here is Matt's letter from today-

hey family!!!!!how are you all? thanks for your letters, prayers, and for fasting for bernarda! javiera got baptised!!!!!it was way special and the spirit was way strong! a ton of her family came, who arent members!!!! bernarda is doing good. shes still smoking....only one a day, but still! i dont know whats gonna happen with her. we found some new investigators that are really awesome! one is joana, who is a mother who really wants to draw near unto god. she went to church and liked it alot!!!! also we found a young woman whos name is soledad. her brothers are baptised and less active. actually they never recieved the holy ghost either! also, we found another less active family that has 2 kids that arent baptised, so were gonna try to reactivate them all and baptise the kids. they have alot of desire to come back to church!!! so, ya! last night, i got a phone call from president may, and he told me that he has a special asignation for me. so tomorow, im gonna go meet my new new companion!!!!! so, im pretty excited to train a new misionary! elder quispe left to colina. but really! he has changed sooooo much!!! wowow! god has changed him so much! our last lesson last night was sooo powerful! he bore a powerful testimony that i didnt know he had! hes a great missionary! im so grateful for the trials that god has given me! i know that trials are the way that god tests us and tutors us. i have learned so much here in alberdi, i have changed so much too! i really hope i can become the missionary that god wants me to be! im really excited to still be here in alberdi! were gonna work way hard! carolina is gonna get baptised may 23, because her birthday is the 20th!
thats so amazing about joy! her blessing must have been soooo special! well, to answer a few of you questions, about aftershocks...weve had 230 plus aftershocks since the earthquake! some big some small...some you dont feel...but ya! its an adventure! i bet that Kristols parents are having ablast! hahaha well, i hope you all have a great week, i love you!
elder andelin