Baptized at 13 with her child!

Well we baptized this week! It was really cool, her name is Julia and she is 13 and has a kid that is almost 2. Yup that is not a typo; not sure how its possible but its true, and we baptized her.  We were able to confirm her and give her child a baby blessing. It was really cool and a good experience.

It was really great, I think Saturday was one of the most stressful days of my life, but it all worked out in the end lol. We had to clean the font because of all the spider webs (massive spider in the font as well), find a way to pick up Julia, find out she is not at her home, find a ride on short notice, cannot find my companion after splitting to pick her up, figure out how she is to dry off after being baptized; realize my companion does not have a towel either, find out he doesn't have white clothes to baptize in...... It was all worth it in the end.

We watched 2 conferences at a members homes and we watched the other two in the chapel. It was funny when we watched them at the members house because he is like the missionary dad so he had all the missionaries in the city there sprawled out on the floor just like it was at our house lol. I liked the conference a lot, I really liked the story of the guy who went to proselyte with his brother on his mission. The story was sweet but that would never fly now. There was a lot of talk about missionary work and repentance, that means the second coming is just that much closer.

This week my comp was doing a lot better and we got a lot of work done. I'm having a good time and I really like seeing the gospel change peoples lives. Glad you guys are doing well, sounds like the weather is better and Avery robbed a two run homer, did anybody see this? Do we have witnesses? ;)




This week was really good but I'm a bit tired. Love you guys lots
Location: Piracicaba - State of São Paulo, Brazil

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