WOOOOHOOO!!! So this week we got to see the baptism of Mercedes Ferrer
Tur! She is an 81 year old Spanish woman(she's technically Ibizzenca
because she's a native of Ibiza). She's the sweetest lady! We also are
starting to get into the swing of things as a companionship and things
are going well!
So this week I also got to do a companion exchange to the island of
Mallorca, which is the biggest island out of the 3 Balearic Islands,
and because we are the only missionaries on Ibiza we skype into
District meetings and we have to fly for Zone Conferences, and
companion exchanges! So we did a companion exchange this week so our
district leader, who is in Mallorca, could interview Mercedes for her
baptism! Mallorca is really big and the main city, Palma is pretty
much like Valencia to me with more Spanish people haha. We had a good
time there and I got to fly there and back!
We also had to set up a bunch of things for the baptism, and had to
make lots of adjustments for her because she has a bad back and knees,
and we have a portable baptismal font that is above ground that we put
up in the Chapel. So we were either going to have to pick her up and I
was going to have to hand her to Elder Perri in the font and he was
going to have her float and push her under to baptize her or baptize
her in the Beach! We were hoping we were going to be able to baptize
her on the beach but sadly she wanted to be baptized in the church.
She told us the day before the baptism, "You are going to get brownie
points in heaven for baptizing a Spanish lady!" And also "I'm so
excited to get baptized for the second time!" Hahaha she's sooo funny
and sweet. We got to Saturday, the day of the baptism and she called
us at 10:30 and told us that the lady she lives with who is 86 years
old, and she got super sick all of a sudden that day and she didn't
know if she was going to be able to come to the baptism. Luckily she
got someone to take care of the lady and came to the baptism, and when
it was time to do the ordinance she climbed up the stairs normally!!
We were sooooo surprised because she was so worried before and then
when Elder Perri finished the prayer and was about to help her float,
she just let him baptize her like normal, IT WAS A MIRACLE!! We were
sooo surprised that she was able to do that! And when she raised up
out of the water, she did the Catholic cross thing on her chest and
everyone just started laughing super hard! And Elder Perri just says,
"It's alright, she's a Mormon now" haha. She also did that when I gave
the Holy Ghost the next day! It was super funny, but that's what
happens after a practicing Catholic of 81 years gets baptized! But she
was soooo happy after her baptism and said she felt sooo good and
could feel that the Holy Ghost really was with her and that she had
had a great change of heart. It was truly a miracle to see her get
baptized!
The weather has been getting hotter and the miracles are being
showered down upon us out here in Ibiza! I don't have much time to
write but I love you all! I know that this church is true and that
Jesus Christ directs it and that any person can come closer by reading
the Book of Mormon! Love you all so much, have a great week
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