The
baptism went well. Alberto couldn't come because he went to go sell some stuff
in Poza Rica (which is good because he's really struggling financially). Teresa
came though. Late, but there. When Jose Emiliano got baptized he forgot to plug
his nose so he came up with a cough and immediately ran up the stairs and out
of the font. He got all the way under the water though so it counted and he'll
probably never forget his baptism now.
Alberto is excited for his baptism this weekend, so
that's positive.
Elder Alor and I sing hymns with investigators and Jose
Emiliano likes to sing 3 or 4 whenever we go to his house.
Maripaz and the Hernandez
Aguilar family can be added to your list of people to pray for if you want, but I wouldn't stress too
much about memorizing everyone.
Interviews were good, but the zone conference
is tomorrow. We didn't get the Liahona yet, but the "ministering"
announcement made for a hectic ward council meeting. It was a good meeting, but
a little crazy.
Food really doesn't get too wild here and it's typically the
same kind of thing over and over.
The best thing that happened would be that
Jose Emiliano got baptized. Apart from that we found a way to introduce
religion to the conversation with Teresa (before we had been coming purely to
teach English to her son because she's SUPER firm on being Catholic). So we're
starting to see progress.
Maripaz also just came to church unannounced and has
apparently already gone several times to another ward so she's pretty much
already prepared.
Elder Alor is good about keeping in mind what tasks we have
left to do in the day so that we don't forget stuff (which is really good for
someone like me). We haven't been on splits for a while, but we're planning
some this week.
The trial is just having enough energy to keep climbing the
hills. I'm pretty confident I'll make a splendid hiker when I'm done here. It
sounds like a little thing, but it starts to wear down on a person day after
day. The weather isn't bad. It's a little on the warm side, but not enough to
complain a ton about.
With
love,
Elder
Finlinson
Jose Emiliano's baptism with Elder Alor and Elder Finlinson
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