Barahona

Dear family and friends,

Well, the pictures of San Diego sure made it look like you guys had a fun time! Even though we were supposed to go last year and we didn´t, i am glad that you guys got to go this year and have fun. Well I am getting transfered and i am getting sent out to Barahona, Barrio 3. Well, for the last year i have been in the city and havent been anywhere close to the beach. Now I am getting sent out to the country and if you guys check out a map, Barahona is right on the beach and where i am going to live is about a 10 minute walk to the beach! So i am pretty excited for that, my first time out of the city and right next to the beach. Me and my companion will be serving in a branch and i cant remember what they told me his name was but he is mexican so it will still be spanish 24/7. So I am excited to go out and serve out there, and i know that that is what the lord wants but its hard beacuse we are having a lot of success here. Yesterday we had almost 20 investigaters in church and two families. The church was so full that there were people sitting outside on chairs because they couldn´t fit in the chapel. Afterwards the bishop came up to us and said the lord is working miracles here in enriquillo and truely he is. My first sunday here there was about 115 people in sacarament meeting and yesterday there was a little over 180 people. So the Lord truely is working miracles here. Also Isabel is going to be getting baptized in a week from saturday and there are a couple other baptisms on the way. So it is a little tough to leave for this but the missionary that is going to replace me is Elder Peterson aka my trainer in the mission, it is his last transfer and he is going to finish here, so i know this area is in good hands because he is a really good missionary. So that is what is going to be happening in this upcoming transfer. I know that there is a lot of work to get down out there in barahona and i have hear that out there in the country everything depends on the missionaries. If the missionaries dont work then the branch doesnt work so I am excited to see what the future has to bring. I definately will be sending a lot of photos home of the new area and of the beach. They told me that we can wake up really early and run to the beach and see the sun rise on the ocean so maybe I will check that out. Anyways, that is what is going on with me, oh by the way our new house is awesome, there is always water and a have been taking real showers for the last week, so it has been really nice, we will see if the new house in barahona is nice but i heard that they have 24/7 power so that will be cool. So everything is going really good for me and I hope you guys have a good week this week and that everything is going good for you all back home. I love ya all

Elder Wadman