May 21, 2012 Hey Family! This week was way awesome. Mariel, an 11 year old girl got baptized on Sunday right after the meetings. Unfortunately, we didn´t get a picture before the baptism because the family was in a hurry for some reason, but we did get a good shot after. Its better because she´s happier now anyways. She is so cool though! She had read like most of the first book in the Book of Mormon before we had even talked to her. She is just so ready! She was interviewed and after they were done, I saw her and she really excitedly, with a smile almost too big for her face said, "They are letting me get baptized!!!!!" It was so awesome. Never had I seen anybody so excited to go through that wonderful ordinance. If everything goes good, we will be baptizing the rest of this transfer (which ends not next sunday, but the next one after that) which is going to be really great. Its been a long time. This area has been hard because of a few different things, but I feel like it has also been somewhat of a refiners fire and has helped me develop some goals and helped me know more about the person I want to be in the future. We will see what happens in the next couple weeks. I have been here for six months and so I don´t really have any idea what will happen, but its all good, I am kind of just a long for the ride. I have gotten along pretty good with Elder Dowdle. He is going to be a good missionary. Its been really good for me to train. Well I am loving life here. It sounds like mom and dad are having a culture shock similar if not more dramatic than mine. I am excited to see how their story unfolds. I am good. I am not so fat anymore which is great. I haven´t eaten anything peculiar lately.... But we are having an asado (bbq) in a couple weeks with the bishop of the other ward. He is pretty cool. We will see if there are any parts of the cow I haven´t eaten yet. Love you guys a ton and I hope you are all alright. And happy. Love Elder Daybell