This week was fantastic and went by super fast. I am going to start off with the highlight of the week. On Saturday Elder Callirgos and I had the oportunidad to have the servicio bautismal del Hno Enrique and Bryan. Just a little story on them both. Enrique had an interview with Pres Mann back in October and the First Presidency said that he needed 4 months to really prepare for the bautismo and show that he was ready to take these steps. These last 4 months for Enrique have not been easy at all for him. Honestly for us either it has not been easy because there has been many temptations in his life but I am so proud of Enrique as he got there and was able to enter the waters del bautismo. This week was a lot of fighting and passing by everyday with Enrique to keep animandole and encouraging him. A scary moment for us was on Thursday when we show up to talk with Enrique and he tells us that he doesn´t want to be baptized anymore. As soon as he said that my heart dropped but then I felt the prompting to not give up. We ended up telling him that he had come all this way and he couldn´t just give up now because he had so much in front of him and baptism was exactly what he needed in his life. In this time we have also been preparing Bryan his son to be baptized on the same day and Bryan is so awesome. Bryan is 25 years old but works so hard and worked so hard to get to the point of baptism. They both Enrique and bryan have hard lives in the past but the changes we have seen in the past are so awesome. Seeing their change was honestly a blessing to me that and helped me to strengthen my testimony that the Lord really paied for our sins and it doesn´t matter how a person is in the moment because anyone can change if they have the desires. On Saturday at the baptism I had the oportunidad to baptize Bryan and it was so awesome because all of the familia de Enrique showed up and the mayoria aren´t miembros. The baptismal service was so awesome. After baptizing Bryan and him coming out of the water I could just feel the love for the Savior has for him and the decision that Enrique and him made. The best part after baptizing Bryan was feeling un abrazo de Bryan and seeing how happy he was. He could not stop smiling it was so awesome! It was such an amazing experiencia!!!!
This week we had Conferencia de Estaca en Oriental. It was so awesome as the Setenta Elder Cordova came and talked about the importance of ministrar and preaching the gospel because the Lord everyday is preparing more and more people. It was a great Conferencia and I learned a lot about how important the obra misional really is. This week I also ate Armadillo and that tasted interesting but I really liked it. I love trying new things, everyone hear says that I am not American because I eat evrything and want to try ecerything. Hay que aprovechar el momento!!! JAjajajja I love the mission so much more and more experiencias everyday!!! I hope you all have a great week!
Elder McCain
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