On Sunday, we had a baptism!
Her name is Heidy and she's the miracle that started on the 22nd of June when she just 'wandered' into the church. Her family (parents and siblings) are all against her decision to be a member of the church. Apparently, they're Catholics. Just for going to church on Sunday, they threatened to throw her on the street with nothing but her clothes (she's 22). So she attended church in secret and was baptized in secret also. But while we were outside taking this picture, a family friend saw her but didn't say anything at the moment. This family friend went and told her parents. When she got home that night, her parents started hitting her for the decision she knows is right-the decision to follow Christ. Because of her choice to enter in to the waters of baptism, she has been shunned and beaten by her family. It breaks my heart, but God has a special purpose for her. She is a great example of having a testimony and never denying it. Heidy's so new in the church, but her testimony is already so strong. Her boyfriend and his whole family came down to see her baptism, so it was amazing. With Satan trying his hardest to get her to deviate, she stayed strong and will continue to stay strong. It's fantastic.
At times, we get bored in the office. When we get bored...this happens:
It's self explainatory, right? I figure it is. We now have new wall decorations :)
It's hard to be away from home for births of nieces and nefews, but there's no other place I'd rather be. I know that when I get home, there will be two new members to the family that I haven't met yet, so that's way exciting. As part of my job, I go to the airport to get missionaries that come home and see missionaries come home to their super excited family. Each and every time, it makes me baggy. hahah. Being in the office is just so baggy, life is so different. Missionaries that speak Spanish go to different countries and come back with foreign accents and I start talking to them using Chapin frases or words and they love it. Today, I talked to a girl and she was so shocked and happy to hear the word/sound ''va''. She just lit up with a smile. It was fantastic.
I love being here in the office. I have the privilege to get to know just about every missionary. When I go to meetings of conferences, everybody knows who I am and I know who everybody is. It's really let me have more fun because I have to be social whether I want to be or not.
By the end of this week, I'll only have like 9 more months left in the mission. I can't even imagine life after. Waking up and not having a set schedule for every 30 minutes of the day? Will I be able to take naps? Will I be able to watch that thing that has pictures that light up and can be controlled by a remote, also known as a tv? Wait, there are artists besides MoTab? I have really adapted the mission as my life. I've stopped complaining about rules and have started complaining about disobedience. Everything here has it's order. Why? Dios es un Dios de orden! When people are lost with nothing to do, they are not fulfilling their calling. They are not anxiously engaged in a good cause. It is a constant process to be better and to progress. We are eternal beings, so we believe in eternal progression. Each day, we can always be better- that must be our quest.
The church is true. Christ Lives.
--Elder Hunt
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