This week was a bit insane,
particularly near the end. Firstly, I wanted to mention something
hilarious that happened when I roasted an Argentine teenage boy in the
middle of his group of friends. We were riding slowly down a residential
street, and we saw a group of pibes (pronounced pee-bays - it refers to
anyone younger than an adult) walking down the street. They saw us and
one immediately began to whisper to the others some plan to mock us
gringos, or something, and he called out, "ey, ¿cómo andás?" (it means
literally "how do you go?" but is used as "how are you?"). With my
quippy attitude, I called back, "¡en bici!" ("on a bike") and all his
friends immediately began to yell and guffaw, poking at the boy who had
asked us. Just let the record say that I roasted an argentino in his own
language in his own country. [takes a bow] [doesn't give it back]
We
were really concerned about a man we were teaching named Enrique. He
expressed mountains of desire to be baptized on the 9th, this past
Saturday, but he told us he'd stop smoking on the 22nd of this month. We
visited with him on Friday, prepared to lay down the law and tell him
that he would not be able to be baptized the next day because he had not
stopped smoking. Due to that conflict, we had not planned anything for
his baptism. Thus came our enormous surprise when he told us that he had
already stopped smoking! We went through the interview questions, and
he was all good! He was going to be baptized! We abandoned the rest of
out unfixed plans for the day and rushed around calling and contacting a
lot of people to plan everything for the next day. To cut a long story
short, everything fell perfectly into place, and he was baptized
Saturday night. Who baptized him? Yours truly. I did. It was the first
live baptism that I have ever performed. I think he can be a very strong
addition to Zion here.
I have seen the hand of
God so much this week, and I am so happy for it. I can testify that we
really are children of the one living God, and that He cares so much for
us that He sacrificed His only perfect Child to save us, the sinners.
That blows my mind, and I am immeasurably grateful for it.
With much love and excitement,
Elder Hill
Fotos:
- Enrique
- Mi zona
- Mi distrito
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