Dear Friends and Family,
This
week was another incredible one. Busy as well! Today the Mission
President came down to Vallenar to congratulate the zone for all the
great work. He got us a fat slab of ribs and we did sort of a pre 18 of Sept
BBQ. This next week is Chile`s independence day, so this was an early
celebration for that. This week I think that I spent more time in Huasco
than in my own area. But it all ended very well. After an interview
with a young kid named Jiro on Monday,
I felt very strongly that he was very ready and that he needed to get
baptized and confirmed right away. So, we called everyone that we needed
to get permission and he got baptized on intercambios {exchanges}! We
made it work out so that the missionaries that prepared him could be
present as well. So Tuesday afternoon, he got baptized and confirmed
with special permission from the mission president. As the week went on,
his family got a call from Santiago because an Aunt got very sick and
they had to leave right away to be able to help her and take care of
her. Now it is looking like they will be there for awhile so we got in
contact with the Bishop there so they can keep receiving the
missionaries there. It was really cool that I was able to see that he
got baptized when he did. Other wise, he would have had to start all
over with the missionaries in Santiago.
The
time I was with Elder Howard and after everything we did, we recorded
it like a podcast talking about everything that happened. It seemed like
a good idea but its just a video of us eating hot dogs and talking. I
put it in my One Drive anyways! We also had a baptism of an 11 year old
girl named Maria. She is the most ADHD kid that I have ever met {Does
anyone else find this hysterical coming from Cooper????}. After her
baptism, she proceeded to swim and do cannon-balls into the font! It was
so fun for her!! The member baptizing her had no idea what to do with
her so we just let her play. This past Sunday Gabriel, one of our converts from a couple of weeks ago, came to church dressed up in the suit that we gave him!
All of this and much much more! Conferences in Copiapo, interviews with president, and zone attacks! All crazy but all good.
Love y'all, Stay dry!!
Love,
Elder Brayton
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