We had quite the week. We weren't really able to do much proselyting because we had mission leadership council, zone conference, and Katty's baptism, but we were really blessed this week. So I'll just run you through it in that order. Leadership council was awesome. It was probably my favorite one yet. We had some really good discussions and it's really cool to be a part of. President had some stuff happening that he had to take care of, but even though he wasn't there for part of it the council just kept going.
Zone conference was a really, really good one. We made some changes based on the suggestions president Johnson gave us. They also gave us a lot more time for our training than they have in the past. We had about an hour to teach the zone whatever we wanted and I loved it. I'm not kidding, public speaking is one of my favorite things I have learned on the mission. It's so much fun. Our part went well and everybody liked it so I think it was a success.
I'm debating whether or not I want to explain Katty's baptism to you in a voice recording or if I want to take the time to write it out... First of all, it was nice to get in the water. That was really cool. The baptism started off well. She came on time. We had all the clothes ready. The font was full. Then we found out the ward we share the building with was having a party to celebrate the anniversary of the Relief Society. They planned on using the entire building. They had different activities planned in each room. We talked to them for like 20 minutes and eventually got a room to do the talks and stuff. About 5 minutes in they started blasting music on the intercom and refused to turn it off, so we listened to Muse, Greenday, ACDC, and Maroon 5 during the baptism. After the talks we were supposed to do the baptism, but when I got in the font the water only reached mid-shin. The drain wasn't plugged all the way. So everybody went back to the other room and sang hymns while our ward mission leader and I waited in the font. We finally filled it up and she came back in 20 minutes later. Right before I dunked her the Bruno Mars song ended and it went quiet. Right as she came up the Black Eyed Peas came on. It was the weirdest thing ever. She was confirmed yesterday by Elder Koppe and she is officially a member!
Also, we met this guy Juan last week and he's gonna get baptized next week. He's from Peru and has been investigating for 8 years. His whole family are members. After moving here he decided it was time to make the change and take the step. It's gonna be awesome.
Love you guys,
Elder Johnson
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