So this week started off with a huge miracle. So there's this Argentinian guy named Cristian who Hermana Galvan and her previous companion used to teach a couple months ago. Hermana Galvan told me he was super awesome and he was supposed to get baptized in July and the only reason they stopped teaching him is because he lost his job and had to move to New York. On Monday night we got a text from him saying that he was in town and wanted to see us. So we go and meet him and teach him again, and we ask him if we can write down his new address so we can give his information to the missionaries in NYC so they can start teaching him. Then he says "No, I don't want the missionaries in New York to teach me. I don't want to go to church in New York. I don't like it there. The ward here in Union City is my home. I am willing to come here every Sunday if you sisters can teach me." We taught him a really good lesson and he loved it and then afterwards he left on his skateboard shouting for joy. (He's 35 but he's totally a hippy skater boy type!
We were super happy but we weren't sure if we would be able to teach him, because he doesn't even live in New Jersey. We talked to the Bishop about it and asked if he would be able to officially be a member of this ward if he were to get baptized. The Bishop said that usually the answer would be no, but he made an exception for Cristian because he is so committed to come here every week! We were so happy! So when we taught him again a couple weeks later, we were going to ask him to be baptized. Hermana Galvan was like "Ok we have a question for you" and he already knew we were gonna ask him to be baptized and he just gets this huge smile on his face and says "Sing it to me! I'm ready!" It was so cool! So now he is (hopefully) getting baptized in two weeks!
So our investigator Pablo (the one who bought us roses? Yes, that one) is a chef at a really nice buffet called El Farolito. On Saturday he had us come to his restaurant and it was soooo good and then after he got off of work we taught him the Plan of Salvation. He wants to come to church so badly but it is so hard for him to get Sundays off of work. We are still teaching him and hoping that eventually he will be able to come to church and get baptized.
The other awesome thing that happened this week was that I had my first baptism! Daniel was baptized yesterday! :) He's 11 and he was born here but his parents are from Colombia and Puerto Rico. He's the best friend of Eddy (the 13-year-old that we reactivated). He's so cute. He just had the biggest smile on his face afterwards. His mom and his sister, who are not members, came to his baptism and his mom really loved it. His mom even talked to us afterwards and said "I want you to start teaching my daughter too". It was such a great day and the perfect way to end my first transfer in the field!
XOXO Hermana Harris
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