Wow! What a week!

Hola Familia!
Wow is sure is great hearing from you guys every week! It always makes me happy to have baptisms on Sat, Church on Sunday and talk to you on Monday! It sounds like the weather is pretty crazy back home, luckily we haven't had to much rain lately. It rained pretty hard yesterday but it was a great day! We found a really young family who is living in a small home. We knocked or clapped mas bien and the guy came out. I thought he was just a brother in the family, but found out later he was the father. His wife told him to invite us in and we gave them both a lesson about the Plan of Salvation and how we need to be baptized to return to live with our Heavenly Father. We gave them a baptism fecha and now they are preparing to be baptized, all they have to do now is go to church! Thanks for the inspiring scriptures and quotes, its always great to here from the living prophets and those of old. I hope that they send us the May months Liahonna soon, I can't wait to read all the conference talks! WOW it looks like the temple is going up so fast! It will for sure be done before I get home. Too bad I wont make it back for the dedication, but I will be able to go everyday if I want! You can still call me son to....just cause I am Elder Bowden now doesn't mean that I am not your son anymore, that I will always be. It is great to have wonderful and supportive parents back home! I feel bad for all the elders that don't have this blessing. Sounds like Ash and Char are doing good, with my favorite niece and nephew, jobs, softball, and a new house! It sounds like you are having some hard times with the kids. I wish I could give you some advice on what to do but its hard to teach an old dog new tricks, I mean you can't teach a dog anything he doesn't already know. You guys are extraordinary parents and I don't know of anyone else who would or have done what you chose to do by adopting. I am grateful to have you as wonderful examples and I am grateful that you have made the lives of all my brothers and sisters so much better. Just remember one thing, Agency. I am reminded of this often as I talk to investigators and even less active members who don't want to do anything. Our job is only to invite others to come unto Christ, we cant make them do anything. Continue to be the great parents you are and then let the kids exercise their agency, cause if they don't they will not learn. This is how Heavenly Fathers plan for us works, we learn by making our own decisions and choosing to follow Him. It sounds like the Bowden bunch is busy as usually with all the sports, jobs, and animals, keep up the hard work and remember that there will always be rewards! Congrats on making it past the end of the world! It was really funny cause there was a church down here that put a bunch of ads up the said that judgment day was 21 of may and that the Bible guaranteed it! Lots of people actually asked us about it and it was kind of funny. YAY! The package finally came! Thanks for all the candy it was tasty and I shared with all the other missionaries who also enjoyed it! That backpack cover its GREAT! I used it in the rain yesterday and it couldn't have worked better! Thank you! I am glad that the package that was in Argentina finally made it back! Don't worry about the jersey right now, but if I do decide to buy one I will let you know! Please just make sure that there is like 200 dollars in my checking if you can! Sorry I have to go now! Thanks for everything and the church is ALWAYS true and will ALWAYS make you happy,
LOve
Elder Bowden