Surely the Lord God will do
nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. (Amos 3:7)
So, I got baptized in a river
today. Ok let me explain. So we have this really pretty river that goes right
though our town. And so I asked the president for permission to baptize in it.
He said sure, as long as we get some one who wants to. He also gave us permission
to go inside to see if it was deep enough as well. So we found this really beautiful
spot under this huge tree. (As seen below) But we weren't sure if it was deep
enough, so my comp dunked me just like a baptism. But don't worry, he didn't
say the words or anything, so it wasn't sacriligious. And it was deep enough.
So, now all we have to do is find someone who wants to be baptized in a river
like Jesus or Joseph Smith.
We also had interviews with the mission
president this week, which is always good, because it's not everyday you can
have a one-on-one with the guy who holds the keys to your area.
And contacting here is a hit and
miss. For example, one day this week we contacted an older couple. We sat down
and talked for 45+ minutes about prophets. They were very interested and it was
going super well, she even said that she believed we were the only church on
the earth to have a true and living prophet. Of course I was excited, but only
for a quick second, because she quickly followed up by saying, "But, I was
born a Catholic and I'm going to die a Catholic." So yeah, that happened.
And the next day we knocked on this guy’s door and he quickly told us that he
read our book, The Book of Mormon, two times and he said he knew it was true.
So that was great.
Also this week was general Conference.
I spent the whole week listing to conference talks to prepare. And on Saturday
and Sunday I listened to the ones from this session in Spanish. I actually
understood a lot, but now that I have computer access I’m excited to download
them in English and listen for real. Oh and Russia will be getting a temple!!!
Other things that happened this
week: I finished All Of D&C in Spanish and should have The Pearl of Great
Price done by next week. I saw a 2 or 3 year old smoke. Imagine that a little
child wearing nothing other then a diper smoking a cigarette, stares at you
with a look that says, "So, What?" then throws it on the floor then
steps on it to kill the flame. Yeah...
They also have a thing here called
abichulela con dulce, which in case
you didn't know, is pretty much hot chocolate mixed with beans, potatoes,
crackers and other delightful stuff. Every house we went to offered us some
this week. And this literally is the only thing I had my whole mission that I
couldn't finish. My comp loved it because he got have mine too.
Wow, thanks for the reminder. I would not have remembered
it was Johan’s b-day. Guess who went swimming today? In a river. My president
gave us permission to baptize in a river so we went to se if it was deep enough.
Hey, at some point can you make a folder of all the
recipes, activities, and traditions that we do every year, so like I can do them
in college and with my kids and stuff? Sweet, thanks mom
Oh and I talked to the mission presidents wife and she
says I need to get the paper apostated before it gets sent here. So if you can
print of a new one and get it apostated first that would work. Thank you.
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