Miracle Baptism~ March 22, 2016

HOla! So I`m here now again on a Tuesday because there have been fiestas and the internet place was closed yesterday. :D

Continued...

This Saturday we had two Baptisms scheduled. One for a boy, Juan Sebastian, who is 8 that we have been teaching that was going to be baptized for the ward and the other for Javier Marrugo our investigator. So Elder Baque and I went to fill the font and we started to fill it and everything was going so smoothly. Then as we were watching the font fill we started to talk about how as missionaries we can`t swim and enter water and stuff and the reasons as to why we can`t. Then I brought up the reason that Satan has control of the waters and then like right after the water just stopped. So for the next few hours we were trying and trying to figure out why the water stopped because in the rest of the church there was water still working like in the boys bathroom and stuff.

The people arrived for the first baptism of the boy and we waited for like 3 hours trying to figure out what was wrong with the Bishop and other members. Then arrived the time for the other baptism and we had already called Javier and the family of his girlfriend (family of the second counselor of the stake) to tell them that we probably wouldn`t be doing the baptism. Then we started to do everything we could because the wife of the second counselor was determined to have this baptism. So we started to fill up buckets in the bathroom and throw the water in the font to fill it. Then the water in the bathroom ran out... And the water in the font was only like about almost 2 feet high... BUT we decided to do the baptism anyways. We called President and he said we could do the ordinance standing and then slowly lower Javier in the water until he was laying down on the ground and completely covered by water! And I was the one that was going to be baptizing him so I was a bit nervous haha. So what happened is the first time I baptized him the very front tip part of his forehead was out of the water and so we did it again. And I was full blown nervous by the time of the baptism just so you all know haha. (that`s why I was sweaty for the foto). Anyways, finally we were able to do it and it was a great experience. And stressful. But we did it. And the Baptism ended just before nine so we could get home in time haha. And yes, that is my crazy awesome adventures of this week!

I love you all and will keep praying for you. Keep doing what is right! ¡Ciao!

¡Paz fuera!

Love,

~Elder Tyler Hales~

My toe is fine. I`m doing great too. Well actually lately I haven`t been having too great of an appetite but oh well. Rice is actually starting to get a little old.... which makes me sad because I love rice.

Well I will pray that Ted will win because yeah the other way around wouldn`t be good. Funny thing - I totally thought the elections were this last November... :P ha! I`m really out of the loop.
We actually got a teeny bit of rain in the night the other day but never during the day when we need it... because it is still really REALLY hot and we are dying here.