PHEW! This week was a
stressful one. But it ended great
because the MUÑOZ FAMILY GOT BAPTIZED!
SO HAPPY!
So Monday, we met with the Muñoz mom and her daughters and talked
about their baptism and the mom said that for her, Saturday was a NO MATTER
WHAT. So while repassing the baptismal
questions, we came across one that she had to talk with the Patriarch (as
assigned by president). We were happy
she said something so we could get them all good to go before Saturday!
Tuesday we couldnt meet with The Muñoz's but we met with
E. He's not doing so good...
he's been getting really bad depression lately which is sad because he's usually
really happy and annoying! haha we love him a lot. So he made the decision to get profession
help in the Mental hospital in Pasto .
Wednesday we called and set up everything for the Muñoz
family to get interviewed that night.
When they showed up, the mom went straight with the patriarch and we
stayed with the 2 girls. But when i
asked who wanted to go first, one girl said "my dad doesn't get here until
Sunday... and he still doesn't want me to get baptized..." I WAS SO
MAD! He said he'd get here
Thursday! But we still did their
interviews and obviously they did great.
Thursday we worked all day but around 6:30pm, Elder Miranda
got sick with some food poisoning and was basically in the bathroom the rest of
the day.
Friday we met with the Muñoz family and it was a basically
"well? Are you gonna do it or are
you not gonna do it?" lesson.
The mom expressed to us that she's felt like EVERYTHING has been against
her since she's made the decision to be baptized. Her friends mock her for not wanting to go to
clubs anymore, her fiancè was being a jerk about it, saying he was against it,
and her job has been REALLY demanding lately. So I read the Scripture in 1
Nephi 14 that says:
12 And it came to
pass that I beheld the church of the Lamb of God, and its numbers were few,
because of the wickedness and abominations of the whore who sat upon many waters;
nevertheless, I beheld that the church of the Lamb, who were the saints of God,
were also upon all the face of the earth; and their dominions upon the face of
the earth were small, because of the wickedness of the great whore whom I saw.
13 And it came to pass that I beheld that the great mother of
abominations did gather together multitudes upon the face of all the earth,
among all the nations of the Gentiles, to fight against the Lamb of God.
14 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, beheld the power of the
Lamb of God, that it descended upon the saints of the church of the Lamb, and
upon the covenant people of the Lord, who were scattered upon all the face of
the earth; and they were armed with righteousness and with the power of God in
great glory.
I explained that as members of the Church, Satan is going to
do everything he can to make us falter, but that God's power and glory is over
us. And the end of the night, all 3 made
the right decision. They all decided to
get baptized!
Saturday was their baptism!
But the trials weren't over... we told all the members to come at 5:30pm
and told the Muñoz family 6 because the members here always come late. Well it didnt work. it was 6:30, Andrea and her girls were
waiting for half an hour and 2 members showed up. We didnt even have a priesthood holder to
start. At 6:45 FINALLY the 1st counselor
came. I was so ticked. Andrea looked worried and kind of sad. How embarrassing. But we started and everything turned out
okay. I got to baptize all 3! (Vivian twice because i said her name wrong
haha)
They were all SO happy!
Sunday they got confirmed!
This was my last baptism in the mission. And if there's something that i've learned in
my mission, there doesn't exist easy baptisms. There is ALWAYS opposition. But if
we're faithful, Satan NEVER wins. I'm so
grateful i've been able to help these souls come unto Christ. But i'm not done, i still have 2 weeks to
find people!
This is basically my last week in the mission because next
week I'll be in Cali
everyday besides Monday and Friday. It's
been real.
Love you all!
Elder Welch
"Filling up the font!"
"Waiting for the font to fill up"
"All in white!!"
(Elder Welch's mom can't quit smiling :)
Can it get any better than this?)
"with the sign"
"With their family"
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