Dear home,
Although this week was a bit shorter due to the change of P-day,
it
was still just as eventful.
Luis was baptized this weekend, which was amazing. First off, on
Wednesday he called us saying he wanted to wait a few more weeks
because he didn't feel good enough. Which was definitely false,
because he was and is doing super. We had a lesson with him
pretty
late in the night and he felt the spirit very strongly to the
point
where he decided to get baptized this week. Then came the
interview
day. Due to some lack of time and asking the interview
questions, Luis
had to get interviewed by President Nelson, the first counselor
in the
mission presidency. This was a really neat experience. He said
he has
interviewed a lot of people throughout the mission and sees Luis
as
very unique and spiritually gifted. He called us in, along with
Alfred
who was there helping, and gave Luis some advice and counsel. It
was a
neat experience to be there. I definitely felt that happened for
a
reason.
Fast forward two days later, the day of the service. There were
a lot
of miniature disasters mixed in the service, but the outcome
ended
miraculous, nonetheless. Elder Merrill is such a boss because
amidst
all the chaos we were dealing with, he made an awesome series of
calls
that resulted in a miracle. When we first met Luis, he showed us
a
Book of Mormon that one of his friends at work had given him.
His name
is Jonathan. Luis had lost contact with him after moving to
pomona.
But 30 minutes before the baptism, elder Merrill got a hold of
him and
told him the big news! It was awesome because he drove on over
and
made it just in time to see the ordinance. It was perfect. Luis
is an
awesome man. When we went to share his testimony after the
baptism was
performed, he started crying and then his mom and sister went up
and
hugged him. Huge miracle! It was a huge breakthrough in their
family
relationship. I think it's always cool to be a part of something
like
this, because that's when it makes sense to me why I got called
to
where I am and when. Life is good.
Love you all!
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| With Jenny |
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| Temple visit with the Nava family |
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| Luis and the friend at work who had given hima Book of Mormon a year earlier! |
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