This week was a tad bit stressful with trying to get people ready for baptism. It was nice and sunny for three days, during which all of the interviews were conducted. Then, the day of the baptism, it RAINED. Fortunately, at least one of our candidates, a rippled man of awesome by the name of Mustapha, was able to make it, even under the rain without any coat or umbrella. The other candidate, however, not so much. Sunday was the scheduled confirmation for Mustapha, and again, it RAINED. TEEEE!! "Te" (pronounced "teh") is a Krio word that represents time. If you say 'so something happened "te"', it means that it happened for a long time, or a lot in general. So yeah, it rained te. This time, unfortunately, he wasn't able to reach under the rain. I kinda understand, as it was just dumping buckets.
One new thing that I got to try this week was performing baptismal interviews. In fact, I did TEN of them! Ha ha ha, yeah, it was a LOT! I went on a brief exchange with Elder Eyinda, one of the Zone Leaders, and he took me to all of his candidates and I interviewed them! It's not really hard, and it's kinda fun. I like being able to see people who have really changed (or, in one case, someone who had definitely NOT!). The Spirit attended to me as I talked with them, and I was able to discern their needs. One of the candidates was clearly not prepared. As I talked with her, I sensed that she was lying to me regarding the law of chastity, and when I inquired further, she continually denied. So, I simply asked her if she was ready to baptize. She said yes, but I felt sick to my stomach, an indication of the Spirit that indeed she was not ready at all. It was a neat experience that I won't soon forget about how the Spirit very SPECIFICALLY guided me.
I am excited for Austin to be serving his mission in Georgia. That'll be so cool for him! He's going to love it there. Stuart's mission call to Russia definitely fits him! Ha ha ha, good luck in Russia! It's COLD there! I hope Riley makes the choice to serve a mission. It's really just plain awesome. I know that it's the kind of thing that he'd like, especially in a crazy mission like this one. He seems like the kind of person that would shrug off most of the daily problems that we face here. Uh, kind of like the swarm of cockroaches I faced the other day. Elder Vaughan + 2 flip flops against 100 cockroaches. Score: Roaches: 0 Elder Vaughan: 87. It was gross, but highly satisfying. Just a simple fact of life around here.
Josh has been emailing me for the past few weeks, and we've talked about a lot of things. He already told me about all of his awesome college roomies, and it sounds like he's having the time of his life. I can't wait to be a part of it! College just seems like the right place for me to be. Well, after mission of course. Africa is the place for me for now! ;) Josh has already told me about how he changed his major, and some other different things. He says he found himself an awesome secret computer lab. It just sounds like fun over there!
Okay, my time is short. Elder Purcell and I are going into west end today to find him some shoes. Oh yeah, podas. Can't wait for that... I had a little less time today because i had to write a good long letter to Josh. ;) Oh I miss that guy... Have an awesome week! I love you bin bin!
Love,
Elder Vaughan
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