Matt's Amazing Adventure: Marriage and Kid Baptisms -- 12 January 2016

Hey!

So, Like you all have seen, This week went really well. We had a counsel of the elders of the mission, and it looks like we are going to put a goal around 1500 baptisms for the year for the mission. Then we had interviews with president the next day, and he informed us that they would be unifying our zone with 6 companionships of elders with another zone that has 6 companionships. We were sad at first and then worried. He told us and the other 2 zone leaders of the other zone that he was reducing the number of zones and the he was going to drop one of our companionships from zone leader to trainers and that the other zone leaders were going to stay as zone leaders in the new zone which is called Sarmiento. The entire week we were worried. Friday we went to the Wedding of Sara and Oscar. It was awesome and they were happy to get married. Then Sunday they were baptized, I baptized Sara and my companion baptized Oscar. Alejandro and Robinson were confirmed too. It was a good day. Then, last night we got the notice that we are going to stay as the zone leaders of the new big zone Sarmiento. Right now our zone is one of 9 in the entire mission and we have 24 missionaries that we are responsible for. I am one of 18 Zone leaders out of the 200 elders in our mission. WOW. This next week we have two more baptisms of a friend of a member named Isabel and her Son Ezequiel.

I talked with president about the day im going to return and he cant let me go 6 weeks early. But he can 2 weeks early. So, I will leave mid transfer, and I will be the only one in the mission who leaves the 9th of august. I will be headed home again the 9th of August. Mark it in your calender.