Elder Phelps: Mariel's Baptism

Well, this last week flew by, despite some challenging days. We did have a successful baptism on Saturday. Mariel is now a baptized and confirmed member of the church! It went really well. Many attended and the program went very well. I was the one to preform the baptism.

This last week had its tough challenges because there is this one area we go to every other day, but in the now two and a half weeks I have been here, we taught three actual lessons out there. We decided we would give it another chance on Saturday, and if none of the investigators were home or lied about being busy we wouldn't come back. So we aren't going back. We are moving our work to a different neighborhood. It was kind of disappointing, but I guess the people just aren't ready there yet.

So, weather has been interesting too. Rained a lot. On Thursday it rained for just about 4 hours straight! It changed in intensity, but it was raining nonetheless. My umbrella and I have become really close friends, but the mud and my shoes are friends too, and that is not fun.

We are really working on trying to find new investigators, which is still hard. The people here are still very hard. We often get the response, "Katoliko kami!" We're Catholic. Then they won't listen to another word we say. Also people will let us in for one visit, then when we come back, it's nothing. They aren't home. They are "busy." Trying hard to work through all of that. This week I'm a little short in things to say, but I did remember my cord and will send pictures!

Elder Phelps