"No man can change another man"

We did not end up moving into the jungle shack. We happened to notice that someone living nearby was building a second floor on their house, so we asked and they said we could rent it. It`ll be small, but cheap and convenient. We move next week (it has a bathroom with a toilet and shower). Our pention is a 25 year old man who is not a member, named John. He`s a chef, so that should be fun! Although, I`m going to miss Hna. Karen and her family imensely. They`re some of my favorite people I`ve met in all my mission.

 I also got the shoes and valentines candies. The pentionista and her kids loved the dove chocolates and were left amazed by the splendour of frozen junior mints.

 Our investigator got baptized on Saturday, and it was an incredible spiritual experience. She has changed COMPLETELY since the day we met her. She used to live as if she had no purpose or value, and now she has a real conviction of her purpose and value. At her baptism, she gave a simple but powerful testimony. Through tear-filled eyes, she admitted she could not describe all of what she was feeling. She said she just felt like laughing and crying and that she was "filled with happiness". I pose no claim to have influinced what happened in her case. In fact, we noticed that she didn`t really begin to change so much or even want to change until she started reading the Book of Mormon. In the beggining she loathed reading and now she`s been reading every day. And she`s been reading and watching everything she can get her hands on about the prophet Thomas S. Monson. No man can change another man, and no 14-year-old girl can change the way Maria has so abruptly, without the influence of Jesus Christ. For me, it`s been a witness that the Lord is sufficient to do His own work. I thank you for your prayers, knowing they helped, as well. 

I`m excited for another week of the Lord`s work. Transfers are the 24th, so we`re taking advantage of all the time we have, just in case we have to leave.

Closing this letter and sealing it with

Much love,

Elder Alexander