May 23

Well family and friends, I`ve got some super good news and some not so good news. Let`s start off with the good. This Saturday Marta, Sebastian, and Nicolás Solano were baptized!! See the photo and program that I sent. Definitely my favorite converts by far till this point in my mission (if I`m allowed to have favorites- they`re all great) The service didn`t go exactly as planned. Well actually a lot of things went wrong, but they were minor things. For instance. While my companion and I were sitting there filling up the font we realized it was taking a super long time. People had already arrived and it was not even half way full. After a quick examanition the problem was discovered; a disfunctioning plug. So the water was just going straight out. We pulled a Mcgiver with a towell and a rock. When it was time to change I realized I was missing a white shirt. I quickly grabbed another Elder and we ran to the house. We wern`t gone for long, but when we came back they had already started. The Elder I went with was Elder Crellin my old comp. We assigned him to speak first and he missed his talk. oops! Marta was not baptized without a fight. She has a knee problem and couldn`t make it under easily. So Elder Vallejo baptized her 4 times. They loved it though. They are very happy little family. Yesterday all 3 were confirmed as well.

Now for the bad news. Last night as my companion and I came back to the house we found our gate open with no lock on it. A window broken and the front door open. Not good. We quickly looked throughout the house to see what was gone. My companion had his camera on the desk that was stolen. I usually keep a clean desk, but I leave my ipod out. Before we left yesterday I put it away along with my wallet. Luckily they didn`t find either. However, my Dakine backpack and about 10 of my shirts were gone. We were sad but grateful that most of our stuff was still there. We determined they broke our window with a couple rocks and entered onto my bed. Right where I have my pillow that says CHOOSE THE RIGHT on it. They weren`t discouraged by that or by the Pictures of Jesus all over our house. A scary experience to know that they were watching us and waited till we left. At least the family`s house whom we live with was untouched. Today we went with Milton (the member) and bought a new stronger lock. Were going to put an alarm in and bars over the windows now. 

This is a few days after we some a man get jumped of his motorcycle by gunpoint. We`ve just got to be a little careful. I still feel safe though. 

So those were the major happenings this week. I Love you guys very much. I know the church is true and that Heavenly father protects his missionaries. Thanks! 

Pura Vida 

Elder Miller