5/29/17 - Now That's What I Call Teamwork!

WOW what a week!!!! First and foremost, goooo Dahlia!!!! She leaves this week on her mission and she's going to be a fantastic missionary. Wish her well!!

We baptized Marin this week and it was crazy. To make a long story short we had his baptism on Saturday night and it was great. His testimony after his baptism was 10 minutes long but that's alright - he was just excited and he's long winded as it is. Well, we were writing in our journals that night and Elder Chavez started freaking out. It turns out we were missing one of his names on the registro so it wasn't correct. I really have no idea how he remembered and I even asked Marin at the baptism when we were practicing but it's okay. We got up early Sunday, ran to his house and we were like "again!!" We got there 10 minutes before sacrament meeting started and I conducted and this time Elder Chavez baptized him (I had baptized him the day before.) They hurried and changed and we made the sacrament and after the sacrament he was confirmed. Now that's what I call teamwork!! I'm never missing the sacrament again in my whole life. I BAPTIZED someone before church and made it. I can be on time. I'm really starting to learn the importance of the sacrarment in my own life. It's incredible! If you start reading your scriptures during it you will learn more during those 10 minutes than any other time - I sure do. We are so lucky to be able to partake of the sacrament. 

We were praying and praying to help us find people. We were walking and we just stopped and were like "where do you want to go?" We just started walking and turned left then right then left and ran into this little old lady. She's so funny.  Her name is Thomasa and she had a stroke and is so great. Her husband is a pastor but doesn't start a church because he knows it's going to just be another false one. I'm so excited for them!!

Probably my favorite investigator in my whole mission is una hermana Marina. She's blind and she's just so funny. She told us she's going to go live in the rain forest with her kids and she leaves tomorrow. Honestly, it hurt so bad- we wanted to get her baptized so bad but we just ran out of time. Please pray that the missionaries find her- she's wonderful. 

Please please pray for Cesar Preciado. He knows it's all true but he can't drop smoking. I know that through prayer we can solve this problem. I love you all!!!

Love,

Elder Nielsen