March 16, 2021

 Hi Momma,

This last week was great! One of the best! I don't remember if I mentioned last week but we have a new area with the area we already have. It's called Oceania. The secretaries used to have it before another area was opened up so they already had a couple people they were teaching. Now we have several people that we have regular appointments with. We were actually able to put a baptism date with a new person last week. Right now he is working about an hour or two outside of the city and he is living there. He plans on being back for his baptism which will be the week of general conference. The other lady we have on a baptism date attended Church the other day so things are still set for that. It is still difficult to get a hold of her sometimes and we haven't been able to have a set lesson in a while. We also got to participate in another baptism for a primary aged child. His name is Alonso. He was really excited and it went well! I led the program that time. We have zone conference coming up this week so I'm excited! ALSO we are now a companionship of four haha. Another Elder came in last week and there was nowhere else for him to go so he is with us for the remainder of the transfer.

I found out last week at the doctor's that my blood sugar levels are pretty low and my blood pressure is a little off. So now I have a special diet with more sugar haha. Things should be back to normal with that soon but I would appreciate any extra prayers for my next appointment coming up soon that it isn't anything more serious. I need an ECG scan, blood drawn, and an x ray on the heart. I'm sending more details to Dad but that's about all I know for now. I'm actually fine and it's not really a big deal. But I would still appreciate prayers!  

Also one of my companions, Elder Aguilar, was having some problems with his organs due to an excess of air backed up. So if you can pray for him too I'm sure he would appreciate it! 

I love and miss you lots!! 

Love Elder Blake Markham