I am so happy for Robert. He is the most prepared investigator I've ever taught. He did everything we asked him to do. He asked us a lot of questions, and since church last week, he has been confident that he is ready to be baptized. He had his interview this week, and normally investigators are really nervous for their baptismal interview. But when we asked him if he was nervous, he said, "No, I'm excited!" He is such a great kid! This baptism was a really big deal to him. His mom came and was so happy and grateful. She wants to learn now too! She was nervous that if she got involved before that Robert would back out. She cried during the baptism. Robert has told us he is interested in going on a mission, and he asked us about seminary and if he could go. I can definitely see him serving a mission. I'm so proud of him.
I got to go to Port Isabel on an exchange this week with Sister Nail! It was so fun. For morning exercise we played volleyball in a parking lot viewing the beach and the water and bridge to South Padre Island. It was soooo beautiful. I have a funny story though. We were walking at like 8:30 at night on a lakeside road and I glanced down an shrieked and jumped back when I saw a square-foot sized white crab a few feet away from me. Then I burst out laughing. As we drove away we saw probably 5 more coming out onto the road.
I also got to go on an exchange with a sister who is having a lot of pain in her back. She gives it her all, but is in a lot of pain. We saw a lot of miracles though. A family gave us some chicken they were barbecuing then gave us a referral for the next door neighbors. We found a young couple who at the beginning of the lesson, didn't seem too interested, but then by the end as they prayed felt the spirit confirm that this is the only true church on the earth and agreed to become part of it.
Also this week we got to be trained on family history!
Elias's family is doing well, the girls went to the women's conference, so that was awesome!
I loved what I got to see of the women's conference. The signal was down for quite a bit of it, but I'm so excited for general conference this week!
The other sisters in the apartment made cheese-cake, and during district meeting they told me for my birthday I had to take a "mordita" as a Mexican tradition. Mordita means little bite. So when I did, they shoved my face into the cheesecake. I should have known, they were all giddy and laughing when they were introducing it to me. It was super funny.
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