Well I´ll start out with the good news: Karina got baptized! She is super capa. Last monday when we visited her she was already asking us how she could pay diezmo. We told her that she doesn´t really have to pay until she is baptized but she said she wanted to start paying immediately. She also invited us over for dinner Friday night and it was super good. The baptism was awesome. It´s easy to see that she truly has been converted, and that she will become a strong member of the church. There is no better feeling you can have as a missionary than that.
On to the bad news, although really it´s not the end of the world. She has not been confirmed yet. Right after the baptism she told us that she was going to for sure be there at 9 am for church. We had a hectic morning as usual getting some of our investigators to church, and we figured we didn´t have to worry about her. But then we found out that she didn´t show up to Relief Society and so we started to panic. We called her a bunch of times and even went to her house but she wasn´t there. We later found out that she had left for her mom´s house in Merlo early in the morning. We figure it must have been some kind of emergency, because it is definitely not like her to not follow through with her word. But anyway, it´s not the end of the world because she is definitely going to come next Sunday.
Also we are planning on baptizing Gaston this Saturday, but we´re not sure if we´re going to be able to. First of all we still need to have his interview. Also the zone leaders told us today that saturday there is a stake meeting that all the bishopric of each ward is going to so we might not be able to have baptisms that day. So we might have it on Friday, which is going to be even harder for us haha. But Gaston is awesome. He has done a complete 180 with his life. Not long ago he had a lot of problems with drugs, drinking, smoking, and a ton of other stuff. But not long ago he was in a car crash and basically it´s a miracle that he´s alive. Basically one sunday he just showed up to church and told us he wanted to be baptized and change his life around. So that´s what we´re doing. When we taught him the word of wisdom he accepted it instantly because he wants to be more healthy so he can train to be a boxer. Also we taught him law of chastity two visits ago and he said it would probably be hard for him to follow it because of his girlfriend. We told him that to be baptized he would have to follow this commandment, and so he agreed to try his best. Well when we visited him last night he told us that he had broke up with his girlfriend, so it definitely seems like he´s committed to be baptized. He is a really funny dude and he makes us laugh all the time. Yesterday when we were teaching him he asked if he could come with us when we go back to the States. Then he asked if we had any sisters. We said we do and then he asked how old they were. My comp said he had one that was 26. He was like, oh that´s perfect, I can just marry her then haha (he´s 25 by the way). But then something dawned on him and he was like, wait, do they speak castellano? My comp said no she speaks english. I said I have a sister who speaks castellano but unfortunately she´s already married haha. He was pretty bummed. I would tell you more of the funny stuff he has said to us but I got to keep this email somewhat appropriate.
I think that´s about it for this week. Hopefully we can get another baptism this week, but we´re going to have to wait and see how it turns out. I have a picture of us and Karina at her baptism, but I´m going to have to send it next week. The computers we use aren´t the best and the one I´m using right now has a whole where the SD card slot usually is. It´s also running Windows 98 haha. So sorry about the pictures, hopefully I´ll be able to send them next week.
Hasta la próxima semana,
-Elder Shelton
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