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| *** Girls Baptism |
Well,
So this week has been so tiring. I don't think I've been
this tired in a long time. we have just been on the run for long time.
everything we do seems to be in a rush. I haven't had any time to write in my
journal. I come home plan and its already 10:15 so I go straight to bed. and
then on top of that there was a lot of stress just so that people could get
baptized sunday.so where to begin. ..... so Tuesday the day after we switched
comps. I got kicked out already and went on a trio exchange with other elders
in the zone. I was the first time I have actually served in an English area my
whole mission. it was weird. South central English people are weird. That or I
have just got extremely used to Latin culture. its just crazy....yeah so then
Wednesday. elder ceron had to get an ingrown toenail removed so that took like
2 hours then we came back and had to get a little better plan. then
we contacted a few people then we had to go back out to Santa Monica and
have a special MLC (missionary leadership council) with president and
elder Baxter (quorum of the 70). that was good, we mostly talked about
leadership and how it affects others and how we can become better leaders. it
was good. quick but very powerful. then after we met with one of our
investigators at the VC, he needed to get an interview with one of the mission
presidency. so that happened and it took way to long but Darwin was all good to
go and get baptized on Sunday. so that was all of Wednesday and we got back
super late. Thursday we had a good day, but we had to take some time and go to
the church building to set up some tables and chairs for the mission conference
at our building on Friday. so we set it up and then had some good visits with
people. I honestly cant remember the names.... its just been super stressful.
but we did meet with the *** family. The 2 daughters had the baptismal date
for this last Sunday. the mom is a less active and lets just say it was a pain
in the neck and very frustrating to get them all excited for the baptism. the
visit was very long and we finally got them ready for their baptism on Sunday.
we set up the interview for then next day during the Christmas party. They came
got the interview and everything was good they both passed. So on Friday we had
3 baptism ready to go! it was awesome.
Friday was also our zone conference. we had to get up early again to finish setting everything up with the assistants. long story short all the tables and chairs had to be taken down the night before because the building was being used without us knowing. but the conference went well. it was very long for us. we were at the church building almost all day. except for like an hour. Elder Baxter was really nice and very powerful. Honestly it wasn't much of a change meeting, but what was said was profound and very deep and it just strengthened my testimony and it just gave me a spiritual boost. I liked it. but yeah.so Saturday, when we met with **, he told us that he couldn't get baptized. he told his mom and she said that is was too soon and he couldn't do that. we tried to get him over it, but he wouldn't change, and wouldn't ask his mom. so yeah, that was a bummer. but after the lesson we both though well even if he doesn't get baptized, we still have the ** girls that will get baptized. then we show up a little later and then they just went on and on and on.... they were all arguing and sad and mad at each other. basically every little thing that the hna was mad about made her think that the kids were not ready. so....that was a little lame... but we got them ready and they agreed to be baptized. so yeah they got baptized on Sunday. now that did involve coming over at 8 in the morning and getting them ready and not mad and telling them that they were ready over and over again. and they did get baptized. on top of that, the hot water was out on Sunday because of something that happened in the ward party, so it was cold water, so baptizing them was very cold and one of the girls had to get dunked 2 times.
Friday was also our zone conference. we had to get up early again to finish setting everything up with the assistants. long story short all the tables and chairs had to be taken down the night before because the building was being used without us knowing. but the conference went well. it was very long for us. we were at the church building almost all day. except for like an hour. Elder Baxter was really nice and very powerful. Honestly it wasn't much of a change meeting, but what was said was profound and very deep and it just strengthened my testimony and it just gave me a spiritual boost. I liked it. but yeah.so Saturday, when we met with **, he told us that he couldn't get baptized. he told his mom and she said that is was too soon and he couldn't do that. we tried to get him over it, but he wouldn't change, and wouldn't ask his mom. so yeah, that was a bummer. but after the lesson we both though well even if he doesn't get baptized, we still have the ** girls that will get baptized. then we show up a little later and then they just went on and on and on.... they were all arguing and sad and mad at each other. basically every little thing that the hna was mad about made her think that the kids were not ready. so....that was a little lame... but we got them ready and they agreed to be baptized. so yeah they got baptized on Sunday. now that did involve coming over at 8 in the morning and getting them ready and not mad and telling them that they were ready over and over again. and they did get baptized. on top of that, the hot water was out on Sunday because of something that happened in the ward party, so it was cold water, so baptizing them was very cold and one of the girls had to get dunked 2 times.
I love you all! Hope you are having a very Merry Christmas!
Elder Hollingshead
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