This week was an interesting week to say the least. From walking to
this pueblo super far away to try and find an investigator who didn't
live there, to having the opportunity to baptize the kid of our menos
activo and investigators daughter, to carnabal, this week
was another one for the books in the Canary Islands.
As far as the baptism, I got to baptize the smallest 8 year old girl
ever. I mean she is just super super tiny. She had on this dress
that was 80 sizes too big and man was I in for one. Every time I
would dunk her she would kick her feet up, wouldn't plug her nose at
all, and the dress would come up to the surface. It was one of those
hold er down until she absolutely needs to breathe ones. Three times
later we finally got it done though hahaha. At the same time, it was
a very good experience of course, and I'm grateful for it.
This week we also got a reference from some missionaries with an
address. Turns out there were 6 different streets with the same name
in our area, and we had already tried the other ones, so we walked
super far to this pueblo to try and find this man and to contact the
people there. Turns out the people don't really leave their house
there, and the investigator didn't live there, but we still got to
talk to some cool people, and hey it was quite the experience.
This week we also had carnabal here in vecindario. Carnabal is
basically an excuse for Spanish kids to party 6 months out of the year
in all the different cities on the island. It's basically the closest
thing to the great and spacious building that I have ever seen in my
life. We literally saw these kids hanging out of this building with
their arms in the air and my companion just looks at me and is like,
the great and spacious building actually exists. Everyone dresses up
here for it and the girls, well, they don't.... So we stayed far away.
Even from where we were though, people kept telling us they liked our
costumes. Oh Spaniards....
This week I am reading about the ministry of the Savior in the
Americas in the Book of Mormon. It is such a blessing to have that
account in our lives and no man can honestly read those chapters and
just say that Joseph Smith Just made that up. I know that if you read it with
a heart open for the spirit to enter, it's incredible how the truth is
manifested to you, and you don't have doubts. I'm so grateful to be
here to testify of the Savior, and to invite others to come unto
Christ by reading the Book of Mormon and being baptized in the only
true and living church of Christ here on the face of the Earth.
Have the week you have, but make the most of it!
Elder Baron
activo and investigators daughter, to carnabal, this week
was another one for the books in the Canary Islands.
As far as the baptism, I got to baptize the smallest 8 year old girl
ever. I mean she is just super super tiny. She had on this dress
that was 80 sizes too big and man was I in for one. Every time I
would dunk her she would kick her feet up, wouldn't plug her nose at
all, and the dress would come up to the surface. It was one of those
hold er down until she absolutely needs to breathe ones. Three times
later we finally got it done though hahaha. At the same time, it was
a very good experience of course, and I'm grateful for it.
address. Turns out there were 6 different streets with the same name
in our area, and we had already tried the other ones, so we walked
super far to this pueblo to try and find this man and to contact the
people there. Turns out the people don't really leave their house
there, and the investigator didn't live there, but we still got to
talk to some cool people, and hey it was quite the experience.
This week we also had carnabal here in vecindario. Carnabal is
basically an excuse for Spanish kids to party 6 months out of the year
in all the different cities on the island. It's basically the closest
thing to the great and spacious building that I have ever seen in my
life. We literally saw these kids hanging out of this building with
their arms in the air and my companion just looks at me and is like,
the great and spacious building actually exists. Everyone dresses up
here for it and the girls, well, they don't.... So we stayed far away.
Even from where we were though, people kept telling us they liked our
costumes. Oh Spaniards....
This week I am reading about the ministry of the Savior in the
Americas in the Book of Mormon. It is such a blessing to have that
account in our lives and no man can honestly read those chapters and
just say that Joseph Smith Just made that up. I know that if you read it with
a heart open for the spirit to enter, it's incredible how the truth is
manifested to you, and you don't have doubts. I'm so grateful to be
here to testify of the Savior, and to invite others to come unto
Christ by reading the Book of Mormon and being baptized in the only
true and living church of Christ here on the face of the Earth.
Have the week you have, but make the most of it!
Elder Baron
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