Email 4/9/2012

Dear beloved family!!! Great to hear your Easter Sunday was great!  Mine was as well!  Yes they celebrate Easter here but not like with the eggs and Easter bunny and all - they don't do anything like that they just call it Semena Santa!  I'ts holy week all week!   It's really hard on missionaries, haha, just because everyone leaves from the capital, which is where i am, and they go to the beach and to the campos and stuff!  So it's really like Easter/spring break because they have the whole week off from work and school and they just party all week haha!  I won't lie - this week was probably the hardest in my mission just because it was so hard to find anyone to teach!  We did what we could and set a couple more fechas with people!  Also in this next couple of weeks we have a couple of baptisms - so the good Lord has been merciful!  The wife did come again and liked church and so that's 2 in a row now so we will see what happens!  We have been working with her and so things are great with him but a little more work with her and she will be baptized as well,  I think.   That's great the big old Easter Pageant was this week!  It's even greater that you guys didn't just save the opportunity to enjoy it yourselves but were able to invite some people to go and enjoy as well!  GREAT JOB FAMILY!!!!  Keep working hard especially with Daniel, he will come around!  Everyone here is doing great!   My Comp is doing great he - is starting to pick up some things here and there and get used to everything!   So things are great here - there no worries at all - I'm healthy and happy like always and there is no reason to complain on my part!   Sounds like the same is going on with you all!   That's sooooo crazy that Sarah got married - tell her congrats and I'm proud of her!  That's way awesome!  That's crazy about Aunt Betsy and them!!!!  So when will they know if it's a girl or a boy?  But that's way awesome - tell them congrats as well!   Big old Hudson coming out and popping the question!  That's soo crazy, hahahah!  That was way fast tell - my boy congrats and glad to hear he is taking the word of the prophets to heart and starting to get to work fast like we should!   Sounds like your talks in sacrament was the same as ours, about the atonement.  Man I love this gift!  No words to describe the role it plays in each and everyone of our lives! I LOVE THIS GOSPEL!  Sounds like you all will have a busy week with Saji and parties and things so good luck with all that!   Also about my birthday package - I have no idea - whatever would be great for me!!! Actually you could send me some starbursts and skittles and I don't know - whatever, haha! Well, I'm going to come to a close on this one even though it's a bit short!  But thank you so much for your prayers - they help alot!  Know that I love you all dearly!  Keep working hard in the business and in the things that count most!  Love you all and thank you mom for your letter!  Have a great week and we will talk to you soon!!!! Love Elder Reidhead