Baptism:):):):):):)

 This week had to have been the most stressful yet the most rewarding week of my life.  But I loved it.  First off, THE HERRERA FAMILY GOT BAPTIZED.  There was also another investigator that lives in our area but was getting taught by the sister missionaries that asked me to baptize her.  So that's who is in the other picture.  Her baptism was later so I had to use my same baptismal clothes that were still damp and it was freezing outside.  But the feeling of that night is something that you can't really explain.  It's that spiritual.

   Normally we pick up our investigators that are about to be baptized to go to the baptism together.  But they had to pick up their kids 30 minutes before it had to start so they told us that they would go on their own but that they would be there at 5 o'clock.  I wasn´t sure that would happen exactly like that becuase if you know anything about Bolivians, you'd find out that the word "punctual" does not exist in their vocabulary, hahah.  But at 5 o'clock, they weren't there.  The whole time I was thinking, "I knew it, I knew it".  We called them and they were still getting ready and hadn't even picked up their kids yet.  "I knew it"  A member offered to drive us to their house to pick them up and we got to the church at about 6 o'clock and we still had to change.  I was a little frustrated, but I saw that Gloria (the mom) was limping a little bit.  She didn't say anything and we continued with the baptism and after that, I felt more calm because it all had worked out.  After the baptism, Gloria and Alberto (the parents) shared their testimony.  Gloria said that during the day, something happened to her leg unexpectedly.  She had some sort of pain that she couldn't even walk.  She was sitting in her bed crying because she knew she wouldn't be able to go to her own baptism.  Her husband was about to call us to tell us that they weren't going to be able to make it.  In this moment, she said, she got a feeling that she had to go.  At this moment, part of the pain went away, she stood up and started to get ready.  They went to the baptism and she said that after she was baptized, she hardly had any sort of pain in her leg at all.

   At this moment, I felt a little bit guilty because I had put the blame on God with my thoughts of "I knew it" because after all, I didn't know it.  I know now that from one side at times it feels like nothing is going right, but on the other side, he is preparing and helping people to do the right.  I'm so thankful for this family and for the help of our Heavenly Father and this gospel in their conversion.  I'm so thankful for the opportunity to do what I'm doing.  

   I hope you all have a wonderful week.  Thanks so much for all of the support!

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-Elder Cheshire