"It went swimmingly!"

Well, we had another baptism, today! It went swimmingly because we baptized in a hot springs pool (it was so difficult to get out of after the fact). A good seven members showed up, which is not too bad, but about ten strangers passing by came and enjoyed the service, and then,asked to take pictures with us. She got confirmed yesterday and we are very happy for her. She´s a great girl and an example of faith I don´t intend to forget. She shared a great testimony after her baptism about how she knows the blessings of God are worth the due sacrifices.

Transfers are going to be this Tuesday. I´m really hoping I don´t get transfered. This is becoming one of my favorite areas, just because of the people we´re teaching and the missionaries I´m here with. Every night, we have a family prayer as missionaries, and all our little handshakes and jokes are going to be something I miss if I have to leave.

Anywho, Aside from the baptism, we had a rather difficult week. I remember one day specifically, in which we walked all over Huancavelica until evening without having an appointment, when suddenly we found some less active kids who´s parents aren´t members and we shared with them a great lesson about our purpose on the earth. The father of the family felt the Spirit, and I remember saying to myself in that very moment, that walking all that time was definitely worth it. I really am glad to be here, for that reason. Even during the hard weeks. Anyway, I love you all very much and can´t wait to see you in a little more than a
 month!

With much love,
Elder Alexander

 I also found a rat in our room yesterday (which I was happy about because this entire time I´ve been hearing things moving in the room at night and was convinced our room was haunted but it turns out it was just Mr. Ratburn). So, we tried to chase it out the front door but instead it went upstairs into the upstairs apartment so  I guess we´ll just let our upstairs neighbor worry about that now.