Best Easter Ever! April 27, 2011

hey there familia!

we had 2 baptisms!!!! and they were so happy/excited! it was such a great experience. and i want more like it! haha we had transfers and i have a new companion named elder swenson. he's from Snohomish, WA. strange name... but he's an awesome guy! i'm so excited to serve with him and we'll learn a ton from each other. anyways, we're going to continue the baptizing! it was a great way to end my service with elder john, having two people enter into the waters of baptism. i baptized one and elder john confirmed her, then he baptised the other and i confirmed her. sweet huh? i'll be sending pictures real soon.

Maria Ledezma Baptism on April 23, 2011

Balbina Ruiz Baptism on April 23, 2011

Easter was GREAT!!!! two baptisms easter weekend. plus, i did get your package! thanks ya'll! it was awesome. and i love the picture book! that was so tight and i was so happy to read the little messages people left for me. it was really sweet. so thanks! i'm going to enjoy it for sure! (surprisingly i havent' finished it all yet). for Easter day we did get to eat with members. actually, twice! right after church we went to a family for lunch. it was tons of fun. i barbequed!!! hamburgers and hot dogs! (delicious of course). and they had these bunny ears for everyone to put on... haha funny stuff. they also had a bunny costume that we dressed up in. i'll send pictures, don't worry! they are an awesome family. then later that evening all 6 of us missionaries went and ate with the Delgado family. the ones that you have talked to. it was a great Easter weekend. best one ever.

The Arruela Family

Opening Easter Basket from Mom and Dad

Photo Book from Mom and Dad

okay so funny story... i got my companion elder swenson this morning and he came over to the apartment. and... the kitchen smelt really bad. haha elder john and i have been so busy lately we haven't really even been in there. maybe we made a quick meal and then threw the dishes in the sink but that's it. well... he was tryin to figure out why in the world it smelt so bad! the sink was pretty bad... but that wasn't the end. we decided to not wait and clean the fridge real quick. he was workin on throwing away some old food, and there was this container of old leftovers. he opened it to throw it away, and was hit by a real bad, horrible stench! haha he said he gagged from it! oops... welcome to the apartment elder swenson! (don't worry, we're goin to try and be cleaner and throw away old food too).

so the weather is getting warmer. the only problem now is that it has been raining like crazy. it was like that last year too. we're going to try and use the bikes a lot more, because we both want to get back in shape! haha but it's good that we have a car on the really bad weather days. it's a good balance i think.

so how is everything? anything new or exciting? mom are you still doing p90x? or running with Gracie to the church? how are the wedding plans comin along? how's work dad? what's the status with amber and jeremy? ya'll just both workin a lot? i miss you all! take care and i'll call ya in a week and a half!! i'm not sure when but what sounds like a good time for ya'll? let me know and next week i'll see what i can do with it.

love 

elder derek munoz