May 19, 2014

Hello:

Well, we had another good week. We baptized two people on Sunday and got another week of excellence. This is a pretty good area, and the members have a good relationship with the missionaries (thanks to Elder A.). The transfer is going to end in two weeks, which is a bummer because that probably means that Elder A. is out of here. That’s what happens though. It seems like I’ve been thrown around a lot and had a lot of companions, my favorites always staying with me for only six weeks or so, which is also a bummer. I would like to say longer with Elder A.

So this week we had a really cool experience with one of the people who we baptized. His name is B. B. was actually already baptized one time in the Church but was never confirmed, so the baptism ended up not counting. The reason why he wasn’t confirmed is because he got annoyed with the missionaries because they were pressuring him a lot to be baptized, so after he got baptized he said, “All right, there I did it, now leave me alone.”

Six months later we saw him on the street and invited him to go to church. He showed up at church on Sunday, and we marked to go visit him. We taught him about the Book of Mormon and asked him to pray about it, to know for sure if it is really true and if this is the path he should follow (including being baptized again and receiving the Holy Ghost). He accepted and said that he is looking for guidance in his life and wants to know what he should.

When we returned to his house on Tuesday, he told us that he had prayed about the Book of Mormon and felt peace in his heart. He then randomly opened the Book of Mormon and read the following passage from 2 Nephi 32:5: “For behold, again I say unto you that if ye will enter in by the way, and receive the Holy Ghost, it will show unto you all things that ye should do.” He then explained to us that he knew that God was telling him to, again, enter in by the way (baptism) but this time receive the Holy Ghost, and that, because of this, he will be guided to know what to do. He asked us when we would have the next baptismal meeting, and we said it would be Sunday. He said, “Great, count me in.” And the rest is history.

Here everything is “tranquilo.” I’m in a groove and going strong. To celebrate our baptisms, Elder A. and I are going to make a churrasco for lunch today. I’ll send you pictures of it next week. (Yes, be jelly, be very jelly.)

That about wraps it up for me.

Same time next week,

Love,

Elder Morris