Jean Paul's Baptism -- His mother is active in the church now too! She had a long time where she wasn't coming to church regularly but the activity and testimony of Jean Paul has her back in the church which is AWESOME.
Santo Domingo (Espaillat) 17 - Temporary companion - Baptisms
Hey everyone.
Hope the turkeys are in the oven, and the Christmas music already on in the car. People here in the DR actually celebrate Christmas SUPER early - starting like 3 weeks ago - so we're already singing Christmas hymns and everything and people already have their Christmas lights up. Talk about the easiest way to make keeping your thoughts focused on the mission work almost impossible!
BUT, we've been seeing lots of blessings as a companionship lately. First off, I HAVE AN ADOPTED "KID" FOR TWO WEEKS. His name is Elder Walker and he's from Idaho. His companion has a special assignment so he's with us for the rest of the transfer as a temporary companion with three of us working together. Things have been crazy busy with the trips over to his area and then back to our area again. If I hought it was hard to run two areas in the same sector, try running two areas 15 minutes apart!
But Jean Paul was baptized yesterday! It was an amazing service and even though it was dumping rain (rain basically means the end of the world for Dominicans and they don't leave their house for ANYTHING) we had a surprisingly great turnout. His mother and niece were there as well as some of our investigators and a couple members. It was really cool to see the enormous change the Gospel has made in his life because I haven't been teaching him regularly since the other elders came in about two transfers ago. He bore the most sincere and powerful testimony after his baptism that actually touched the heart of one of our investigators that was there at the service - we believe we'll be setting a baptismal date with her now very soon.
The problem is that nobody counts when they're gonna take photos they kind of just press the button and if you're looking that's great if not......OKAY!
Ana Gladys is getting baptized this Saturday also which is honestly a miracle. It all was going to depend on the Word of Wisdom if we were going to have to push back the date, but as soon as she got done reading the pamphlet, she prayed for strength and just left coffee just like that. She's been clean for a week and she expressed to us how much better and relieved she feels. It wasn't an addiction or anything, just a small habit. But leaving it has made all the difference in her life. She has a big purpose in the church and she has such a strong, sincere testimony.
I love you all and hope you have a great week.
Elder Graff
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