Week 31 - Investigator to member!

This week investigator "J" became a new member!!!  She chose to be baptized!  We had eight elders come to her baptism.   She requested that all of us dress in white.  Normally, just the person baptizing will dress in white, but all eight of us came dressed in white.

This meant we had eight elders in our house afterwards.  It was fun.  Mattresses were piled on the floor.  The next day, they were supposed to get going by 6:00, but the time changed here by an hour.   I woke up and it was already 7:00.  The other elders were a little freaked out at first, but got to where they needed to be.

On Sunday, we called "J" before church, but she didn't answer.  We stopped by twenty minutes later and she had just woken up.  She quickly got ready and arrived just before church started.  I laid my hands on her head and by the authority of the priesthood she was confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and received the Gift of the Holy Ghost.  See Acts 19:1-7.  I am happy for her.

Fried sushi is soooo good!

We taught "R" this week.  One day we noticed he was really fidgety.  When we asked why, he asked if we believed in dreams.  We said yes.  He told us that he saw us in a dream.  He said he knew we were "angels" sent to improve his life.   He told us he would do as we asked and has been reading and praying.   He came to "J's" baptism.

We've been teaching "M".  She cuts the missionaries' hair in Salamanca.  She knows all the missionaries.  She is willing to listen and reads.  She came to "J's" baptism too.

Today is a holiday in Chile.  It is called the Feast of the Assumtion.  I wasn't sure I would get an opportunity to write.

For p-day, we played basketball in Illapel with a ton of youth.  They started playing English music.  It felt like home but was weird now that I am a missionary.