That's right, our church is one member stronger! Elder Stout had his first baptism on Saturday with Cleofas. It was such a wonderful baptismal service! We'd been working super hard this week to make sure she was prepared because up until last week, we thought she was going to move. We taught her all she needed to hear, the toughest of which was the Word of Wisdom. She has been and every day coffee drinker all her life. When we told her about the Word of Wisdom, she had to live it for a whole week before being baptized. She quit coffee right then and there! I'm so dang proud of her! She's also seriously the sweetest woman! Dang.
We were stressing so badly before the service started! We didn't have anyone to preside, and had to make some big phone calls. It worked out beautifully, though! Cleofas even brough refreshments to her own baptism! She brought a huge pot of some of the best tamales I've ever had. And Mexican tamales are usually thin, little things. Hers were huge and filling! What a night. Yours truly performed the confirmation in Sacrament meeting yesterday. It was definitely a spiritual two days!
This was a good week in total! I went on an exchange with Elder Seal...who I live with. It was pretty funny, I was only away from my companion for about 4 hours at a time haha. Elder Seal has been out for 5 months like Elder Stout. He has caught on super well. Really proud of him.
The pictures are from the baptism and a service project we did with Bishop Ortiz. He's in the middle. He is from Honduras. Really good guy. We moved all the junk in the background.
We've really been purifying our area this week. And by that, I mean we've dropped a couple investigators and gotten dropped by others. As well, we are going through our ward list to find out who still lives where it says they live. So far, we've eliminated quite a few people. It helps not having such a cluttered proselyting area. But we are nearly starting from scratch.
A few simple prayers for us to get things moving would be great! We are working hard. The baptism was a huge blessing. There's no such thing as a bad area. The members are great, and I'm getting to know them pretty quickly, I feel. We just might need to change our tactics. If we work through the members, it's always better. Our own efforts don't always provide like we want. But we're moving!
Things are going well here! I love my companion. We're trying to get his Spanish a little better haha. But we have fun, and we feel the Spirit a lot. I feel your love and prayers, and am more grateful than you can imagine. Thank you so much! Have a wonderful week. I'll talk to you next Tuesday, due to President's day. I love you all!
-Elder Spjute
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