July 3, 2016

Celebrations!  First, Dwaine had worked to get some baptism certificates ready for Sunday.  We wanted to honor the 9 recent people who had been baptized with a certificate and we were ready with those.  I had cooked two cakes the previous night because we also wanted to celebrate birthdays for July, August and September.  Before leaving the house, I was supposed to have a study with Carolina at 8:30, but she did not come.  She is always very punctual, so I knew something must have come up.  Later she told me that Ana did not have anyone to look after her, so she had needed to stay and help her.  So, Dwaine took Clifton and me to the building early and he left to go pick up Ana and her family.  The ceremony to have certificates was a nice event and everyone seemed appreciative.  Afterwards, Jose Manual, who was baptized last June asked if we could also prepare one for him. His wife, Rosalydia, was baptized before we came and we thought we would try to include her as well.  So, we thought we could also try to get the date for her baptism and get those ready for next Sunday.  Birthday eats went well and we just barely had enough because we had over 50 people there!  That is growing pains!  We are thankful for this growth.  For the afternoon, Dwaine met Jose Manual at the building and he cut out half of our pila top to serve as a baptistery.  When he is finished, he will also paint the pila.  He said it would be very easy to put back into place when we move.  Next, we left for the service for Salcoatitan.  We had more children than usual so we know they are growing too!  It is exciting times.

Baptisms Certificates 

(Kiki for dad, Jose, who was out)

Kely

Kiki

Carolina

Mario

Sara

Ana

Omar

Emily

Birthday time