Aaron

Hello everyone.  Everything is still great and hot.  Which has really been a bummer because the power has been out these past 3 nights so we couldn´t turn on the fan.  But it should be up by tonight.  Other than the power being out, like the title says, I broke a window.  Its a very interesting story...

So we went to the other Elders´ room to have a work visit.  All I needed to do was pick up an Elder and go back to my room.  But we started talking a little bit, then my companion found an aguaje.  All it is, is a little fruit that everyone in the jungle eats.  But it has been in their room for a while and my companion broke it open.  It smelt pretty bad.  So I said, I´m going to throw this out the window.  But I couldn´t throw it straight out because there were houses, so I was on an angle.  As soon as I let go of it, I heard the window shatter.  All the Elders were laughing their heads off because they couldn´t believe I just did that...  I don´t even know why I did that.  But we got it fixed so everything is good.

We had a baptism this last Saturday and I had the opportunity to baptize him.  His name is Bruno and he is 11 (and he is not from Mars).  All his family is inactive except his cousin Axel, who is 13.  We have been trying to get support from his family and they all came to the baptism, but they couldn´t make it to the confirmation the next day which was a little sad.  But everything is good.

Our investigator Salvador has been progressing really well, but we recently hit a road block.  We explained to him a little bit about the law of chastity and he had a question.  We figured out that he is legally married to someone who he can´t find to get a divorce, and he also has his pareja or partner.  But the situation with his pareja is interesting.  They have kids and everything, but they don´t live together.  If I understood correctly, she lives in Germany.  They don´t see each other very much but when they do, they have an intimate relationship.

So we explained to him his two options.  The first is that he gets baptized on the 14th (this saturday)  and explains to his pareja that they can´t have that kind of relationship until they are married.  The second option is that he gets married as soon as possible, then gets baptized after.  He told us last night that he wants to get baptized, but we told him to pray about it, and talk to his pareja.  

If he does choose to be baptized, and I think he will, he is taking a huge leap of faith.  He is the most amazing convert I have seen yet.  All we have to do is explain to him the commandment and he will follow.  He has kept every commitment he has made so far so he is progressing really well.  The best converts come to us, we don´t have to go to them.

We also have a wedding this weekend.  It is one less active and one investigator.  She has accepted to be baptized the following Saturday.

Everything is going well!  Thanks for all the support as always!  Love all you guys!

Elder Augat