Wow what a week. The week was great! But far and away, the big news of the week was…Bolivar and his son Carlito were baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Finally! It was actually a miracle. So last week I payed for his passage into the capital so that he could get his final paper. We thought that everything was a go, but we found out on Tuesday that there was still one more paper that we needed to get. It was in the morning and he came by and told us that there was just one more thing. I was about to give him just the necessary 500 pesos, but luckily all I had left was a 1000 peso bill. I told him to bring me the change. When he got there, he said he prayed that this final paper would be taken out quickly. At first it didn´t look good, but then they said with 300 more pesos they could take it out and everything worked out perfect. It was a miracle I gave him a 1000 pesos.
Anyways, everything worked out, and on Friday he was married. Saturday, they got baptized. It was a great baptismal service. I baptized Bolivar, and Elder Torres baptized Carlito. Bolivar couldn´t have been more happy. He showed me his bible that he bought 17 years ago and had the date written inside. He said that´s when he started looking for God. All we gotta hope is that one day the wife gets baptized also.
I don´t know if I told you this, but Olvito had the exact same experience. He went to the capital with his wife in order to OK everything. When he went the third time, they denied him again. I guess I didn´t understand his story until he told it yesterday when we were talking about all these stories. But he sat down in a chair and prayed to God and said if I´m not worthy to be in your Church, tell me now and I´ll get out. And right after that, the woman came back and said, I think we can make this work. And it did. Anyways, I think sometimes we´re all pushed to the edge in life. And that´s when help generally comes!
Transfer calls came last night and the verdict is…Elder LeCheminant is staying in Sabana Yegua for his 4th transfer. Elder Juarez is going to be my companion. I haven´t heard too much about him. Other than he´s a Latino from El Salvador. Should be good. Elder Torres left today. I´m staying with the zone leader Suero tonight. His comp left today too. He tells me we have a family night planned for tonight with a woman that loads us up with American food.
Oh, Yesterday was Dominican´s independence day. Not quite your typical 4th of July like I´m used to, but cool nonetheless. There were kids dressed in crazy carnival masks, with horns, glitter, etc. In crazy suits, whipping the people in the street with their whips. Elder Torres told me that I haven´t seen anything, but need to go to La Vega in Santiago D.R. in order to truly celebrate Carnaval. Second largest Carnaval in the world, rivaled only by Brazil.
Have a great week,
Love,
Elder Phil
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