The Blanca Beat: Milagros!!! (Miracles)

Bautismo

I WAS AT ARTEMIO'S BAPTISM!!! This story was crazy I don't even know how to explain it. So, Artemio tells us last Saturday (the 7th) that he wants to be baptized as soon as possible. Hermana Ellison leaves the 8th, so we're like, it's impossible we can't do the baptism before she leaves, but maybe we can do it before I leave.

So we ask the Branch President and he's like, no that's impossible we have to do the baptism the next Saturday, the 14th. But on Monday we go to the Brother in charge of the Mission Work for the Branch and he's like, I'll talk to the Branch President we can do the Baptism Wednesday before you leave.

So I'm pumped, he makes some calls, he comes back and is like, sorry we're actually doing the baptism Saturday. So I'm let down, then he says we can, then we can't. I swear like 3 times he changes his mind but we end up on we can't do it Wednesday. So I go home that Monday, very sad, but I pray that night and I tell God that I will do whatever he wants me to do, but I want to go to Artemio's Baptism. I say that as much as I want to go to the Baptism, all I want to do is align my will with God's, so I will do what he tells me to do.

After the prayer, I receive a text, and it's the Brother in charge of the Mission Work. He texts me that they can do the baptism Wednesday if I want. I text Artemio, and ask him what day he wants to do, and then we all pray as a companionship and right after the prayer Artemio texts and says basically "We will do Wednesday so Hermana Voss can be there."

So I tell the Mission Guy and he says, "I will do everything to make this baptism happen, let me know what you need." So Tuesday morning we coordinate everything, text everyone and prepare for the next day.

We don't have a pila to baptize in, so the day of the baptism everyone hops in cars, we drive to the ocean, he gets baptized in a baptism the Branch will never forget because the Branch has never had a baptism in the ocean before, then we drive back to the church and celebrate... by leaving to go take our suitcases to the bus because 30 minutes after the baptism we had to gooooo....

Milagro!

But Artemio got baptized and it was so amazing! Plus someone recorded the ordinance and then sent it to the Branch group chat which is super not allowed so that was fun too.

OlavarUtah

So I got transferred to Olavarría and it's so much like Utah. Everyone calls this place OlavarUtah because there are 3 different wards here in Olavarría (crazy for Argentina) and all the wards have like 120 active members and they all dress up for church (also crazy for Argentina), and they're all like families with kids. Plus we have lunch with members like every day.

Me and Hermana Robbins are so shocked it's literally like being transported to America. We're really excited to work with the members and celebrate Christmas in this awesome ward!