Its been another week, and it was a pretty fun one. Elder Baldovino left to go home this morning, and I'm going to miss him. He's finished his mission and he finished strong. We had a fun 12 weeks together and did a lot of good work out here in Umingan. We had a farewell/happy birthday FHE at the church last night, so that was pretty enjoyable.
So, the coolest thing that happened this week was the baptism of the Banago family. I met them one day while working on exchanges in my area about 3.5 months ago. I was sitting on the outside of a tricycle and saw the house I had never noticed before and felt very clearly that that was the house I was supposed to go to. So we went, and they welcomed us right in. We shared a quick message, invited them to have us back, and then went on to our next appointment. Over the past 3 months we've been able to see their lives change as they've come to accept the gospel and get to know Jesus Christ better. It was awesome to see them baptized even if it was in a swimming pool of the local resort. Oh yeah, Saturday morning as we were filling up the baptismal font we noticed there was a hole in the font and it wouldn't fill up, so with no other options, we went to the closest pool. It was simple and fun and the spirit was there. A very cool experience.
I love you all!
-Elder Collier
Picture 1 is the Banago Fam's Binyag
Picture 2 is us right before Elder Baldovino got on the bus to leave this morning
Picture 3 is a goodbye to Baldo at the party
Picture 4 is the I love Umingan sign (hidden behind a wall we don't know why)
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