I went to the temple this morning; that's why I'm emailing now! Had a good time. Ate at Chick-Fil-A afterwards.
Today, I
went through the temple for one of my ancestors; specifically, my 11
times great grandfather on Grandma Duffin's side. :) His name is Worall (no
last name); he lived in England around the end of the 1500's. That was a
cool experience.
And yesterday was the first time I've ever baptized
somebody! His name is Patrick Stuckwish; he was the investigator who
just walked into church and found us, about a month ago. So that was a
neat experience too. :) The ward here is really supportive and we had a
great turnout to his baptism.
Those are the big highlights of the week. Every day
this week we've had impressive thunder and lightning storms in the
evenings. On the 4th we had lots of lightning, but we didn't get rained
on. Didn't get to see much fireworks though; lightning sufficed--haha.
I'm actually really happy that it's been raining so much. The sun is
merciless here.
And no, I do not have a picture of me riding a bike--nor
would I give you one! Me drenched in sweat is not a particularly
pleasant sight.
Not much more to
tell. Today we've got a few people we've planned to see in the evening. We've been blessed with some pretty prepared
people to teach, so we're expecting another baptism happening soon!
Glad to hear everyone's 4th of July was great! I was
just remembering how my original departure date for the mission was July 3rd
of 2013; I'm almost at my year mark! I talked to my mission president
and he says I'll get my visa soon. That means I'll have served HALF of
the mission here in the states and half in Brasil! Crazy! It's
bittersweet though; I've grown to love the mission here. But I'm glad to
know I'll still be going to Brasil!
Love you Mom! I'll send you some pictures!
Talk to you later!
Elder Duffin :)
