Family. You’re awesome. Zacho. You’re awesome. I
can’t believe you are gonna be a missionary bro. It seriously makes me so happy
to know you’ll be wearing the same name tag as me in a few days. What a blessing
we have to represent the Lord. Enjoy it man!
Well folks, this week was
just amazing. On Saturday we were able to baptize Luis and Luis (Diego) and
then on Sunday I got to see Luis #3 get the priesthood. It was so awesome! The
service went really well for us. The spirit was super strong during the meeting
and I felt so happy for them. Luis bore his testimony at the end and he was
just standing there crying for like 2 minutes straight. I was just thinking, ‘Nothing
except finding the true church upon the earth would make a 16 year old bawl his
eyes out in front of all his friends. He knows without a doubt that this is the
restored church and that he was baptized by someone who has the authority of
God.’ I met Luis the very first day I got here and all his friends are like ‘Don’t
even try to teach him, he just doesn’t want anything!’ I’m like, sweet, I won’t
even worry about it! Well, I had no idea that 4.5 months later I would be able
to baptized Luis. I know the Lord prepares people for us as missionaries and
everything, EVERYTHING, happens on his time. Even when we want so badly to
baptize people, we need to submit our will to his, and learn the attribute of
patience. Seeing Diego get baptized was another miracle as well. He prepared
himself so fast and is already reading the BofM a ton. Just seeing the change
in people is what makes every sacrifice here worth it!
The other miracle of this
week was that I took a hot water shower for the first time in a year, haha!
Last thing is that we were
able to put a date with a girl we have been teaching named Beatrice. We had
problems because the mom didn’t want to sign the paper to let her be baptized
but yesterday we had Beatrice essentially bear her testimony to her mom and it
worked! It was beautiful! Beatrice is already doing her Personal Progress,
leaves with the YW to visit and goes to Seminary every week! I’m just super sad
because I won’t be able to see her baptism.
Which leads to the last
thing, I have changes! Goodbye Buena Vista! I’ll let you know where I’m at next
Monday!
That’s all for the week
fam, good luck Zacho, you’ll be an amazing missionary champ!
Love Elder Crump
These are pictures from the Luis, Luis (Diego) baptism, but Matthew didn't say which Luis was which :0) or who the other young man was.
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