Elder sherwood one of our trio members went home and he is in California currently doing a service mission. He's a good kid and will do good things there. This area has been left to Elder Fisher and I. It's hard because there aren't any members in this area that can go out with us. There is a lot of single sisters in our area. Those who are familiar with the rule, we can't go to sister's homes just the two of us without another male. So that's been on hold and a few people we are teaching had to be put on hold as well.
We had a baptism this last week. Robert is a good guy who has had a lot of ups and downs in his life and was miraculously able to quit smoking and turn his life around. We have worked really hard with this man so I'm glad to finally be able to see him get baptized. The afternoon was just a wrecking ball. We showed up an hour and a half early to fill the font and as we were cleaning it out first, I accidentally sucked up the most wretched smelling water that filled the entire church it felt like. We got the vaccine fixed and started up the font again but it was way slower than we thought. Filling it delayed the service for 30 minutes. We had both talks on baptism and the holy ghost before the ordinance was performed to try and make it all work. The water only ended up bing about 2 or 2 1/2 feet deep. Robert is 6 foot 5. So as you can imagine, it was rough. Brother Jeter, his best friend who baptized him, couldn't get the wording right and it took over 7 times to figure out how to baptize him. Eventually Robert sat down and brother Jeter baptized him while on his knees. That seemed to work. The whole time, Elder Fisher and I were freaking out. We confirmed him on Sunday, and he bore a beautiful testimony.
We have one week left until the transfer ends and I will have been out 10 1/2 months. Doesn't that just blow your mind? Where did the time go? Elder fisher has been in this area for the same amount of time as my whole mission lol. He's been in this area a really long so he is most likely going to get transferred.. sad face. That means I'm going to get two new companions. I hope it all turns our well.
I hope everyone is doing well. I will talk to you next time.
Elder Andrew Greenlaw
