Baptismos!

First off, everything went well with the baptisms of R-------- and M------.  They were really excited, and both of their families came to see it.  Sadly no family returned for the confirmations on Sunday.  M------ was confirmed Sunday and is excited to be a teacher.  R-------- had to work, so her confirmation will be next Sunday.  It was Elder O's first time baptizing, and he was really happy afterwards.

But other than the baptisms, it was a pretty slow week.  We had zone conference, and a lot of baptismal preparations. It will be a week of hard work to make up for last week.  We are excited, and we are starting to find some great people to teach.  Our ward mission leader is helping out a ton to integrate the investigators with members. 

We also had interviews with President Houseman, and it was really nice. We talked a little about the district, about training, about the area, and he is excited about the new missionaries that are being sent to our mission. They really are coming in a lot stronger and a lot better prepared than our generation was.  It is interesting to see how that works. We came so unprepared, but it seems like these new guys just jump right into the groove of things.

I bought a ukulele to play at baptisms. They are pretty cheap here. I still had about 70 dollars in reals, and I was able to buy a ukulele, a padded case, and a tuner. So I thought it was a pretty good buy. I am learning to play some hymns, and there a lot that go really well with the ukulele. So I'm pretty excited about that.

Its raining a ton today, and the rest of the week is just crazy hot. You don't even know, from about 12:00-5:00 the sun is just burning.

Interesting story of the week:

In our area we have a junk yard that has a bunch of old car parts, and there is a kiosk that is in the front and it makes a little corner. There is a woman there that is always yelling a bunch of nonsense inside. She passed in front of us the other day and went there to start yelling. So I told Elder M------, "If she is there when we return, we will talk to her." When we were returned, she was there so I tried to talk to her, but she had her back to us and couldn't hear us talking because she was yelling too loud. I gave a little whistle, and she heard it. She squatted down in a "spider man-like position" and started yelling for us to leave. She grabbed a bag and started trying to grab something from inside, so we started to back away. She pulled out a 3 L of water. She threw it over her head without looking at me, and I was soaked. So we left, and I was in shock. I couldn't believe that the crazy lady had soaked me with water, and it was really funny to think about afterwards.

I hope that all is well back home, and that you guys have a great week!

Love,
Elder Nielson