Well this week was pretty dope because Friday we had our christmas conference and on Sunday Samanta was baptized and confirmed!!!
Earlier in the week though, there were transfers in the mission and my executive secretary trainee Elder Tingey and I went to the airport to pick up a new missionary, Elder Fullmer. Then on Wednesday we headed back to drop off the valiants (missionaries finishing the mission). Among the group was Elder Tilley, who I trained in Jamiltepec, and Elder Schmitz, the guy that trained me to be the exec sec. It was kinda like a fulfillment of that scripture that says ´and the first shall be last and the last shall be first´ lol.
The christmas conference on friday was almost the whole day! We had a short talent show, played some games, ate food, watched videos that each zone made especially for the conference, and we had a gift exchange!! I ended up with a nice new tshirt from an sister named Hermana Guzman hahaha.
Saturday, we had our ward christmas activity and some of us missionaries planned a sketch that turned out great. There´s a cool new video on the church website called ´Samuel and the Star´ and our sketch was pretty much based on that. Speaking of which, I´ve seen a couple really good spiritual christmas videos lately, especially the Light the World videos. The Church is just so awesome and so true!!! The ward elders quorum showed us one about the time in the trenches of WW2 when german and British soldiers sang silent night together and even played a soccer match on christmas day! I suggest you all check it out.
Now for the baptism... we had to plan it early for Sunday morning at 8am, but it turned out great because a ton of members showed up and it was honestly one of the most powerful baptisms of my mission so far. Samanta was a reference from a device we sometimes use online called referral manager. It organizes all the referrals we get from anyone and anywhere in the world. Samanta is a 23 year-old single girl who lived in Canada for a while, knows english, and investigated the church a little bit. The first time we met her was actually at church about a month and a half ago because we called and invited her and she showed up. From there she immediately progressed, reading everything we left with her, praying, attending church, learning and understanding, asking questions, and even participating in a ton of young single adult activities. We actually got a lot of the YSA to participate in the baptismal program which i think was perfect. Elder Vakapuna baptized her and I confirmed her shortly after in sacrament meeting. She was so happy and is going to make a great member of the church!!!
This is the best time of year. The Cuernavaca weather cant be beat right now. And I´m so excited to Skype you guys on Tuesday! Can´t wait to hear more about whats goin down back home. Countdown is a little more that 5 months baby, woohoo!
Love,
Élder Tucker
