Jose Miguel

I'm so sorry for yet another week without pictures. Don't worry, one day I'll send you all of them all at once. We were blessed to witness another baptism this week. A 15 year-old kid named Jose Miguel. Most people (including us) refer to him as Jose Negro due to his dark complexion and the fact that every other male here is named Jose. We only knew the kid for 2 weeks, which is the fastest baptism I've had. He had begun living with some of his member friends due to problems at home and had felt super attracted to their lifestyle. When we were asking him when he wanted to be baptized, he was wearing a Kobe Bryant jersey. We got him excited by saying that he should be baptized on the 24th to honor the legend. At his baptismal service, he asked if he could share a few words after he was baptized. He then bore one of the most powerful testimonies I had ever heard. He talked about how reading the Book of Mormon helped him realize that the church was true, and that there was a better path to follow than the one he was on. He said that he'd been a punk his whole life and doesn't want to be a punk anymore. It was pretty cool.

Last Sunday was the fullest sacrament meeting that I have attended here in La Concepción. It made me so happy to see so much success in re-activating due to incredible effort from a few of the members, coupled with a ton of recent converts. I'm sure going to miss it if it ends up being my last Sunday in La Concepción.

I love you all, hope you have a great week!

Elder Stephen Watts