Mission Week 43, Yopal Week 8, "Baptism amongst Training a New Missionary."

This week was great! On Saturday we had the baptism of Felipe! It was amazing. I had the opportunity to perform the ordinance of baptism. He was confirmed the next day by the President of the Branch.

We have another baptismal date set for a señor named Yolman. He is getting his papers all ready to be able to get married. We hope to see him baptized this next week (27th of October). He's a really great guy. Yolman has been investigating the church for a really long while now. He's finally taking that step to enter into the covenant of Baptism. Funny thing with him is that he's got a bunch of responsibilities in the church (Not callings), and he's not even a member yet haha. He plans cool service projects, parties, and activities for the Branch.

Elder Ramos is learning Spanish so dang fast. It may not be that different of a language, but he's got it pretty much down in a matter of 2 weeks! The gift of tongues is real. We've been working hard finding new people to teach. The people out here are always willing to listen. We just recently found a house with about 15 people living there. Before we left we gave the parents living there a card with the image of Jesus Christ as he's walking out of the Tomb. There were about 10 kids that ran up to us in the house and they all wanted a card too haha. The people here are very friendly.

President Nelson went to Lima, Peru this week. We were able to hear him speak at Lima. They broadcasted the conference to the countries Ecuador, Colombia and Bolivia. He talked about what it means to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He shared with us in 3 Nephi what it really means to preach his Gospel. President Nelson explained to us that preaching the Gospel is focusing on the Atonement of Jesus Christ and inviting others to follow the example of Jesus Christ. He urged us to study 3 Nephi 11-30. That's what I will be studying all next week.

It rains so dang hard here! It also just appears out of nowhere. We'll be walking in the street with the sun out shining and then 15 minuted later it's pouring. I love to walk around in the rain out here since it just cools you off from all the heat. Lightning is always going off in the sky. It's really a sweet view because you can see the Lighting bolts shooting out from the sky!

I keep eating weird things out here. I've never eaten armadillo in my life. That was something new and actually pretty dang good. I've also heard that people eat iguanas and turtles out here. Those are the next two plates on my list!

Love you all!
Elder Horton

The Cruz Family (Ward Member Family)

Baptism of Felipe with his Family