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November 28, 2016 – Elder Isaac Kenneth Burton
Pablos Baptism!!
Life is so
good, this week was amazing. On Saturday Pablo Garces entered the waters of
baptism and began his journey. What an amazing man he is, it has been
incredible to see his change. When we first met him he was a man addicted to
drugs, and cigarettes, barely hanging on to his life. he first time we saw him,
he shed tears of sadness and despair, not knowing how to face the trails that
were in front of him. This week, we shared tears of happiness as he made the
best decision up till now in his life to be baptized. He really is a new man,
and he is just starting on the path. He asked me to baptize him and I was
honored to do so.
Preparing
for the baptism was crazy. It was going all well until suddenly a member
entered the church and mentioned that the water had been cut off in his home.
Elder Tenhoeve and I both looked at each other with the same look in our eyes.
We ran to the pila bautismal that we had began to fill with water about a half
our earlier to find the water shut off. We quickly ran around the chapel
looking for a sign of running water only to find that we had now water in the
block. My companion had the great idea to kneel down and say a prayer. Once
said we called the bishop who said he was on his way. Once he arrived he
started looinking around to see if he could get the reserve water tanks
working. It was looking hopeless and we were running out of time so my comp and
I called President and asked permisión to do the baptisim in the swimming pool
behind his house. He gave us permision just as we heard the bishop shout that
he got the reserve water working. It ended up coming out green because it
hadn´t been used for so long, but water is water :) Pablo was able to be
baptized without much delay :) Pretty fun experience, God answers prayers, I am
so grateful for that.
Thanksgiving
was fun too! Elder Tenhoeve and I bought sushi and empanadas to celebrate :)
Doesn´t get much better than that :)
Thanks for
everything, I hope you all have a great week!! I love you all!!
Les
quiero, Elder Burton
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