Nov 16

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Hello hello
This week Vicenta and Ricardo were baptized!! I sent another email, which was actually my companion´s letter home, but it has the picture from the baptism. They were definitely prepared and the service was really beautiful.
The preparation from this baptism was a little different from those in the past though..
We went over to the church saturday morning because the elders informed us that the font hadnt been emptied from the last several baptisms because apparently its broken and the water doesnt drain.......... the same water from 2 months ago was still in the font.....
We tried to find another solution, but in the end the only option was to baptize in really dirty water, or empty the font by hand. I decided we wanted them to have a good experience.... so we got to work and the four of us (the two elders, my comp, and I) emptied the font with buckets. Back and forth from the font and the bathrooms, emptying bucket by bucket. It took about 2 hours, which I actually am kind of impressed by. Hna. Trejo got it and scrubbed the font down and got it refilled with warm water (at least the water heater worked... thats the first time in my whole mission!!). We finished soaked and exhausted, but it was a fun experience and my muscles are just only trying to recuperate from the after shock haha. Hopefully I will have some videos and photos to show yall after the mission. But in the end, the service was very nice so all is well.
Pretty much the highlight of the week. Love you lots! :)
Con amor,
Hermana Roberts

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