I'm
going to be staying here with Elder Shumway, but now he's going to be District
Leader. It'll be fun.
The party that you saw us at was a stake celebration of
Mexico's independence day. There was a cultural part with traditional Mexican dances and music and then they gave us some food afterwards. There were
a couple more things that they did, but we didn't stick around because it got
late.
My favorite part of the week is that Ivan (the guy we baptized) told us
that he wanted to go to a pizza place with us and his younger brother Cristian.
We agreed and while we were on the way back we started talking about baptism
with Cristian for probably the 4th or 5th time and this time he said that he
wanted to do it. None of us actually expected that answer and so Elder Shumway
and I kept asking him things like, "Wait you're serious?" And sure
enough he got baptized this Sunday because he already had everything. The only
thing we had to do was tell Elder Huxford to interview him haha. I really don't
know what the most challenging was.
Something cool this week was that we found
a new investigator who had just started collecting hand prints on her wall and
so she asked us to put some paint on our hands and leave our mark. That was
pretty cool, but I didn't think to take a picture.
The thing I'm most excited
for in this change is to see how being district leader might affect Elder
Shumway. This last transfer I'd like to finish in obedience and baptize at
least 4 more people. I also hope to go to the temple. I got a chance to talk to
Sasha and she said that she has the intention of getting sealed perhaps the
last weekend before I leave the mission so let's hope that it works out.
I
would tell a future missionary at least these 3 things: 1. Make the decision to
be obedient before getting to the mission field. 2. Teaching an investigator
after baptism is just as important as teaching them before. 3. Study Preach My
Gospel.
Love
you,
Elder
Finlinson
Baptism of Christian
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