April 7, 2008 -You know einstein's theory that space is curved?

WEll these are smart weapons.

Hello everyone! I had an amazingly uplifting conference weekend, topped off with a baptism Sunday evening! Generally a week of pure awesomeness.

First off with conference. There were some major struggles. The Anthony branch is a little separated from the rest of the world and so it's a little difficult to get technical help. So we went to our little chapel for Saturday morning session but it didn't work and we had to head over to the stake center half way through. When we got there we discovered, much to our dismay, that it was only in English! (Last conference it was in both at the stake center) and so our investigators couldn't understand! They won't home after the morning session and missed the afternoon session.
So saturday kind of turned into a disaster. But Sunday started out even worse.

We went over early to the Anthony chapel to make sure that everything was working and it was perfect so we called up our investigators and told them that it was okay to come. But then, just as conference was about to start, the satelite started cutting out for about two seconds, once every ten seconds, making it impossible to concentrate or understand. My companion and I did everything possible, called everyone we could think of, but no one could understand why the system was working that way. Finally, with five minutes left in the session, everything started working again (just in time to hear nothing).
We were pretty crushed. We had been praying our hearts out and couldn't understand why things worked out that way. As our investigators left they told us thatt they'd see us later and probably wouldn't be coming back for the afternoon session. At this point I started pleading with them. I told them that I really wanted them to be at a session that they could understand and I really wanted them to come back for the afternoon.
Well they did come back for the afternoon session. And the system finally started working out fine. I think that the reason that the Lord caused all the chaose to happen is so that they would come for that last session.
When I've been saying "Our investigators", I'm refering to the Varela family. They've all been an encountering quite a bit of opposition from family and friends. Elder Zwick's talk reduced them all tears and was a huge conversion experience for them. It really boosted them up and they said after that talk like they had the strength to go on and do what was right.
It was awesome.
Also we had the baptism in the evening of a young woman, Damara. She's only 12 years old and she's the first one in her family to be getting baptized! She's so mature and awesome. Her Mom is following in her footsteps and getting baptized in two weeks so we're excited for that.
By the way, I had no idea that Mariah Wilson was in the BYU choir. I'm 99% sure I saw her there right? I may or may not have shouted in a very loud whisper "THAT'S MY COUSIN!" in the middle of conference.
Well anyways that's about all of the time I have for this week, but I love you all so very much and i'm so greatful to have such a wonderful family and friends. Keep it real, everyone. And keep writing!

Love,

Elder Ben

PS
Mom- what does cf mean in the topical guide and bible dictionary. I see it next to a few references in there. (For example see Bible dictionary entry: Sabbath day) THANKS!