Edna's Baptism

What a week!! We had a great one and we are making big strides here in our Sector and in the ward!! We have been working really hard and living it up!!

I got to start with the highlight as well! Edna Bernard was baptized this past Sunday and it was a really special moment to share with them!! Nelson and Edna are the Haitian couple that we have been teaching now for the past few months! They are the couple that was married last month. Anyway, Nelson baptized her and he did an incredible job. It was special seeing a husband baptize his wife and to see him exercise the priesthood. Enjoy the photos!

We were able to have a stake activity on Saturday and it was a culture night with all the countries of foreigners in Chile along with a dance. Each ward had to put on a dance from a different country and it went really well!! It had an incredible turnout of over 300 people! We even brought two different families. One from Peru and the other from Ecuador! It was a great show and the food was amazing.

The following day, we went to teach the same Peruvian family. (the Brake Family) All of them are members except the father (Jose) we have reactivated the son and the mother came to church along with Jose. Anyway, we had a great lesson and he even liked the baptism. We really want him to keep coming. He has a great relationship with the bishop now and feels comfortable in the church and enjoyed his first visit there, so we have our faith and hopes up that he will really want the Gospel in his life!! The Brake family are awesome!!!

Following that visit, we went to visit another couple that we are teaching that really want to get baptized but aren’t convinced on the need to be married. We had to explain the importance of getting married and then baptized and we are working hard with that. They really want to get baptized though which is a great desire and our bishop is helping us tons with that.

On Monday, I had the chance to go on divisions with Elder Murphy and to be with him working for the first time in well over a year.....time flies.  It was great to spend some time with him.