Letter #37


Hola, como están todos?? Figured it was time for another little update🙌

I don't exactly remember quite where I left off... but some quick transfer news:

(Drum roll... 🥁)

To everyone's surprise (especially mine) I'm here in Las Cañas, and I'm staying with Elder Lopez for one more transfer!! It's super crazy, first time being with a companion for 3 transfers, and it'll be my first time killing a companion as well (he's headed home next transfer). It'll be a blast though, I'm super hyped!!

We've seen a whole lot of miracles here together!! The zone is doing awesome, and here in the area we have 6 people lined up to be baptized this month and the beginning of December🔥

We may or may not have been very very late to church this past Sunday... and may or may not have literally woken up one of our friends to help him come to church😅. But he came!! And he's ready to get baptized this next Sunday, it's going to be awesome!!

We also made pupusas in the house a while ago, it was a blast! 

Everyone here is also already in full swing for Christmas time, the decorations are sweet, already super excited🎄

Spiritual thought: 
Something that's stood out to me this past transfer is how we can find rest and joy. I love the scripture in Alma 37:34

34 Teach them to never be weary of good works, but to be meek and lowly in heart; for such shall find rest to their souls.

It may sound contradictory, but putting in work, spiritual and physical, brings rest! I can testify of this personally; I love this work, I've seen how its blessed my life and the lives of those around me, and I testify that it will bless yours as well when you put in the work!!

Hope you are all doing awesome though!! Let me know how everything is going, have a great week!!🫶

Salud pues,
Elder Bagley

(And sorry, don't have many pictures this week, but a super interesting map of likely Book of Mormon cities, and Christmas decorations in a missionary house👇)

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