. Not the finest hour. I had 0 preparation time. Not even a quick 2 minute glance over the manual. It was start and go. It came out alright, I hope. Priesthood rolls around and, guess what, Elder LaPray gives the lesson! Good news, I already knew I was giving that lesson. It was from April General Conference "Converted to His Gospel through the Church" by Elder Donald L. Hallstrom. EXCELLENT talk! However, I kind of felt like it was Elder LaPray day. But, we are the only ones with a General Conference edition of the Liahona so I prepared the class assuming I would have to give it. I really enjoyed giving that class, probably because I was prepared. It reminded me a little of Nevis... even though I never had to give a talk and 2 lessons in one Sunday, I did have to talk a LOT and every fast Sunday I HAD to share my testimony. It's a little different as a missionary. The good news is that I like teaching. I just like it a little more when I'm prepared.

I know that you guys probably don't care, but last Monday I was in a paca and I found a SICK Beatles shirt and a Tommy Boy shirt (see attachments)... Like, Q15 for both of them! Steal! 

On Monday my hijo(son) Elder Hatch turned 20 and on Tuesday he hit 8 months in the mission. That's just super crazy because when I started training him he had 2 months. It CRAZY how fast time goes!! 

On Wednesday Elder Barahona and I had divisions here in Sayaxché. It's always interesting to go on a division with a previous companion. There are a lot of little differences that you notice with each one, and some things you remember that were the same, but it's really easy to teach together. I remember when I did a division with Elder Nelson when he was AP that we taught super well together, even though it had been almost a year since we were companions! Wednesday with Elder Barahona was very similar. We fell right back into our old teaching groove and everything flowed really well. The biggest difference is that when we were companions, I was more of the leading force, and in our division he was more of the leading force for being ZL. It's just a natural tendency. 

We met some great people in our division and got some new investigators. The goal was to put some fechas(baptismal dates) but it was good to get some new investigators as well. One of those new investigators is a 22 year old named Luis. We left him the Book of Mormon to read, 3 Nephi 11. On Friday Elder Bobadilla went back and he had read 3 Nephi 11 and really understood and had one of the most sincere desires to learn I have ever seen on my mission. He has true, honest doubts, but it doesn't put it out there that it can't be true. He really wants to know the truth about the Book of Mormon and is willing to read it to find out. It was an excellent lesson!! 

The other day I wrote one of my grandpa's stories in my journal, that all of my family knows very well, but for those of you who do not, I would like to share it. 

"It seems that once upon a time there was an Educated Cat. This cat was very smart - and he knew that there must be a better way to catch a mouse. He wanted to avoid the laborious and time consuming task of hunting, stalking, and pouncing - on a mouse. This was very hard work and the cat thought that with his education, he should be able to devise an easier way to do this essential task. He finally decided that the best thing to do would be to use a mouse trap. This seemed like the smart thing to do.

"The Educated Cat obtained an excellent trap, but found that he didn't have even a tiny bit of cheese to use as bait. He thought and thought and pawed through some magazines looking for ideas and finally he came upon the plan of simply clipping a picture of a yummy piece of cheese from the magazine. He set up the trap in this fashion and spent the rest of the evening in the warm and cozy comfort of his bed.

"THe next day he awakened and found that he had indeed been successful and had caught something in his trap - a picture of a mouse!"

I don't have time to go through the whole analysis, but in the words of my grandfather, the message is "as old as mankind. You get out of a task(life) what you put in." Now this applies to literally EVERYTHING in life, and most especially to a mission. I will get exactly out of my mission what I put in. If I put in a picture of a missionary, I will get out a picture of a mission. If I put in myself, my whole self, I will get out something much better. As the scriptures say, somewhat paraphrased, "He that loseth himself, shall find eternal life".

Love you all!

Elder Andrew A. LaPray

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September 17, 2012 - Elder Bobadilla

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It has been a pretty long week, but a good week. On Monday morning Elder Castillo and I went up to Santa Elena and he left for the cap, all alone, and I stayed with the ZLs, like I already said. On Monday night we had an FHE with some members and investigators and it was really good. People that I probably won't see ever again. But, that's ok.

Tuesday I went out to work all day with them and we had lots of success. During my personal study on Tuesday I also finished the Book of Mormon for the 3rd time in my life, and the first time in Spanish. I felt rather accomplished and I learned a LOT this time around. Reading the Book of Mormon in another language can really change your perspective on certain scriptures that you hadn't seen in that way before. I am thankful to have the Book of Mormon in our day to read. An interesting note I made maybe a month ago is that we are truly lucky to have the Scriptures that we do. In no other time in history have the people had such a wide access to the Scriptures as we do. In Mormon's or Moroni's writing he says, "I write to you as though you were present, and yet you are not". The Book of Mormon was not written to be scripture for the Nephites. The Book of Mormon was written for US, the people of these last days, so that we may know of a surety of this latter-day work and look steadfastly towards Christ and His Second Coming. How great a time in which we live, to have the fulness of the Gospel at literally our fingertips.

On Wednesday Elder Barahona and Elder Vestal were sick, and we stayed in their house because they couldn't leave. In the morning I received the news that Elder Bobadilla from Peru would be my companion, but that left me completely in the dark, since he's brand new. The day in the house wasn't too boring since I spent most of it talking to an Elder named Elder Codling from Cedar Hills, UT. Super cool. At about 11:15 pm the bus showed up and I met Elder Bobadilla, my new companion. When I told him I would be his companion he jumped right in to give me a hug. Loving guy. I'm so grateful to be his companion! In my journal on Thursday night I wrote, "E. Bobadilla is going to be a great missionary. He has a lot of excitement, energy, and enthusiasm for the work and nothing is going to stop him." We stopped by some new investigators on Thursday night, Manuel and Margarita, and they had read the first 50 pages of the Book of Mormon in about a week! It was super awesome! I am hoping and praying for great things there!

On Friday I spent a lot of my journal writing focused on "The Fourth Missionary". After a few months of wanting it, I was finally able to get it and read it during my personal study on Friday and Saturday. It was truly incredible, and though it has a lot of focus towards missionary work, we could all use it with a small twist towards every day life. My journal entry goes as follows:

"The 1st and 2nd missionary are both disobedient and do not benefit from their missions. The 3rd missionary has great qualities represents the majority of missionaries. He is obedient and worthy, does his dute, sacrifices his will for the Lord's will, serves faithfully, but withholds his heart, he does what the Lord wants but he wants to do what he wants. Now here is the 4th missionary. He is obedient and worthy, consecrates himself, has charity, is a disciple of Christ, measures success from within, total surrender (he gives himself), and his predominant desire is to do what the Lord wants him to do. In all honesty, I am the 3rd missionary. I have not completely given myself, I don't have complete charity, and there are times where I want to do what I want. However, I am truly trying to become the 4th missionary. I still have a ways to go, but it's a process. While sharing this with E., Bobadilla I mentioned that my will is slightly changing. There are times when I may want to do what I want, but I am learning to want to do what the Lord wants simply because He wants it. For example, I wanted to be ZL right now, but I now want to be here because it is what the Lord wants for me. It's a satisfying feeling. While out in the field today I was completely focused on the work and my wants and desires were far from mind. I think this talk will help me for my last 6 months."

Saturday the 15th. "I made a promise with myself and wrote it down. It says, 'I, Elder Andrew Anderson LaPray, will become the Fourth Missionary. I will be obedient and worthy. I will totally and unconditionally surrender. I will consecrate myself. I will seek to have charity. I will become a disciple of Christ. I will measure success from within. My predominant desire will be to do what the Lord wants me to do. I will be the Fourth Missionary'".

Love,

Elder Andrew A. LaPray

September 10, 2012

Changes Come Back Around

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And once again it's time for changes!! For me it feels like changes were last week. Or tops 2 weeks ago. Time has just gone by super fast here in Petèn! I don't know if it's all the traveling or what, but day to day just is ridiculously fast! Elder Castillo is training, but going to the cap and whitewashing an area and I am also training, but staying here in Sayaxchè. 

This morning Elder Castillo and I left Sayaxche at 7 a.m. and his bus left to the capital at 10 a.m. He'll be riding solo for about 10 hours to the capital. I've been with the ZLs all day today and will be with them all day tomorrow, Wednesday, and Thursday at about 12:00 a.m. my new companion will get here from the capital, we'll sleep at the ZLs house, and then on Thursday morning we'll head to Sayaxche and get there around 9 a.m. more or less. These next couple days will be interesting. I'll kind of be the 3rd wheel  to the ZLs... just kind of there. 

 On September 4th I wrote the following in my journal:

"Today my Grandpa Anderson turns 84. Somewhere in my Spanish triple I have a comment written about the importance of names and respresenting them. I believe it is in Helaman when he explains to his sons why they are named Nephi and Lehi. Correct. Helaman 5:6. I don't know why exactly my parents gave me Anderson for a middle name, but I am grateful to represent the Anderson family as well as the LaPray family. Helaman tells us that when they remember their names, they might also remember their ancestors and what they did. On this, the 84th birthday of my maternal grandfather, I would like to recognize his greatness in my sight. As far as I'm concerned, he has never tried to be recognized or well known, yet he is. He has taught me wonderful lessons throughout my life, and given me beautiful memories. I can remember him giving me rides on his old tractor, making a mouse out of a handkerchief, treating my grandmother like a queen, a powerful testimony of the gospel, many holidays in their home, living just 3 blocks away, seeing him in church singing the hymns from memory, always being excited to see me, calling me his Guatemalan Kid, telling me about going to school on a horse, math being called arithmetic, getting their first refrigerator, giving temple preparation classes to Colton and me, telling me his missionary stories, and hundreds more. I do not know how much longer my  grandpa will live, but I hope and pray with all my heart that he will be around for one more hug when I get back next year. When I think of my middle name, I think of my beloved grandparents and the influence they have had in the lives of thousands, but more importantly in mine. I love you Grandpa Al."

Some of you who know me, may know that I have some really weird things about me. One of these weird things is that I LOVE putting on a brand new pair of socks.  If I could, I would wear a pair of socks 10 times and then get a new one, just to get that feeling back. Well, last year I had my parents send me more socks in case I lost some or they got holes, and now that I only have 6 months left, I decided to start using them. It was the first time I had put on new socks in 18 months and it felt SO good! Nice and soft and fuzzy and yes!

September 7th, 2012, "This morning while listening to the music on my memory card the Primary song "Teacher, do you love me?" came on. In Spanish, teacher is "maestro", and in English, "maestro" is master and "maestro" and master are both titles for Jesus Christ, even the perfect teacher. Often in English a child says "Teacher" in a very humble, affectionate manner. All of this made me reflect on these lyrics in a different light, as if the child were speaking to Christ, calling him "Teacher". The lyrics are as follows; 'Teacher, do you love me? Teacher, will you care for me? Even if I turn away, or disobey, or go astray then will you love me still? Teacher, will you teach me? Teacher, help me choose the right. When I do not understand the Lord's commands, please take my hand and lead me safely with His light. I need your love, I need your light to show me how to be like Jesus. The Savior's love will light the path to lead me safely home". Now obviously the last 2 lines are talking about the Savior and notto him, but thinking about this song in the innocence of a child speaking to his "Teacher", Jesus Christ, filled me with peace and awe upon thinking of the message our Heavenly Father has for us, even in Primary songs."

I'm nervous and excited for these next two changes that will  be coming here in Sayaxchè, but as I have testified throughout my mission, there are no coincidences. If the Lord needs me to train right now, there's a reason. For me, for my new comp, and for those here in Sayaxchè. Let us trust in the Lord and fulfill are calling, whether itseems important, are calling is always to build up the Kingdom of Christ on this earth.

Love,

Elder Andrew A. LaPray

September 3, 2012

Another Week Gone

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Well, I'll tell you first off... I don't think I can think of any killer stories from this week. It was a good week, but I tell you right away, nothing like big huge stellar. But I'll tell you about life anyway.

Monday was normal. Today, Monday, we are in Santa Elena again, but I definitely don't want to be here. Long story, don't want to talk about it. 

On Tuesday we had interviews with President and Sister Watts. We had to wake up at 5 in order to get ready and then head up to Santa Elena in bus to get here by 8. It's about an hour and a half bus ride. Hooray. I don't mind the 1 and a half ride... but the hour was a little rough on Tuesday. However, I absolutely LOVE interviews with President and Sister Watts. I'm sure it's probably like this with all mission presidents and their wives, but I truly feel their love for me. It's absolutely incredible. There are a perfect midway between parents and grandparents in their love. It's a new lifestage I'm calling "Andparents" that applies specifically to Mission Presidents and their wives and/or parents of best friends. As for the interviews, in my interview with President Watts he asked me if I still feel like I'm progressing. I didn't really know how to respond to that question. My reply is a definite yes. I feel like I'm progressing a lot. However, I don't know how to explain my progress in words or like, what evidence there is. But then I was reminded of something a good friend of mine told me while looking through my mission pictures with my mom. As they looked through the older pictures, he commented that they weren't really me. As they got closer and closer to the up-to-date pictures, he said "That is the Andrew I saw!". I don't know if anyone else sees it.... 

I don't know if anyone knows this, but ever since about my 5 month mark, I began to take a picture of myself everyday after I was showered and dressed. Granted, I've missed about 5-10 days, it's a decent record of the last 12 months of my mission and will be a record of the last 18 months of my mission on a day-by-day basis. Maybe my eyes are seeing things, or I'm imagining things I want to see, but I honestly do believe their is more than just a hair length and tie difference. It's almost like you could call it the "light in your eyes" kind of effect. But I can definitely see in a difference in my overall appearance as time goes on. There are even day to day pictures where I can see when I had look happier than other days. There is a definite difference in me, and it's more than just physical.

On Friday I hit 1 year of having been assigned to the office. Talk about FAST. I had just barely hit 6 months when I was called to the office, 8 or 9 changes ago. Or in other words... 1 year. It feels weird to think that a YEAR has passed since I went to the office for the first time. I remember that day with exact detail. Everything about it. And everything that came afterward. As for the area on Friday, we had a lesson with a man who we found a few weeks ago who talked to the missionaries years ago. As we were teaching him the Plan of Salvation, we invited him to be baptized because we saw that he felt the Spirit or at least recognized the truthfulness of the parts of the message we were sharing. The most devastating moment in a missionary's experience is hearing someone say "No". Not because you feel personal rejection, just because you know that they are rejecting the most important message you can possibly share with them and you want so much for them to achieve eternal life and you know this is the only way. It's hard. But I know that future visits right now, won't help him overcome the answer he has currently accepted as coming from our Heavenly Father. It's difficult. But we just keep loving and teaching. 

Love,

Elder Andrew A. LaPray

August 27, 2012

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That came around REALLY fast. In 4 days it will be exactly 1 year since I was assigned to the office. And it's already been more than 6 months since I left the office. CRAZY!! Now let's get down to business (to defeat the Huns).(Mulan)

Last week I mentioned that I wanted to quote my journal from last Sunday, so here we go!

In church today we had the visit of the District Presidency. Interestingly enough, I had already worked with the District President, Julio, and one of the counselors, Moroni Monzon, when I was in the office. They area a great presidency. I especially like President Julio. During our conversation I found out he is a convert of 5 years and has been district president for the last year and a half. I thought he was a lifetime member. However, this made me realize that my 2 highschool bishops are also converts. One as an adult and the other as a young boy. All 3 of these men have risen to the call of the Lord to serve, and all 3 converts.

"These 3 men could have been like some converts and gone inactive after a few weeks, months, or years; however, they didn't. I asked myself, Why? I talked to President Julio about this and asked, "What events happend to keep you active?" He told me, "First off, I had great friends, even before being baptized. After about 2 or 3 months I began to inactiveate." He began to inactivate for work. He worked from 1 am to 7 am Sunday morning and would fall asleep. He was simply tired and for him, it was a valid excuse. His friends helped him to realize that it was just an excuse, however valid. After a few weeks or months, discouragement sets in and they need someone to lift them up and go look for them. He said that was really the biggest thing.

"Next, he was grateful to his Heavenly Father. One day he compared his future now to his future before and saw a difference he could scarcely believe. He wasn't "bad", he just didn't have a real "future" and he is grateful for the new life Heavenly Father has given him. 

"The last thing was gaining a sure testimony of this church. Once he knew the Book of Mormon was true, he knew enough to keep going. He humbled himself in prayer, asked the Lord, and received an answer. 

"I belive these 3 points can apply to most recent converts and compare to the 3 points of President Hinckley,1) A friend. 2) A calling. 3) To be nurtured by the good word of God. we must look at our investigators, recent converts, or less-actives and assure that these events are passing. We can look forward to what they can become and the difference they will make in the lives of others.

Sunday school was great as well. Moroni taught about Alma 43-52 and compared the reasons of the wars to what happens in real life. In the BoM the wars began because of Nephite dissenters who no longer believed in their religion. He compared it to members who go to other churches and speak negatively of the church. He later talked about being prepared for spiritual battles. Awesome class."

As for the rest of missionary work, this was a good week! We did some work in the outlying villages and were able to find an inactive member whose family knows nothing of the church, so we'll see if we can get involved there. It's really been a great week as far as missionary work goes. I am starting to get a hang of things here in Sayaxche. The only thing I HAVEN'T got a hang of, is the heat :) We went to an aldea(village) called "Las Pozas" once again, and we also find cool things. The first week we found a little stream. The second week we found a HUGE laguna. And this week we found a pet DEER. Ya... someone here in Guatemala has a pet male deer. Cool, right?

Love you all!

Elder Andrew A. LaPray

August 20, 2012

Two Weeks in One

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Last week the internet was super slow, so I wasn't able to write a good email, so I will do what I can to knock out two weeks in one.

Last Wednesday we went to Santa Elena to have a training with the ZLs after they had Zone Leader Council. It was just with the DLs and their companions. It was super sweet. And then on Thursday we had our district meeting based upon that training. It was really good. My Zone Leaders are Elder Barahona and Elder Vestal(from Colorado). They came to our district meeting, which was perfect. It really helped in testifying about the importance of companionship study. I don't think I ever mentioned this, but back in my first couple weeks with Elder Barahona, we did not get along very well. We had a lot of difficulties in our companionship and we didn't really have many opportunities to talk about it because of our assignment as Finance Elders. However, one day we made time to talk about it due to something that had happened. That was the closest to a companionship study that we ever got, but companionship study has a purpose of "unifying companions". Because of that first "comp study" Elder Barahona and I had, we completely changed our companionship and became friends. Comp study is super important, and it's helping me realize how important a "companionship study" will be in my future marriage. Even President and Sister Watts have comp study every day.

ON Saturday the 11th we went to an aldea(village) named Las Pozas which is about 30 minutes away in bus (in my area) to try to contact and see if there is anyone there ready for the gospel. THere is a LOT of Q'eqchi', but we found a man named Bernardo who was very interested in our message and had a lot of great questions for us. Hopefully we can keep teaching him every Saturday.

As I said last week, we went to Tikal on Monday, which was absolutely incredible. Looking at these great temple and buildings you marvel at how they could construct such buildings with what we would call a "lack of technology". It was pretty cool.

On Thursday we were cleaning our house to get ready for a cleaning check and we found mice. Good stories, but definitely not going in the email. (Brock, I'll tell you all about when I get home. Hilarious!) But... we had about 8 mice in the house. 3 adult and 5 babies. We spent a good 3 hours cleaning our house that morning, and we still didn't pass the inspection at 100%. I forgot to clean the lip of the refrigerator, which was absolutely DISGUSTING. Welcome to missionary homes.

On Saturday we went to Las Pozas again and we did a lot of contacting and while we were there we found a lake! In the middle of nowhere! It was super cool! We got some awesome pictures. We were also able to teach Bernardo once again and he was able to read a LITTLE bit of the Book of Mormon but we read 3 Nephi 11 with him and he really liked it and told us that he wants to receive an answer to know if it's true or not and you can see his sincerity.

As for Sunday, I ran out of time to tell it all like I want to, so next week I will quote my journal because it's a really great entry!

I'm doing well here in Sayaxché. My mom tells me that is it currently 81 degrees with 48% humidity and light winds. The winds REALLY make a difference here. The work is going well and I am working hard! On Thursday I hit 18 months. CRAZY!!! I have to make the last 6 count! Even more than the first 18. Good news from Las Victorias, one of my investigators named Stuardo Polanco is going to be baptized here in a couple of weeks!!

Love,
Elder Andrew A. LaPray