Biking to Newport, Zaira Rodriguez Baptism, the trio ends...

Hola! This week was way awesome!! I should probably start with the baptism because that was the best part. First I need to talk about the morning really quick. So I forgot to set my alarm clock the night before and Elder Hawkins had already packed his away and Elder Maughan doesn't have one so we woke up to the District leader knocking on the door at 8:30 haha we felt so bad but it was really funny. However it helped Elder Maughan to not fall asleep during church for the first time in his life...We need to work on that with him haha So now to the baptism, her name is Zaira Rodriguez and she is 16 years old. Her parents have been separated for about 4 years and her dad moves out this week, which is partially the reason she was able to be baptized. She has a big family and her sister and mom are interested in the gospel so we will be working with her family more once the dad moves out. So the baptism was huge because this couple got married at 5pm yesterday and then right after got baptized at the same time as Zaira and they all had tons of people so the primary room was so packed that a big group of us didn't get to be in the room but my companions and I saw the baptism from the hallway. We had almost as many there as we do for a sacrament meeting. For the baptism she decided to have Elder Bojorquez baptize her because he was the missionary that found her a few months ago. It was really cool and she was so happy it was great! So last Thursday my companions and I took this amazing 25mile bike ride down to NewPort beach and rode alone the entire beach trail down there and it was awesome. I got some sweet pictures and some drunk people on the beach asked us to take a picture for them and then we ended up getting in a picture with them, they were really funny and were really confused that we all had the same first name.(Elder) Then that night we had a really interesting lesson with Mo. He is interested but has a hard time with the fact that we believe in saving ordinances like baptism because he believes that by just being baptized you aren't saved, and so we tried to explain to him everything and he said he would pray about it, so we will see what happens with him. Friday we had Zone Conference with Elder Ellis of the first quorum of the seventy and he is way awesome dude. That took all day, we learned a lot about the Holy Ghost, Faith, and Staying positive and motivated. It was awesome, and after the fed us a feast with steak, chicken, potatoes, huge yummy salad, cake, and lots of other good stuff. That night we got to play volleyball with the ward and others who weren't members and just wanted to play. It's a lot of fun every week. Saturday Aunt Julie, Uncle Ferron, and Hudson took us out to lunch to this good Mongolian place and it was a good change from the normal rice and beans we eat every day. She also gave us some pumpkin chocolate chip muffins that were way good! I love food. That night we helped the Vasquez family clean out their garage. They are an awesome family and we will see them at least 3 times this week with service, dinners, and we are going to help them pass out candy on Halloween which will be legit. Well that was pretty much my week, I'm glad to hear that the Marchants farewell went well, I bet they did amazing like they always do. My companions and I joke that my mission actually starts tomorrow because the first three weeks have been so crazy and fun and now that Elder Hawkins leaves tomorrow morning Elder Maughan and I are going to finally get to work without having a trunky Elder Hawkins with us. So I'm excited to finally get completely lost in the work and be able to focus on the really important things but still have a lot of fun too. Anyways I love you all and love hearing all that is going on back at home. Love, Elder Hyde