Tropical Storm Nate

Beginning last Wednesday evening, and continuing through until Friday were intense rains and lightnings unlike anything I have ever before witnessed. Trees, shacks, and telephone poles toppled and streets turned to rivers. The stretch of road that led from our home to the larger part of our area required about a half mile wade through calf-deep and sometimes knee-deep water. We lost power for the latter-half of Thursday, but, for the most part, we were able to continue our missionary labors. Later, I found out that we were getting a small portion of Hurricane Nate. It was a ton of water for your poor Nevada native. 

Shortly after God baptized the entire city, I had the privilege of witnessing someone that I found and taught take the step of baptism. Those of you that have been keeping up with the blog know that I've been teaching Cecilia and her daughter Flavia for a while now. We were hoping that they could both be baptized last week, but, despite our best efforts, only Flavia was brave enough to accept. Initially, I thought that it would be a problem if we decided to baptize one without the other, but they were both content with being baptized on different days, so we went ahead with it. The service was beautiful and the young women were so excited to teach Flavia all about personal progress and early morning seminary. Later, Cecilia told us that she really did want to be baptized, but not now. We're doing everything we can to help her realize that her problems will work out easier and better if she just gets baptized, but for now, she's not budging.

 
Love you all!
Elder Stephen Watts

P.S. Sorry for not having photo documentation of the storm.