Pampa week 3

Elder Moffitt, Elder Pahulu, Samael and his family

As you can guess by the pictures, Samael got baptized on Saturday! Whoo! And he asked me to baptize him. That was the first time I ever baptized anyone myself, and it was a very special experience. Then on Sunday was the first time that his dad came to church for years! He came to see little Samael get the Holy Ghost and he even stayed for the second hour (we have Sunday school group in Spanish, pretty cool). And his step-mom came too. They both enjoyed church it seemed. So hopefully they can keep on coming.

Samelito's step mom, 2 older sisters and his dad are already baptized (although his dad was baptized in Honduras and his records have yet to be found). 

Here we are at Samaelito's house the week before his baptism eating some fresas con crema. Que rico. 

He had a funny request for his baptism: nachos. He remembered how after his sisters were baptized they had a little party afterward with food, so he wanted some nachos. So, after he got baptized, Elder Pahulu and I went out to Walmart, bought some chips and cheese, and went over to their house and had some nachos for lunch with them. It was a fun day.

We found a Mexican buffet in town for only 9 bucks. So we had to try it out one day for lunch. It was pretty sweet. Plus, we talked to the waitress all in Spanish so extra bonus.

Not much to do here on p-days. So usually we go do something with one of the members. Here we are out getting some deep fried ice cream. That's the first time I ever tried any. Super good stuff.

Dinner after zone conference with some members and the sisters.

Look who I found at zone conference this week- Elder Pasquale. It's his last transfer, how sad.

Every missionary has to get a picture walking through a field, right?

London Bridges...falling down....

Elder Pahulu getting a haircut

Elder Pahulu getting his hair cut by one of our investigators, Elaina. Elaina and Isabella are sisters. This week we were able to commit Elaina to baptism as well on the 15th. We had to move Isabella's date back to the 15th because they weren't able to make it to church yesterday. They told us beforehand they weren't going to make it, so it wasn't as bad, but it's always a little disappointing. Definitely pray for them this week. Thanks! They're doing great though, and we usually meet with them about 3-4 times a week.

Our ward is pretty awesome. And as you can see, we are splitting the ward with a pair of sister missionaries who are tearing it up. Normally, I would feel prideful about how many lessons we're able to have up here, but the sisters are just putting us to shame. That's the only problem about splitting the ward.... competition.

Ana is doing good as well. She made it out to church this last week, and her baptism is still set for the 8th, only 5 days away now. We have already taught her everything and just need to go over the interview questions and have the interview. Pray that she will be able to get a testimony of the prophet Joseph Smith. She already feels this is the right path for her, but a testimony of the Book of Mormon is certainly vital.

America prayed with us in the lesson again! But that's about all the news for her. No new investigators this week. It was too cold to find anyone outside, and for the most part we were decently occupied with our current investigators and less active members. It's nice to have a ward list longer than 10 names, like in Abilene. haha. 

Well family, I love you guys! Thank you for the package. Thank you for writing me so often. I am a very blessed missionary. And I have been blessed with the best family ever. Thanks for your letter too this week Court! And dad, I loved your letter you sent me this last week. It meant so much to me. I love you mom! I love you dad! I love you Meagan! I love you Courtney!