Sorry I haven´t written for a little while. We seem to be really busy and rushed every Preparation Day, but I figure that I should probably write today.
Since I last wrote, I think we´ve baptised 3 more people, and we have 4 more planned for this month. Baptism is really the wonderful fruit of repentance. I am so grateful to be a part of this work in preparing the earth for the second coming of the Savior. Thankfully there were little or no problems with this last baptism yesterday. She offered the closing prayer of her own baptismal service, and the spirit was really strong during the service.
Today we helped a sister in the ward with her house. The brick walls were slightly deteriorating at the bottom, so we mixed up some cement and applied it to the wall. I learned something new that I didn´t know how to do before. It´s pretty different because in the US we mainly use dry wall and lumber and nails and screws, etc. But it´s all concrete and cement and cement bricks and mortar, and sometimes they have laminate roofing, which really heats up the houses in the sun. We spent most of the morning there helping out, and they gave us breakfast.
Last week we went and played basketball with the family of an investigator. I got really really sunburned, but it was fun. Yesterday there was a really strong thunderstorm with hail and lightning and wind, but only for about 1 hour during our weekly planning so we didn´t get wet at all.
That´s about all for this week. I am planning on a talk this next sunday in sacrament meeting, about repentance. I am going to use the example of Peter, who denied Christ 3 times, but later reaffirmed 3 times that he loved Christ more than the nets, boats, and fishing. Christ called him to leave his profession of fishing forever, but he didn´t understand that. When Christ was crucified, all the apostles looked to Peter as the Chief apostle, wondering what to do now that Christ was gone. Peter didn´t know, so he went fishing, back to the world, back to his comforts. Then Christ visited the sea shore and prepared them Breakfast of fish and bread. How thoughtful. When peter saw him on the sea shore, he threw himself into the sea and swam to Christ. Christ asked him, and he reaffirmed his love for Christ 3 times. What a great repentence story.
Gotta run, love you all.
Take care.
Elder Bunker
