We had quite the adventure this
weekend. I am very pleased to tell you that
we did have a baptism on Saturday. A man named Joaquin. I have been working
with him since November and he is awesome. He is married to a member but she
has been inactive for 10 years or so. She got baptized when she was 11 with her
older sister. Her sister then stopped going and Karin didn´t want to be alone
so she stopped going too. She has returned and has found a couple of good friends. The
whole ward has accepted them with open arms and we are so happy. It was quite a
day on Saturday. Friday, Elder Caballero came to do an interview with Joaquin.
We didn´t find him all day. Saturday, we went to his house at about 3 and he
said he wanted to be baptized and that everything was a whole mess of
communication. We went inside his house to pray and see what the Lord wanted.
We received the response to go for it. We called the Zone Leaders, taught the
last 7 principles, ran home for his papers, drove to La Pampa, waited and the
Zone Leaders didn´t show up at 5 like they said. We were worried. We prayed and
at 5:30 or so they came. We had the interview but the pila
overflowed!!!!! The Zone Leaders had a baptism too and the water had run
a little low. We flipped it on and forgot. It overflowed so much!!!!!! We
were running around. Oh and there was an activity in la estaca Sabado too. We
were running around, panicking. Finally we got everything under control, the
interview finished, we drove back to the area and told him to get ready. We hadn’t
planned on a baptism so we hadn´t filled the pila. We had asked a member to do
it. We said so many prayers this weekend. We ran to our house and got
white clothes. Came to the church and waited again. Finally they showed up and
it was 8pm. We had him change, I changed too. We started the baptism with
a few members and his family. We were so happy to just be there in that moment
but we were worried about the time. Me and Joaquin entered the water. In that
moment I felt so much peace enter my heart. I said the words and baptized him. He
came up smiling. He then hugged me and said thank you Hermano Jones. I felt a
Spirit like never before in my mission enter my heart. We went to the bathroom
and he was just so giddy. He was literally hoping around giggling. I was so
happy. He said that he felt so much peace inside. We finished the baptism,
dropped him off with his wife and 5 kids. Then we literally ran home and made
it just in time. I was sweating, tired and happy. I know that the Lord wanted
Joaquin to get baptized now rather than in 3 weeks.
