We finally got Luis baptized!!! After his entrevista this Tuesday we set a fecha for this Saturday. It was a trial of our faith and patience on that day. The baptism was scheduled at 4:00 and we arrived at Luis´s house at 3:30 to head to the baptism. We were going fine in his volkswagon beetle until we exited our pueblo at an intersection and the car stopped working. We pushed the car out of the intersection and Luis crossed the street to take a combi back to our pueblo. A combi passed full of people, and another passed, who was not working. He took a bus back to entrance of our pueblo and walked back to a mechanic. They returned and "fixed" the engine and started racing to the baptism. Then the car gave out again and we pulled into an OXXO. We ditched the car and went to the baptism in a bus arriving around 5:30.
It was super cool to see Hmo Luis baptized and confirmed the next day. I know this will help him and his young family. He is such a humble guy and siempre wants to become a better person. Please pray for him to listen to the promptings of his new gift.
We also had the opportunity to teach people with a young man named Joaquin, who just got out of rehab. Please pray for Joaquin to be strong now that he is clean of his old life. It was super fun walking around with Joaquin and meeting his very catholic family. We met his 90 year old grandpa who kept saying that we needed to be sanctified by the Papi. While waving his bible around with 2 pictures of the pope on the cover he said, "I have my bible and you have your Libro de MAMON"...After that we left jajaja
We also had a Conferencia with the president about the atonement. It was super cool studying the scriptures and hearing the insights del Presidente Stellmon. I especially loved the song he showed us written by david Bednar called One by One. It enfasis on how we each have a one on one relationship with our lord. It is super pretty I recommend everyone to listen to it.
I hope you all have a wonderful week. Let me know if you have any questions for me.
Elder Thompson
"Brotherly hands and Determined arms reached into the abyss of death to save us from our fallings and our failings our sorrows and our sins." Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
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