Coconut Rings // Apr. 9, 2018

Good morning family and friends. 

I hope everyone is up and excited to take on the day! I will tell you all how my week was! It was super fun! First off, i met the richest person I´ve met in my mission on exchanges in Bella Vista. I went with Elder Fernandez, who goes home in 2 weeks, and we visited an investigator named Jessica! Jessica is 40ish years old and has known the missionaries for 20 years. She is your classic ¨enternagator¨ or an eternal investigator. But has a beautiful home with a beautiful BMW. It felt weird not teaching on a 5 gallon plastic bucket... Instead we were seated comfortably on couches with air conditioning. Normally, it can be hard to have spiritual lessons with people when you teach them in the street because there are always trucks and motorcycles passing by with the constant hum of  the neighbor´s dogs barking. But no, the only disturbance we encountered in this lesson was the pool maintenance guys working on cleaning the water filters in Jessica´s jacuzzi in her backyard. But rest assured, because we were able maintain focus in the lesson as we taught. after the lesson I took a picture with her old ford classic that her husband is restoring. 

Saturday we had 4 baptisms in the zone... all coming from the elders in Esquina. They came up to Goya and we had the baptism here. It was great... but a little stressful because the baptism was kinda last minute. And we didnt have a key to the baptismal font. The stubborn branch president took the keys from us and gave them to the branch mission leader, which is fine because according to the manual, the branch mission leader should be the one who prepares the church for the baptisms. But these four girls that got baptized, got approval from their mom Friday night. So Saturday morning, we spent the whole day looking for the mission leader, but couldnt be found. Plus, he doesnt have a phone, so there was no way we could contact him. So we went to the church at 2pm and jumped into the font from the viewing room and started filling the font.... but we had no way of opening the doors from the bathroom. The baptism was supposed to start at 4... but ending up starting at 4: 45 because finally the branch president found the mission leader. I had the privilege the interview two of these 4 four girls and it was awesome to see the testimonies they had. They had been waiting for their moms approval for 6 months the get baptized, and I could feel the excitement they had to get baptized into the church. 

Last night, Elder Rubisch taught me how to make rings made out of coconut... So I attached a photo of that. Pretty neat! I hope you are all doing well and have a great week! 

Elder Keicher 

[me ¨mostrándote mi luz¨] 

[A birthday cake for a member in the other branch]