[Here is Ralph's e-mail from last week.]
Hola people! Everything this week has gone very very well!!!
Last Wednesday we went back to the natural history museum, and explored and took more pictures and stuff like that. We then had a lesson with Alex, dinner at the Kunzlers, and then we went home.
Thursday we had a lesson with Vlad in the morning (he is super mentally exhausting to try to teach, he asks really deep questions), then had weekly planning, tried to have our online event again (no one showed up, bleh), and then we ate dinner and went home.
Friday we had another lesson with Vlad in the morning (my braaaaaaaain) - Happy Valentines Day - went to lunch/interview with sisters Roberts and Jensen, then we went to Marcus who wasn't home AGAIN, and then had a lesson with Joseph, then had dinner and went home.
Saturday was exciting!!!!! We went to Elder Higbee and Kroff's baptism, which Elder Potter came back down to see. Then we did all the preparations like making programs, filling the font, getting clothes, etc. Elder Wang and Elder Porter both came down for the baptism (Elder Porter is Elder Wang's new companion if I hadn't said), and I got to baptize Anthony!!!! The baptism went super well, the water was actually warm (woohoo), and the speakers were great and there was a good turnout. It was all around so great. The spirit was practically thick as pea soup, it was easily one of the best experiences of my life. We were all just so happy, especially Anthony. We then went to Anthony's for dinner with the Hermanas and celebrated in a sense. We then went to the Bennions for second dinner (we will be super fat if we keep getting fed like that). Then we went home.
Sunday was pretty great as well, Anthony got confirmed by Elder Jensen, and is receiving the priesthood next Sunday! He wore a white shirt and tie for the first time as well! The rest of church went pretty well, and then we had an interview with the Hermanas, then did some online proselyting, then went home for dinner and numbers and stuff.
Monday we went to district meeting, then we went on a split and I got to go with Elder Kroff. We wrote up a letter for Anthony to take to work so that his boss wouldn't fire him since his boss didn't believe we existed and that the baptism was just an excuse of why he didn't come to work. So yeah. We then we went to deliver that to him, and then Norka stuffed us with dinner. We then went to dinner at the Deans (too many double dinners, aiieeee), and then we went home.
Tuesday we did studies, finished our split, and then took a nap because Elder Jensen was feeling super sick. We then went to an appointment with a blind less active named David, who when we went to the center he lived, as we walked by him he called out to us. Just confirming, this man is blind. He knew we were there. That was weird. Anyhow, he took us to another room where we could talk, and he brought in his friend, who is also blind and in a wheelchair whose name is Kim and is not a member, She was very interested in the church, so we're visiting her again on Saturday! After that, we went and gave a blessing to Isaac because he's super sick at the moment, and taught him as well. We then went to a dinner at Yanilsa's (primarily a Soanish speaker) and the Hermanas were 20 minutes late, so that made for a great lack of conversation. The food was great though!
Today, we went and got haircuts, and then we had zone Olympics with a bunch of events like leap frogging, catching whipped cream, scripture quizzes, and a few other things. Elder Jensen and I won!!!! That was what we were doing all afternoon, thus why I wasn't writing much. Then we played some volleyball, and now I'm here! We're going to Alex tonight, and Norka is planning on feeding us, so that'll be fun.
Anyhow, hope you guys had a great week, and see you later!
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