Hola! 11-14-11

Hola Familia  
     Hola, hola!!! Well, this week went good. We had the baptism of B. It was really cool!!!! He didn't want to get baptized for a while and then he almost did last week when his mom got baptized and then this week he finally decided to do it and it was really cool! Also, this week came with a big surprise to me! I only have been in Culturas for 6 weeks, one change, so I was almost sure I was going to stay there. Well to my suprise, that was not what the Lord wanted! The president called me on Saturday to tell me that he had a special assignment for me and that I would be going to Maravatio, Zona Zitacuara, Estado de Michoacan (the farthest away area in our whole mission.) He told me that I will be working in the pueblo or small town of Maravatio. It is just a branch and the branch is just a part of a District. It still isn't part of a stake and there are no wards near by. He told me that I am in charge of making sure that everything is being done the way it should be and if there is something getting done wrong, to fix it, haha. Also, to keep baptizing so that hopefully in the next months they can choose a place to build a church building. But that will only happen if the assistance rate in the branch goes up, so that means we got to get baptizing! I'm super excited to be here and I hope that I will be able to do all that the president wants me to do! It is a very big change to go from the D. F. to a small town like this, but I like it and I think that me and my companion are going to have lots of success! My comp is Elder R. He is a really cool kid! I will also still be a district leader out here. I have two other elders in my district but their area is over an hour away from mine, haha. So that will be interesting, but it will be cool. Just means I will be traveling a lot to do interviews! So this will be a really fun a great experience for me! I think that I will probably be here until I finish my mission, but we will see you never know, haha. Anything can happen, but I feel like most likely I will be here till I finish!

Well, I miss you all and I love you all a lot, but I will have to cut this short because after 5 hours of traveling I don't have much p-day left, haha and I still have to wash all my clothes. And it's great I get to do it by hand again, haha. Good, good old fun!!!! Who needs a washer when you got hands, haha! I love you all and I hope you all are staying safe! Love ya!

Love,
Elder Despain