Well it happened! The
Cano Familiy got baptized! Wooh-Hoo! It was a very busy week. We had a lesson
with them Tuesday night with one of the members and all we did was go around
the circle and shared our testimonies. Fabiana cried as usual and then when we got
to celedonio he expressed a couple doubts that he had... one concerning the
necessity of being baptized when he was already baptized as a kid in the
Catholic church(which we had already explained 3 times prior). We then told him
that if he wanted to get baptized with his familiy, he would have to stop
smoking that instant and never go back.I challenged him to go into the house
and give me all his cigarretes. But he expressed that he wasnt ready and didnt
want to.... So wednesday, the 3 got interviewed, Fabiana, Damian, Antonella.
And I wasnt there for it cause I was in Las Lomitas in divisions but the Elder
that interviewed them said that in the prayer that Antonella did, she asked
that her dad would be able ¨to make this convent some day¨. Antonella is 11 and
is a rock star. I was so happy Saturday, the day of their baptism.
It had been a long journey to get to that day, 5 months in the making since the
initial contact 3/3/17. But they overcame the obstacles.
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| The 3 Canos that got baptized |
After the baptism, we
had a party for them with all the members. There were like 45 people who came
to the baptism. And I brought my speaker and we played music and ate empanadas
and cake. It was a super sweet end to my time in Ibarreta.
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| baptism/wedding cake |
Sunday night the branch threw a
go-away party for me and we drank hot chocolate and took pictures. It was so bittersweet.
I will miss all the people in Ibarreta so much. Especially the youth. They are
so awesome and helped us out all the time.
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- pic with ¨fama¨ the guy
that takes us to potrillo |
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District
president Fernandez and his wife, they made us lunch every sunday |
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El Aleph, my favorite
restaurant that is in Juarez |
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The
people in the Colony right after church |
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Oriana
and Lidia made me a goodbye cake |
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Some
of the members in Ibarreta at my goodbye party |
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Leaving my ibarreta house |
But I got transferred exactly where I wanted
to go. The nicest area of the mission in my opinion. Reconquista, Santa Fe. The
city has lite and paved streets which is a luxery. The sisters in our
Zone obviously get the nicest parts, and I really havent gotten to know the
area yet. There are 6 sisters and 4 other elders in our zone. and 2 of those
sisters are fresh in training and 1 elder is fresh into training. It will be
interesting.
I left Ibarreta yesterday at 2 and it was super weird because I
had to travel by myself in the bus for 8 hours without a companion. But it was
nice to have alone time. I got to resistencia at 8:30pm and Elder Souza got on the bus
and we went to Reconquista together, and you know what??? the Bus played Star
Wars Episode 7... the first time i have ever seen star wars in my life. It was
actually pretty sad because Han Solo died and I thought he was suppose to be
like a really important actor in the star wars movies.... but I didnt
understand all of the stuff because I have seen the first 6 movies. But still
super awesome!
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In
the bus alone |
Elder Souza is from sao paulo, Brasil. He has
been in this area for 2 transfers and has been i nthe mission for 18 months. He
leaves in January. He is super cool and I look forward to being with him. The
apartment here in Ronconquista is one of the only apartments in the mission
that has a MICROWAVE. Oh Yeah! So I will be able to use that! The apartment is
a lot nicer that ibarretas. I am super excited to work and get to know the
area. We already had lunch with one of the families here and they seem super
cool and nice.
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Elder
Souza and I |
But yeah that is basically all the details I
got. I will be sending pictures next week of the area so you can see what it
looks like. I hope y´all have a great week.
Work hard, play hard, worship hard.
Love you.
Sincerely,
Corbin Keicher
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| Goat |
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| Another goat |
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| Cat Selfie |
