This week was insane! We did so much this week! So much
stuff happened but we really need to find more people to teach... If you guys
could, please pray that we will be able to find people ready to accept and act
on our message. That would be amazing!
Monday: Pday and we did our studies then got a call from Hno
Baca, Hno Martinez' son-in-law. We needed to go over and give a blessing. Hno
Martinez is 91 and getting pretty close to, you know, "tirar la
pata." So we got ready. We felt like firemen suiting up to go to the
scene, only no fire, no firetruck, no pole to slide down, but the emergency was
still there. It was not a time to fight a fire, but to use the Priesthood to
give a blessing. I was asked to give the blessing to Hno Martinez. It was a
very special experience that I will hold very dear to my heart. I said what I
felt I was inspired and directed to say, I did so as tears filled my eyes. We
then gave blessings of comfort to Hno and Hna Baca. It was a special time as
the Spirit of God was present and filled the room, blending with the emotion of
love for Hno Martinez and the urgent circumstances surrounding our reason for
coming. We then returned to our plans and after dinner with a member we visited
Christian and Alex, young adults and brother from the branch.
Wednesday: the preparations last night consisted of
acquiring bikes to be used for today. We were hit by a rock 2 weeks ago and
today was the day to get the windshield replaced. So Elder Kapele and I biked
for the day! It was the first time biking on my mission! We had some good
lessons with Alfredo and Christian. We then got the truck back and drove to a
halfway point in Lordsburg to exchange back. We then drove back, had dinner at
home, a little lesson with the Castro family, then had to drive to a halfway
point in between Deming and Silver City to do another exchange. I went up to
Silver City.
Thursday: A member took us out to breakfast then we did
service at a local food pantry/charity thrift store. Then we had a good lesson
with an investigator about coming to church and praying. We then searched for
referrals. Then, we went to the stake center so that I could interview a
baptismal candidate. He did very well and its amazing to know how much he has
changed. It was a longer interview, about an hour and a half. He likes to talk.
Then we drove back to the halfway point to exchange back. We changed and went
to the church to prepare for the baptism of the Sister's investigator Ramon. It
went really well! Sister Hubert and I sang an arrangement of "I Know That
My Redeemer Lives". It all went well and the treats afterword were delicious.
Mostly because it was basically our dinner.
Friday: Since we had the zone conference on Tuesday, we did
service at the women's shelter this morning. We did some more painting! We then
finished studies and did weekly planning until dinner with Hna Torres. Right
before dinner I had to reinstall the Tiwi thing to the windshield. It was quite
the process and it was fun! All is well now. After dinner, we drove down to
Columbus and visited with Hna Camarena and the Martinez family. Both lessons
went well then we returned home.
Saturday: We did our studies then went to the Deming Great
American Duck Race event. We tried contacting people there. So it is a Deming
thing where they do dry and wet duck races. Every town in New Mexico has their
"thing". The Duck Race is that of Deming. While there, we found some
cool masks :) We talked with a few people and handed out some cards. We would
have had a table but it would have been $75 and the lady at the city office was
very rude... But we were able to talk to a good number off people. We saw this
family that we contacted a few weeks ago and they took us to lunch! It was a
BBQ at the Methodist Church. It was really nice to talk with them and they seem
pretty interested! Just, they would be for the English Elders. We then went
home because Elder Elton started feeling sick. We stayed in the rest of the
day. As usual, when a companion is sick, I clean. So I cleaned the kitchen and
it looks awesome!
Sunday: We stayed home again today except for when we went
to church for an hour for the Sacrament. It is kind of tough to stay in all day
but it is so Elder Elton can get better.
Hope you all have a great week! For all of you starting
college, good luck!
Please pray that we can find those ready to be taught.
Love,
Elder Dallin Baker
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