Breakin' the Pinata

Hey family,

How is everyone doing?

I am doing really good. this last week was crazy. We had five baptisms on Sunday. It was so much fun. We were crunched for time trying to get everyone ready in white clothes, getting the font filled and getting my self dressed.

lLast week i went on a exchange with elder grannis. We worked in the north part of Modesto. It was a little different covering a huge area on bikes. We taught a few lessons. I extended a baptismal commitment but got turned down. She said that she was already baptized and was too stubborn to realize that it really didn't count. That night elder Martinez called me when i was with elder grannis. He was crying. I had now idea what happened. He just told me we would talk when we exchanged back. Later that night we had the interview with president McAndrews. While we waited i prayed like crazy. I got a feeling that everything was ok. We didn't need to worry at all. They passed the interview. Everything was fine.

Sunday we had 5 baptisms! Brenda, Jackie, Mayra, Juan, and Moises. It was incredible. i baptized Juan. He is about my size. The water was low and when he saw that he looked at me and said "there is no way i am going to get under that far." haha. I looked at him and said I'm gonna make you don't worry. So we got in there said the prayer and i dunked him. I had to lay on him to get him to go under the water. After the baptism his family said that I looked funny when i was doing it. I told them what i had to do and they laughed so so hard. Jackie (9 years old) had to be dunked 4 times. She would panic when she went under. I felt really bad. Itwas really exciting.

The Christmas party was crazy. It was kinda like great grandmas parties. Loud. Not that good of food, and a pinata. I loved it. We had recent converts tons of investigators and members that feel like family. Elder Martinez took a swing at the pinata and instead of breaking the pinata he broke the stick. The other half flew off and whacked a kid in the face. i had to tackle a kid who was swinging at the pinata. He was blind folded and going crazy and the kids were all diving in for the candy. I got hit in the leg....hard. The branch president said thank you after that.

My companion and my roommates are like my best friends now. We get along so well. for the most part. I argue with the Peruvian a lot, ha ha, but that is ok. We do the dumbest things at night before bed. I will show you all the crazy pictures i have when i get home. I'm to lazy to print them all off. Anyway.

i love you all so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so much. I pray for you often. I know you love me lots. Don't miss me too much. I promise i am well. Love you lots

Love your brother and son,

Elder Paskett