I guess imma doin alright. October 1, 2012

 Dear Family,
      This week was pretty hard. i was way sick for a good chunk, and
then i dont know, just kind of feelin down to be honest. its gettin
hot and its always hard when you see people struggling to change, but
it ended on a positive note. A few months ago...wow, like 4 months ago
i guess, i was on an intercambio with elder goggins (who is now at
home) and we were sitting outside this members house waiting for them
to give us lunch in a tupperware. we ended up sitting there waiting
for a while, and it was a pretty hot day. anyway, out of the blue the
neighbor comes out and hands us a plate of 4 empanadas and a lemon. we
were kind of blown away, i didnt think random acts of kindness existed
here. anyway, they were delicious, and then what happens? his daughter
comes and gets our plate and gives us another one! we were kind of
blown away at that point, but then she came back out with two glasses
of pritty limòn, which is this really good lemon soda down here.
anyway, way cool right? we didnt even know what to say.
     fast forward, elder goggins went home, and Nation friend day
happened, and i thought "know what? i have a friend to help". So me
and my comp went to that house and gave them a book of mormon with my
testimony in it, and told them its all we had to give, but its the
best there is. We started teaching them, and it turns out that the
daughter is way involved in the catholic church, goes to catholic
school and everything, but they really loved the message, and she
started reading the book of mormon a ton. well, its taken a while, all
things considered, but she got baptized this saturday! it was way cool
to see. her whole family will be members eventually, theyre just
really lazy so its hard to get them to church, but ill do what i can
while im still here. she has two good parents and a little brother
that can all be baptized, and theyre all way nice so it was pretty
cool. anyway, the day is long and i am young and i want to play
soccer.
       Love you!
             Elder Bridge

Elder Skinner just sent me these! one is the morning we went to
cordoba to that special training thing. there is a picture in a
liahona of D. Todd Christofferson in front of the same statue. if you
can find it put them up side by side, that would be awsome!
 the other picture is hermana hortencia. a new convert, the grandma of
the long haired kid from the other week. shes amazing.