December 17, 2018 Proving Murphy's Law
Hi all! Another good way to sum up this week would have been "Baptism from the Black Lagoon," or according to Hna Ciarlante, "By Heck or High-Water." It all started with us having just way too much too do. We had to push Hermano Ramos's baptism back a day to accomodate bishopric schedules, which meant we had to fill the font, teach Gospel Principles, set up the room for the baptism, and give talks all during church. Luckily for us we work in the branch with two Spanish elders, and the two elders from the Palm Springs ward also offered to help. Palm Springs would set up the Relief Society room, and the Agua Elders would watch the font and make sure it finished filling up to be ready right after sacrament. Right before sacrament, Elder Martinez, who'd been feeling unwell for days, took a turn for the worse, but they told one of the other elders to be sure to watch the font for us while they ran to the doctor. We left sacrament meeting to fin...