Another week done in
the work of the Lord! I just finished doing temporary splits with Elder Rayos
for two days - he's basically a stud, working hard and loving the people. I was
with him in Lilowaan (not sure if I spelled that right) - it's way bukid and has
some huge hills, but when you get on top of those hills it's a pretty awesome
view! It reminded me of how so many prophets had to climb mountains, but when
they climbed the mountain as the Lord directed, at the end of the climb they
were humbled and teachable. In some ways, that reflects the scripture Ether
12:6 - The witness does not come until after the trial of our faith. In other
words, we sometimes need to have or obtain faith, hope, and patience to get
through some things.
So the plan for the combined baptism never got beyond the idea stage; that's okay because some of our baptisms had to be delayed because we couldn't get to them often enough (kuyog og lalaki nga may edad) but with Lloydgess/Sonnyboy/Mcsylvis/Anthony/Graham, or as we have unofficially dubbed them, seaside boys, a couple of them are ready while the others haven't been attending church or lessons enough - When they found that out, the ones who were ready wanted to wait a couple of weeks until the others were ready, so we have five or six planned for November 24! I think it's really good for them because this means that possibly throughout their lives, they'll have a tightly knit support system with each other. so combine that with having to postpone others so we can finish teaching everything, we have 3 baptisms set for this Saturday - Their last name is Jorolan. Their mom used to be a less active but now she came back and her kids are taking the lessons so they can be baptized - they're Reymart (10), Jey(12), and Romar(14). I think we finally got Reymart to remember the name of Prophet Thomas S. Monson! They have been progressing really well and Elder Magtanum interviewed them yesterday while we were on splits, so it looks like they'll be ready for their baptism Saturday! We have a YSA in our ward who is super good about going with us whenever we need him and has a really strong testimony, so we're trying to get him to baptize at least one of them. I may get to baptize for the first time in my mission! I have the baptismal prayer in Cebuano in my Cebuano handbook so I'm going to see about memorizing that so I can do my first baptism in Cebuano, because that'd make my first baptizing that much cooler!
well, I need to go to the apartment and start washing stuff by hand! Love you all!
og kakugihang misyonaryo sa Ginoo,
si Elder Dallin Carlson
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