This week has been pretty slow as far as investigators, and I'm not
sure what's happening there, but hopefully things pick up soon!
Some of the positives from this week though were we were able to have
another baptism. We have this investigator who received all the
lessons in California that the missionaries have been working with for a
long time here who really wanted to be baptized earlier but has been
waiting forever for her parents permission. Well, they finally gave
it to her, and she was able to be baptized this week. So happy to
watch her finally take that huge step in her life and be baptized, and
it was such a blessing that her parents finally let her. That was an
awesome experience. Another awesome thing from this week was the p
day hike we went on today. The Norwegian English ( One of them wrote
the book surviving Hitler from Deseret Book which is a rad story I
would recommend) speakers in our ward drove us to the highest point on
the island called Roque Nublo. That was super sweet because one it
was super pretty and you could even see another island and two because
it was the last activity we got to do with a lot of these missionaries
who leave tomorrow because of transfers.
Holy lanta that reminds me. So I'm staying here on the island, but
I'm going to be training a new missionary fresh out of the MTC this
next transfer. It's going to be quite the test of faith as I'm still
so new to everything myself and still have a mountain to overcome with
the language, but I will trust in the Lord, and I know he will help
everything to work out.
One of the chapters in the Book of Mormon I loved from this week was
in Alma 24 about the anti Nephi Lehis. Wowsers, those people had so
much faith and they truly did understand the atonement, to the point
where many of them simply got on their knees and prayed while the
lamanites slaughtered them. they were true to the Lord in the promise
they made to repent of all the murder and crime they had done, to
never dirty their swords again. Those people were not only taken to
live with God forever in eternal happiness, but they also converted
thousands of the very people who had killed them in that time. Their
faith brought about their salvation, and also brought about the
salvation of others who had a mighty change of heart while seeing that
faith. They are absolutely amazing examples for us, of how we must
use the atonement to change us forever.
Hope everyone is doing well and know that I love you all to pieces!
Elder Baron
"Mi Novia, this is the ward baby here, her name is Yanira"
"This family makes us Spanish pizza a lot"
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