Chooooo choooooo!

¨¨If you think you are beaten you are

if you think you dare not, you dont.

if youd like to win but you think you cant,

its almost a cinch you wont.

if you think youll lose, youve lost, 

for out in the world we find

success being with a fellos will, 

its all in the state of mind.

if you think youre outclassed you are, 

youve got to be sure of yourself before 

you can ever win a prize.

Lifes battles dont always go to the stronger or faster man, 

but sooner or laterthe man who wins is the one who thinks he can. 

-Walter D.Wintle

chooo chooooooo chug chug chug choo choooo ¨¨we think we can, we think we can, we think we can.¨ at teh beginning of this month hermana tellez and I sat down together, our last minutes together and set the goal for our beloved 25 de mayos baptisms this month of june.  We felt the impression really strongly that there are three very prepared futre members amongst our stomping grounds.  Well june brought a lot of wearing and taring on the train tracks.  Unexpected delays and cancelings, hills steeper than expected and lengthy distnaces, but ¨two missionaries sing as they bike and bike and bike, missionaries in 25 sing as they knock and knock and knock¨ okay ill tone down the dramatic, this terrian isnt nearly as bad ast the usas, those poor pioneers and one sore ragnar runner. but just as they reached the salt lkae valley and bubbus finished her race (woot woot)  we reached our home stretch on our goal. Do we give up for the cold? NO. do we cry a little for the lack of sleep, NO!  because we think we can! What do we have to lose anyways az few toew to frost bite, its fine weve got ten! and the wind drys out any mositure in your eyes anyways, crys dont exist!  SO everyday this week we literally run from lesson to lesson, visting our investigadores on date, almost losing some over there, and reasurring some over here.  

Well I am pleased to announce that this week our rama now has four new members as of ysterday. ROCIO; ERIKA; JOSCELYN AND FERNANDO Jumped on board! Completing with five confiramations in the month of June.  Living proof that nothing is impossible with God.  Rocio and Erika have been with me this whole 6 month adventure, but with the correct iming of the Lord they were prepared for saturday (picking the coldest time to enter the ice water...pero BUENO!).I have realized this week that the more we give the more sacrifices we make and the mroe we see flowing blessings of heaven. And by the end of the week we realize that it really was no sacrice at all... exhausted as we are we are happy.  Its true missionary service isnt easy however it is infinitely worth it.  and in the process I have made friends for the eternitys of all ages, shapes and nationalities!  And that is the Plan of Our heavenly father!   Now more details on the baptism saturday...

we are in the process of mving chrucfes, with horrible planning we found ourselves without our water heateer.  We literally thought up every option... even down to callng the firemen to pay them to fill their trucks with hot water and coming to pput it in our font.  TKhe second part of baptism is with ¨¨fire¨ anways... I thought we could get away with it... but some members thought it was a little Extreme. doest that vocabulary word exist as an alley? so instead we decided to attempt to use a really old heater in the church.  hermana and I turned it on with the hose conneceted to the font found nothing but stemming fog, where is the water?  WE looked at eachother puzzled until we heater box starts smoking horribly and starts shaking, ovur reaction... RUN ITS GOING TO EXPLODE! we sprint out of the room until I realize that it probably isnt the beset idea to blow up the church... I count to three rsay a prayer and run like 007 to the box, literally punch it off, flip the switch gas and ninja leap towards the door.  all is safe and soundd. Breathe... nope a pipe than breaks and we find the water... flowing out all over the church. No way to stop it, so in this moment we decide...its time to call for help!  SOS president ashton!  haha so turns out the baptism was moved, we called the only pick uptruck intown that wasnt being used in the fields and hauled the font to the ashtons house.  where dide we do the baptism?  in their garadge!  and we smashed everyone into their family room.  but all is well that ends well.  turned out to be a ton of work but everything ran very smoothly and the service was perfect!  The new converts are content and as happy as ever!  QUE BENDICION!  

Here in 25 de mayo we literally prepare baptisms...  If we had a tub that probably would have been our best option.. haha We get creative here.  Now this week we are in the process of moving buildings!  we are all to crammed into our house, and have found an old shoe factory to spiffy up and make into a church...right in front of an envalegio chruch!  woot woot!  

The adventures continue, and this week I have never been so happy and blessed! :)  and onto July we go.... I will surely miss the USA for the 4th.. celebrate it well for me!

Hermana Alley 

This family has my heart strings. Monica and simon (mom and dad) tia rocio (baptized) Erika (baptized) and the youngest delfina. (6 years olD) she cried herself to sleep that night because she wanted to be baptized... ADORABLE! 

(Editor's note: Hermana Alley's Spanish is coming along quite nicely. How do I know? Her English is becoming atrocious. Spellings have been left in their original format for your enjoyment!)