I HAD MY FIRST BAPTISM!!!! WOOOHOOOO!!!! hahaha
So like I said last week... this weeks email time might have to be short cuz there were cambios... and it turns out Elder Sutterfield is leaving! Hes leaving to be a zone leader in Penco!! So thats really exciting for him. Hes freaking out and really stressed and nervous because he'll be a zone leader.... haha. And Im nervous to have a new companion. But so my time will be short because he has a lot to do!
So first off, my new companion will be an Elder Cowden... Who is also from Utah. All my companions have been from Utah thus far. haha. So anyway. Elder Sutterfield was companions with him before and says hes quite the character. That he has alot of quirks but that hes really funny hahaha. So Im excited! But nervous...I dont know why but im just kind of really nervous about it haha. But so since Im still new I will of course be the junior comp, but ill have to step up the next week while Elder Cowden accustoms himself to the area! Here we go!!! haha
But so here's the news from the week!
Tuesday: Just a quick funny story. We met this one really old guy that could barely hear anything. But so we taught him a quick lesson, and when we were done he was telling us about some other beautiful girl that he lived with (we were thinking it was his daughter) So we thought "oh okay someone young that can hear and is probably more acceptable to our message". hahaha. So we asked to go meet her and say hi. So he took us to his backyard cuz he said she was planting. Turns out it was his wife... who LOOKED like she was probably 102. But she was sitting in a chair planting some plant... I think she was planting onions. Anyway sitting on this chair in this small garden planting onions. And so we laughed to ourselves like "well this isnt what we thought it was..." but so we talked to her for just a second and was telling us about how she had a dream in which the lord revealed to her a promised land in which she would have and could plant things, and that the land we were standing on at that moment was the land she dreamed about, so even though she was sick she HAD to keep working because it was her promised land... It was really weird... hahaha. So we got out of there asap! But its just really funny the people and things you run into... hahaha.
the only other notable day was... SATURDAY!!!!! Libeny and Michael were baptized!!!!! Woo hooooo!!! So I baptized Libeny, and Elder Sutterfield baptized Michael! And it was awesome! haha. I could go on forever about everything that went on... but since Im short on time, heres the unorganized super duper fast version!
Libeny is really anti-social/doesnt like people haha. Shes really nice but just doesnt like to make the first move to get to know people. It has to be the other way around. So anyway shes told us the whole time she didnt want anyone at her baptism! But people were invited anyways. Ward members and such. So when she showed up and saw that there was going to be a bunch of people, she got really mad and stressed out... and there was drama haha. Long story short, we ended up asking almost everyone to leave so she would be lessed stressed and could just enjoy her baptism and have a spiritual experience. So it was only me, Elder Sutt, the two other elders, Libeny, Michael, the branch president and first counselor, and 1 member she knew and was comfortable with, and 1 other member that happened to come dressed nice in suit and tie (the rest were in street clothes) and since he was dressed nice she let him stay hahaha. So there were 10 in total! haha. But so point is, she felt better and enjoyed the baptism and afterwards kept telling us how she was really feeling something and felt like a big weight was lifted off her shoulders and she felt peaceful and such... and we were like "yeah... thats what a baptism does." haha just kidding. But no we just told her "Thats really good! Thats how your SUPPOSED to feel! See? this church is true!" haha. Algo así. But so Libeny was REALLY nervous for her baptism haha. And Michael was pumped. I baptized Libeny first, and did it right the first time :P So i was happy about that. But she was freaking out and was grabbing my arm SO tight hahaha. And afterwards she told me that "Usted es tan flacito! No pensaba que pudiera levantarme del agua!" That might be bad spanish... haha. BUT. basically afterwards she told me that since im so skinny she was afraid I wasnt going to be able to lift her back up out of the water hahaha. But then after Michael was baptized... he's so funny. He was basically dancing around in the water and splashing and cheering and laughing and stuff hahahaha. You had to be there.... but yeah! So we had a successful baptism! AND they even showed up for church the next day to be confirmed and receive el don del espiritu santo :D haha. So yeah! First baptism in the books for me! Im really excited. And I was nervous beforehand too. But it was awesome. It felt so good to help someone to be able to do that!
But so yeahhhh... I dont really have much time. So thats all I shall share from this week! Gotta go get the stuff done for Elder Sutterfield!! haha. But I had a good week! And we'll see how things go this week with a new companion! Crazyyyyy. Thanks for all the love and support everybody! Im working hard to make everyone proud! The church is true and the book is blue. haha. Havent heard that in a long time. I love the mission! Love and miss you all!
-Elder Heyman
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