Bertha and Daniella got baptized!!!! And it was quite the miracle in all aspects. Basically we had decided on Wednesday night that we had been teaching them for a while now, and they knew that it was all true for a while now, the only thing that had been holding them back was the thought of how their family would react. So we decided to invite the ZL's just to come talk to them and say the exact same things that we had been saying, just from different faces. And they got over their feelings! They decided that it didn't matter what the family thought, because it was more important to follow Christ in what they now knew. So they accepted to be baptized that Saturday, or be it, last Saturday.
Here begins part two: So we get to the church and start filling the font, everything is great cause we are super early to make sure their are no problems, and we are doing our studies there in the church, and then I no longer hear the sound of flowing water...so we go to check the font to see what is wrong. NO WATER!!! That is not supposed to happen! The church has a huge backup tank of water because the water always goes out in the neighborhood... But it happened. So we started to call the Branch President and the counselors and all to see what we should do. And long story short, they told us a lot of things that didn't amount to much...... We had an appointment to go to, so we left quickly for the appointment, leaving the knob open so that if the water DID turn back on, it would fill. So we went to the appointment, then to the counselors house to see if he had any ideas, and then back to the church. As we entered, I heard the sweet sound of water flowing into the font. So we went to see, and it was just about full!!! It was a miracle!!! I don't know what had happened, but it solved a little scare there!
Part three: So 30 minutes before the baptism, we call our mission leader to make sure that everything is fine with the agenda of the baptism and that he can still perform the ordinance, and he tells us that he can't go, that he is out of town. He informed us 30 MINUTES BEFORE THE BAPTISM!!!! AND ONLY BECAUSE WE CALLED HIM!!!!!!!! But seeing as how we have many great members in the branch, we made a couple of calls and put some stuff together and it ended up being a great baptism. We even found someone else (a very recent returned missionary from Honduras) that was willing to perform the baptism! So everything worked out well!
Some Pics from the Baptism of Bertha and Daniella.
More from the Baptism.
So other than that, it was a pretty low key week, but our food appointment lady was not in town for the weekend, so we were going to have to find another option to eat on Sunday more than anything. Elder De La Cruz (the one that took the place of Elder Clark in the office as a secretary) suggested that he cook for all of us, so I thought it would be a good idea. It was actually really good, but rather interesting. In the states, it is quite common to eat mashed potatoes, but in the Dominican Republic, I guess it is not so common, so instead, they make mashed plantains...it was interesting. I have no more remarks of the mashed plantains......But the tomato paste weenies were really good!! So they kinda balanced each other out ;) hahaha
The lovely lunch that Elder De La Cruz prepared for us.
Elder Hirschi and I determining if the food is edible.
While Elder Maradiaga doesn't give a second thought.
As far as weird errands of the week go, I think we hit one of the more original ones. As I have said, in the office, there is always something new. On Thursday night, we had to go pick up President Collado's mom, sister and nephew from the TicaBus bus stop, and take them to the mission home because President and his fam are out of Managua right now. So that was pretty cool I guess. I think that there are very few missionaries in the world that have driven their mission president's mom somewhere.....hahahah
So just a little something to think about. Bertha is a great example to me of how we need to make sacrifices to do the will of the Lord. She knew that getting baptized would bring a little disagreement among her brothers and sister and mother, but she did it anyway. In fact, on Sunday she told us a bit about how it had already been starting. That her family was being a little rude and stuff. But the fact that she came to church showed that she had the will to follow what was right because she knew it. It didn't matter what her family thought, or even said. She choose the right! I am striving every day to become more and more like her, so that in any circumstance and at any point in my life, I will always know what comes first: My Heavenly Father, and his son Jesus Christ. There are a lot of important things in this world that can have lots of worth, but nothing even comes close to them. As long as we do what they have asked of us, and will ask of us, we will be alright in the end. I love this gospel and know that it is true!
Love You All very much!!!
Elder Moser
Other pics this week...
Oh yeah...I got a "multa" last week... >:( Nicaraguan police are very corrupt, and slightly racist...
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