a unfortunatly dry weekend

well we had a great baptism all planned for this past weekend but something always shows up. the baptismal fount does not hold water so saturday night when it was all filled up and we were al happy was a false sense of happieness because when we got there domingo in the morning there was NO water. so there was no baptism. kinda sad for our investigator (and for his missionaries) but we pumped him up for this weekend so we are going to get everything ready and if we have to we will baptize him in smelly canal behind the church! sounds like thanksgiving was a good time, and im glad that BYU socked it to the utes but im so far from that train of thought that when you said football game i thought you were talking about soccer and i didnt understand why a soccer game would be the highlight of novembre for the state of utah, then i realized i was mistaken and imagened all the football players playing soccer and it was funny. The zone is did really well this week in inviting people to get baptized so thats happy, also as a zone we did about 1150 contacts which is really good. so we are getting ourselves out of the hole that we were in and in about 4 weeks there should be a goodly number of baptisms but most likely by then ill get moved to another zone that needs fixing... such is life. so far my experience here in cartagena with the missionaries, the members and myself has helped me learn alot about some things that arent the most fun to learn about such as humilty, pride, the consequences of disobidience, what happens to members when they stop progressing, what happens to wards/stakes when their leaders arent living quite like they should, and the importance of peace of consience. im glad mom said that even my brevity says something because many times ive been applying the great rule of if you cant say something nice, dont say anything at all. But i have really learned what a great reasurrance it is to be personally worthy, to do your best, to keep working even when it looks like you arent getting any results, or peace of consience. that also helps to know that when you are doing all that you can and should to recieve blessing and you arent reciving them, just be pacient and the lord will send them your way when its time. But as i said im happy with myself, with my work, and with my diligence and i know the lord will bless me for what ive been doing here in this crazy city of cartagena.
i got the package you sent and i liked the pictures and the missionaries in the house liked the mike and ikes. i didnt open the presents dont worry but im not too entrigued because mom wrote what they were on the declaration of content thing haha. mom good luck on your plans to help our family to continue to progress and migrate towards the raising sun... if you know what i mean. thanks for all your prayers and support and keep being GREAT!!!!
love
Elder larson