tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621473393024104886.post5662211435500853366..comments2016-01-25T14:19:10.299-08:00Comments on Elder Logan Passey: December 14th, 2015: A White ChristmasAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09994481518810054804noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621473393024104886.post-80068039186040329312016-01-25T14:19:10.299-08:002016-01-25T14:19:10.299-08:00Please get this letter to Elder Passey
___________...Please get this letter to Elder Passey<br />_____________________________________________________________________<br /><br />Hey Elder Passey, <br /><br />By way of introduction my name is Ryan Stratford. I served in Vina del Mar from 2008 - 2010. I'm one of the Elders that found Macarena and Juan Carlos. <br /><br />I just read your blog post about baptizing Macarena. I couldn't be happier. I've been keeping in touch with Macarena on Facebook and in December she told me she was getting baptized. Unfortunately, she is a little slow to respond on Facebook haha. I tried following up with her and still haven't gotten a response. I just had to know. So today I decided to google "Elder AND Macarena AND baptized." How many websites could there be that contain all three of these words, right? Sure enough, your missionary blog came up with a picture of Macarena's baptism. I was so excited to find it. <br /><br />When we learned that Macarena and Juan Carlos couldn't be baptized it tore us up. We decided to baptize Karen just because we knew she would tie the family to the church, and that it might lead to Macarena and Juan Carlos being baptized in the future. <br /><br />However, even leaving my mission it still kind of broke my heart knowing that Macarena still hadn't been baptized. That family meant everything to me, it tore me up. I've kept in touch with her ever since the mission hoping it'd eventually happen. And finally it did, thanks to you and your companion. You guys are awesome. I feel like you finally sealed off my mission for me. I've always been at peace about my mission. I did my best, I worked hard, I did everything I could. But without that family being baptized.....it just didn't feel complete. While I was there, I had such a connection to that family that I truly felt like they were a huge part of why I was called to Chile. So when I returned home without the whole family being baptized...it was just hard because I didn't know if any elders would go back for them. Honestly if it came down to it I eventually planned on paying whatever legal fees were required to iron out whatever legal issue it was that prevented them from getting married. <br /><br />Anyway, I'm rambling. I just wanted to thank you. That family means everything to me. They're my family. God speed, Elder. <br /><br /><br />Best regards,<br /><br /><br />Ryan StratfordRyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09033623529337182330noreply@blogger.com