Week #61: ¡¡Bautismo!!
Yoooooo everyone!! How is everyone doing?? My week was amazing to say the least. We got our transfers and I will be staying here in Salto for another transfer, but I'll get a new companion! Elder Johnson will be coming here. We went to the MTC together the same day and I even sat by this guy on the plane to Colombia and then to Uruguay. He's from Bountiful Utah and he's a stud!! Im super excited to be working with him.
The greatest part of this week was the baptism and confirmation of Rodrigo!!! Man it was something so special for him and all of us. He loved his baptism so much and said it was just the greatest day of his life. I asked him how he felt after his baptism and he just said "full of peace". He truly understands so much of the gospel already and gets how important baptism is. He was later confirmed in sacrament meeting and he said that was such a special moment for him. Rodrigo has been such an example to me and just being able to teach him has taught me so much. I saw so cleary how perfectly God prepared Rodrigo, to be able to get baptized right now in this exact moment of his life. He is so excited to serve a mission in the following year so he can teach other people about the thing that has brought him so much happiness.
God truly is preparing us in the same way that He has prepared Rodrigo, and he will never stop preparing us for things in the future. God is so aware of us, but we often don't realize it. A lot of times, we slowly stop seeing the hand of God in our lives, because we are not searching for it. Our mission recieved a challenge to simply point our three tender mercies in our lives from everyday. Its something so easy, but helps us see Gods hand in our lives of every day and second of our lives. We really do have a loving Heavenly Father who prepares us so that we can live closer to Him and eventually return to live with Him!
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| Rodrigo's Baptism |
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| Rodrigo's Baptism |
