December 7th 2009

Hey Family!!


I'm sorry to say but i dont have too much to say about this week. We were very ineffective this week because of what happened. We were suppose to baptize about 4-5 people from this place called Ningo. It's in my area and about 30-45 min away from the chapel. So we called the mission president to see if we can baptize them on Sunday so they wouldnt have to make two long trips in one weekend only cuz it's so expensive to travel here. But he told us that because how far they live that we cant baptize them. We got very mad and very discouraged. We thought it was a stupid reason for them not to get baptized. They've been coming to church for 3 months now and there are some endowed members among them. We called President back again to explain the situation to see if he'd change his mind. The answer was still no. Oh boy, that made our week bad. Come to find out Sunday that the Ningo people said that it's gettting too much of a hassel to come to church every Sunday. So they were asking the Bishop if they could start a branch over there. So....the mission president was right. He knew it wouldnt be a good idea because the second we'd baptize them they'd want their own branch or ward by them. So the lesson i've learned this week was a big one for me. Listen to your leaders because they know what's right and what's wrong. It's weird to think i've never been taught that back at the US ;-). So that is pretty much all i have to say this week. This week is the last week of transfer so we have to work very hard so we can get people to baptize this next semester.

I love you guys a lot! I'll be calling for Christmas for as long as i want. I'll give you more info on that when time gets closer. Stay safe and you guys better be doing family pray and scripture reading everynight :-)! Love you guys!

Love always
Elder Batchelor