Aaron

Hello everyone.  Another good week.  Another baptism as well!  This guy is amazing and has an amazing story as well.

The first time I saw him, he was drunk, chewing on cocaine leaves.  We left him a pamphlet but I´m sure it didn´t do him good.  We would always see him on the street with his drunk buddies, drinking and all that.  He would always tell us that we are doing a good job, and we would invite him to church and invite him to change, but he said, ´´Only God can change me, but I don´t let him.´´  So we kind of just left him alone.  A little later we saw him walking down the street with his hair cut, he shaved, he just looked better.  So we said hi and asked him how he felt and he said he felt a lot better, and we told him he looked better.  So we set up a cita for the next Sunday and he came!  The first lesson was incredible.  He would talk about how he felt when he was with us and we told him that it was the Holy Ghost.  We invited him to be baptized that day and he indirectly accepted.

We have been following up on him, teaching him lessons, and we don´t even have to do a lot with him.  We just tell him what God has asked us to do, and he will do it.  He also told us that he has been a part of a lot of other religions, but this one just makes sense.  But about a week before he was going to get baptized, we ran into a little problem.  He had a pareja.  But his pareja lives in Germany so they don´t see each other often.  But he said that when they do see each other, they have a strong relationship.  So we gave him the two options.  First, he could be baptized and live the law of chastity until they could get married.  Or second, he could wait get married, then get baptized.  He chose the first.  Also when he showed up to his baptismal interview, he told us that he wants to get married in the chapel in about 2 years (for legal divorce reasons).

Ever since that first visit he has been a very strong investigator, and now he is a member and holds the Aaronic Priesthood.  He is one of the most converted people I´ve seen.  He will follow the prophets, and the church no matter what they say we need to do.  So he basically went from a drunk (the ones you see on the corner everyday passed out), to sober, to an investigator, to a member. It was incredible to see him grow so much during this time.

Other than that, this week we have a marriage that we were supposed to have last week.. But this time it is set.  Also my companion goes home, back to the states in a week, so I will have a new comp. pretty soon!  I will most likely be staying here though.

That´s really about it.  I hate the dogs.  A lot of them are really ugly.  Thanks for all the emails!  Love you guys!

Elder Augat