Hey Family and Friends!!!
Well, if you havent guessed yet, we had a baptism the other day!!! Camila Isabel Gonzalez Ramirez. She is the 19 year old with a huge crush on me. Well, lets just put her in the single adult program and let that take care of itself. She is really a great girl and I can definately see her getting married in the temple someday. The Baptism was exceptionally special. The funny thing was, right after I baptized her, I didnt really feel much. Mostly just "Oh its really cold! I cant see, Im wet, blah blah blah.." But afterwards throughout the program I had some of the strongest spiritual witnesses that what was going on, the step that this daughter of God was taking was the right way to go. I had a smile on my face for the rest of the baptismal service. It was truly a special event that I am never going to forget.
Of course, there are always kinks in the program. The font didnt start filling with water until 1 and a half before the baptism, there was a kid that threw push pins in the font, I didnt have a change of shirt, etc, etc. There was about a million things that went wrong that day. But once the program started, none of that mattered. Everything went falwlessly. Expecially the baptism. I am so grateful for this amazing work that is being done. That baptism was just one more testimony affirming that I am where I need to be and that these people are in desperate need of a savior in their lives. The earthquake has not made the people more humble or more teachable, contrary to what a lot of people might have thought. But it realigned my thought and what I viewed as important. These people need this saving ordinance. They just dont know it, and we have to be the ones to tell them of how it is necessary for their salvation. I am grateful everyday for the sacrifices I am making for these people, and the sacrifice that the Lord made for me so that I could be here.
I love you all and you are always in my prayers!
Elder Westover
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