Dear Family and Friends,

Well from the pictures it looks like you guys have had cool week this week. With Jack´s baptism and Sara´s baby blessing and then with Heather and Chase getting engaged, it was pretty exciting week for you all back home. And congrats to Heather and Chase, and Jack and Sara. Well this week was a good one for me too, we have been working away here in Barahona and the work is going good here. We are finding and teaching a lot of cool people and a couple have started to progress. This next saturday we are going to have a baptism his name is giezer but everybody calls him pepe. He is a recent convert´s son and is 12 years old but he has a good head on his shoulders. For example, we taught him about tithing the other week and the next time he went to church he paid his tithing. He is really excited to get baptized and his mom has helped him quite a bit. She is the recent convert and we are trying to work on his dad still, to get the whole family in the gospel so they can become a eternal family. So we are pretty excited for the baptism and for the decision that he has made in his life to get baptized. Also, with Bolivar we are going to postpone his baptism for a couple weeks to prepare him a little bit more. Last night when we were finishing teaching him he told us that there was something on his mind. And I asked him what it was and he told us that he just didnt know how he would be able to pay tithing after he gets baptized. He told us I am really poor and I have got to pay for my family and for everything and I just dont know how I am going to be able to pay tithing after my baptism. So I explained to him that that is his test of faith. I said Hermano, if you want God´s help with all of your financial troubles pay your tithing. If you want to stay in the same financial boat that you are in right now then dont pay your tithing and it will be the same. I explained that God will pour out his blessings upon him that he wouldn´t be able to contain if he would pay his tithing. And then I told him a story that I heard during a priesthood class back home as a priest. One of the Leaders told us that when he was younger he didnt know how he was going to pay his tithing and the bishop at the time told him to test the Lord and pay his tithing. And he did it and gained a testimony of tithing because of how blessed him and his family were, not only just financially but spiritually also. Dad I am sure that you remember the story. Well I told him that story and that he just needed to put his faith in God and take the first step, pay his tithing and test God. Well he committed to pay his tithing so if he comes through with his commitment he will be blessed. Also we moved houses and our new house is really cool it is a 3rd story and you can see the beach from our back balcony and the breeze from the ocean keeps it nice and cooler in our house. Well I told you guys that water came back last week, well it only came back on sunday of last week and there hasnt been water since, so it has been a pretty interesting week with the water situation and all. But all and all life is going great and I am loving it out here, the time truly is going by to fast and I am super thankful that I have to serve the Lord right now. Anyways I hope you guys have a good week this week and I love ya all.

Elder Wadman

Oh and one of these photos is from when we got caught in the hurricane rains on the way home one night.. we got soaked and the other one is of the sun here in barahona in the morning.