Adventures in Tarija!

Dear Family and Friends,

That is so awesome to hear about Audrey! She is going to be an amazing missionary! And maybe she will learn 3 languages too in DC and convert congress and the white house!!

Also, Maddi and Bradley and Braden are so tall!! I think they are beating me.

This week flew by! On Wednesday we had intercambios, and I was with Elder Whittier and Elder Stewart went with Elder Pineda. One interesting task that we have as zone leaders is we have to go pick up pouch every week. Pouch is all the materiales that we receive from Santa Cruz like the pamphlets and copias of the Book of Mormon. It is about a 30 minute ride in taxi to a big bus station. The materiales come by floata or the big huge tour buses.

Some news on our investigadores is that Claudia went to church again! We had a bautismo date for this next Saturday but she doesn't feel ready and has doubt if she should be baptized again but we are going to teach her more this week.

We have lost track of Jenny and Luiz. We can´t find them or they don't want to see us. Sometimes it is hard when the people you want to help come unto Christ don't want to receive you. But we have our agency and we have planted the seed. In the future I know this seed will give fruit.

But one super miracle that we have had is with a new investigador named Marilin. She is a young mom with 2 kids and her husband. We have been teaching her and she understands the gospel so well. We left her with 3 Nephi 11 to read in the Book of Mormon. When we returned she told us that she hadn't read the chapter once but three times to understand it!! She also accepted the invitation to be baptized in May!! Please pray for her. When haven't been able to find her husband but please pray that we can find and teach him too.

I love this promise that the Savior gives to the members of his church and His missionaries: Mark 10:28-30

28  Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.

29 And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel’s,

30 But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.

I know that Lord loves us and understands the sacrifices we make to live His gospel and serve in callings and on missions! This is His church and this is His work. And He will bless and prosper us and we keep His commandments!

Have a wonderful week!

Love,

Elder Matheson

      We went to Coymata again on p-day but this time we went all the way up and made it to the waterfall.  It was beautiful!