Baptism! (Saturday)

So, remember Jesus that I told you about last week?  Well, the appointment with him fell through last week :( and we haven't been able to get into contact with him this week either :(  he works a lot... But, we are going to continue to try and contact him!  He is really prepared for the Gospel and really needs it in his life too. 

Last Wednesday, we taught Manuel.  And guess what?  He brought a friend!  His name is Guillermo.  We were teaching Manuel about the Gospel, and we got to baptism and invited Guillermo to be baptized!  Guillermo said "Of course, anything to follow God." (because Hispanics ALWAYS say stuff like that) and Manuel said, "Are you sure?  Baptism is a pretty big commitment."  Manuel is super ready to be baptized.  The Hermanas had a baptism last Saturday, and Manuel came and he really liked it!  He is super excited for his baptism too this Saturday.  So far, he is still on track.  He has his interview on Wednesday, and we are pretty sure he will pass.  His memory isn't so good, (like yesterday, we were teaching him and he couldn't even remember the word bautismo...) but his heart is in the right place and he wants to do it. 

On Thursday was pretty cool too.  Elder Ochoa (he is DL) so he had a meeting to go to.  So, Elder Nelson was going to come and join Elder Owens and I in a trio.  But, the assistants forgot to tell us that there was another Elder that needed a companion.  So, I stayed in my area and worked with Elder Acaro!  He just barely came in, but he has been a missionary for almost 6 months.  He is from Peru!  So, he didn't speak English.  He was a missionary in Peru for 3 months, waiting for his visa, then 2 months in the MTC and now has 3 weeks in Cali.  So, that was a fun 4 hours.  I helped him a lot with English and he helped me a lot with Spanish. 

Friday was boring because we had weekly planning and none of our lessons were accomplished :(

Saturday I went on exchanges with Elder Ochoa!  They have a family investigating the church, and they are going to be baptized this Saturday, with Manuel.  We did some service for the parents of the dad, which was a lot of fun.  They were cleaning out their backyard to put a shed in, and so we helped them with that.  It was a cool experience and nice to show them a few things about the Church.  So, I don't know if I have told you about Jennifer or not (probably) but, her mom is already a member, but her dad won't let her be baptized.  She knows everything already and really wants to be baptized.  While I was with Elder Ochoa, Elder Nelson and Elder Owens went to go and teach them and the dad was there!  (I have seen him 3 times in my 2 months here)  Then they talked to him and he said Jennifer could be baptized in two weeks: the 28th!!! YAY!  That's so cool!  So, we are going to have a baptism next Saturday too!  WOO!

So, that's all the super cool stuff that happened to me this week.  Fun week!

Time goes by super fast!  This transfer has felt really long for some reason, but it has still gone by pretty fast.  Since Elder Nelson is a greenie, I can see how much a person can grow in such little time.  Like, he has only been out almost three months, and so I only have about 6 more months that he does, but it's so crazy how much a person grows in such little time.  All through the help of Heavenly Father!  He really does bless his missionaries so much.

My camera is a PowerShot A495 by Canon.  But, the library has USB slots, so that will probably be a lot easier if you could send like a USB that I could put my SD card in to. 

The members here are all really nice.  There is a member in our area that is a manager at Carl's Jr, so we get Carl's Jr. every Friday :) we have to walk there because we don't have the car that day, so we walk off all the fat :) jaja  Haven't tried any new food recently... Mainly just the same old Hispanic food.  The weirdest things I have eaten is still menudo though.

I hope you have a wonderful week!!! 


love, Elder Hunt