April 17, 2016

Family and Friends you will have to buckle down for this weeks email!

So this week has been awesome! We have been having a lot of success and we have been teaching a lot of people. Everything was just a normal week until Saturday. We were planning on having 3 baptisms at the church so we went early to start filling up the font. When the time came around to turn off the font we looked and the water was 100% brown. Rust must have gotten in the pipes or something but the water was brown and it was completely full. I had to get in a jumpsuit and pull the plug for it to drain. Meanwhile we were thinking about what to do for the baptisms. There was a member at the baptism that had a pool so we decided to start the service at the church and then carpool to their house and hold the baptisms and the rest of the service there! The rest of the service was fine and they all 3 got baptized.

All 3 baptisms we had were part member families. The members got baptized when they were young and then fell away and then they humbled themselves and realized they needed God and then the missionaries got in their lives. 2 of the baptisms were of Tikal and Benicio who got baptized by their father. The father got the priesthood the week before and then baptized them. When everyone was changing we had a testimony meeting and the father bore his testimony. That was probably the most powerful testimony I have heard. He looks like a rough and tough guy but he broke out in tears thanking the missionaries and the whole experience. He is really solid now. How grateful I am to be able to witness that.

Also Scott got baptized this past weekend as well! I wasnt there but Elder Bowden sent me pictures.

We had a miracle happen yesterday as well. At church a member told us there is a lady that wants the discussions and to be baptized. We talked with her more and she was saying that she had been studying about the church for a while. She went to the library and checked out books about the church and made a whole notebook full of notes. She said she wants the 5 lessons and to be baptized. We had a lesson with her after church and set her baptismal date! We will keep you posted on that.

I am so glad I am a missionary and I am so glad I am a part of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. 

Elder Gardner