Hey everyone, hows it going?
Just chillin in the GKM so don't worry much if I don't send an email every week because I'm the worst at that writing emails. Every day is basically the same so not much happens. I cant remember if I talked about exchanges in my last email so I will just recap. I went on exchange with elder sturgis a few weeks ago in his area. He came the same day as me so we had two missionaries on their first transfer alone in an area. It was fun being able to figure it out for our self and do lessons alone. We went on exchange again in my area this last week and I only got lost once lol. It was fun being able to see the people I felt I needed to see and it was a very good day. We went to see some less active members in the morning then decided to take a small detour to hike a small hill to get to the next house. The hill ends near the work of an investigator who hasn't come in a while and he was taught by missionaries long before me. When we were there a man came up to the store and greeted us and told us he has his mission papers in right now. We were able to talk to him about missions and we talked about the sacrifices that we make to go on missions. The spirit was so strong and the investigator was taking a big interest about what we were talking about. He was able to open up and tell us why he hasn't come to church and told us he would start the steps needed to come.
Later in the day we went to see AJ a man that was preparing for baptism to go over the interview questions with him. He is the furthest house from our apartment with an investigator and its hard to get there. We tried calling but his phone is spoiled. I decided to just start walking to where I knew and that it would all work out. I knew the first few turns but after I made the last turn that I knew we looked and saw him walking towards us and called to us. He took us to his house and we could do the lesson. I found out that he was about to become a roman catholic priest when his friend invited him to church and he hasn't missed a sunday since.
His baptism was on saturday. We didn't expect anybody to show up for the baptism because it was raining hard all day. At about 3:30 (the baptism was at 4) we see him walk in the gate to the chapel dripping wet. He looked at us and said "nothing will keep me from being baptized today" He was the only one of the 4 that showed up for the baptism. He then shared his testimony in sacrament after his confirmation.
We hard another baptism on sunday after church bringing us to a total of 11 with two more planned on Wednesday.
Everything is going well out here and we are working hard. Hope everything is well back home with everyone.
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