Surprise! A Baptism!

Well, it was kind of a slow week here until Thursday night. We had a good lesson with Irving and Diego, and at the end we asked how they were feeling about baptism. We had set a date for the 21 of October, but Irving said it would probably be better for the 28th, and Diego said he's still not ready. But then Thursday, Irving said he wanted to get baptized the 21st!!! Remember that this was Thursday night and he still had to have an interview, and we hadn't organized ANYTHING. But he wanted it for this Saturday, so we organized!!

Friday we emptied and cleaned the baptismal font, and then walked what felt like a million miles for the rest of the day. We were so so so tired that day. Saturday morning Irving passed his interview, and we finished cleaning the church, then Saturday afternoon he was baptized!! Hna Inmunda and I gave the talks and did the musical number. I played the violin and Hna Inmunda and some girls from JAS (young single adults) sang. Irving's mom and two sisters came, and Diego too. It was a really spiritual baptismal service, and it was great to see Irving in a white shirt and tie. He always came to church in jeans and a sweatshirt, but we talked about it and now he'll go with a shirt and tie. 

Sunday was the national census, so we had to be in our room from 8am until 5pm. it was SO BORING. We did personal and companion study, planned our day, did weekly planning, organized the area book, and played lots of rounds of UNO in between. But i was kind of dying. 

This morning in personal study I was studying 2 Nephi 2 and it's really, really awesome. It talks about the atonement, agency, and the plan of salvation. There’s one line from verse 13 that I really liked: "And if there be no righteousness there be no happiness." Keeping the commandments truly makes us happy, and I love verse 8: "Wherefore, how great the importance to make these things known unto the inhabitants of the earth, that they may know that there is no flesh that can dwell in the presence of God, save it be through the merits, and mercy, and grace of the Holy Messiah, who layeth down his life according to the flesh, and taketh it again by the power of the Spirit, that he may bring to pass the resurrection of the dead, being the first that should rise."

I love being a missionary of Jesus Christ and making these things known unto the inhabitants of Granados. The church is true!!

Us with Irving

Irving with his family

Irving and his girlfriend (I'll be waiting for a pic like this in front of the temple in 1 year)