#whitechristmas

Dearest Family,

Angel got baptized yesterday!!! He is a walking miracle of a
conversion. That man embraced the Gospel so very fast. He is our
friend from Cuba. He was one of the most prepared people I have been
able to teach on the mission, but at the same time, it took some good
skilled teaching in order to be able to let the Spirit get to him. So
he was a fun challenge. We also can't understand his thick Cuban
dialect so that was a challenge. Anyway, he will continue to grow in
the Gospel the rest of his life, and bring it back to his family in
Cuba! I thought of a part of my Patriarchal Blessing as I talk him
with Elder McCuch and imagining his family finding the gospel one day
soon too. He was a humble man last night after the baptism. Pretty
exciting times.

Speaking of exciting, last saturday we did EIGHT BAPTISMAL INTERVIEWS.
It was legit. The FAmily of 6 is good to go (and they are getting
baptized in a ward with a 4-year convert baptism drought). Next
weekend, if all 11 (and they are solid investigators) make it to their
baptisms then we will have beat the record by 3 with one week left! I
know we can do it (BTW: We were talking to Brother Gonzales about this
at Red Lobster two weeks ago and he said 'I don't want to deflate your
balloons or anything but according to the mission indicators you will
have six baptisms in December.' A few miracles have happened and we are
teaching some legit people, so we are going to break the record. I was
sharing our projected success with Elder McCuch quietly in Gospel
Principles yesterday and he whispered; "Brother Gonzales, you were wrong!"
Haha. We are on pace.) #whitechristmas

Tomorrow we have Christmas conferences. I am super excited. Our
Montana friend is paying for us all to eat at the Old Country Buffett.
Should be delicious. I will also be doing a session. That will warm me
up for the bi-weekly visits at home.

Love elder parry

PS:  The Galarza family is driving up to Utah for New Years and they said
they would take my bike!! Oh Yeah!!! They said they would drop it off
at our house haha.