Week 29 - Boulogne

This week has gone by super fast. We did divisions twice this week, and I went with the Zone Leaders on Thursday to their area, and then the District Leader on Friday to his area. On Saturday, we had the baptism of a 13-year-old kid named Lautaro. Now the story behind Lautaro is that we were searching for a reference that the Elders from another area had given us. That was like three weeks ago. We went looking for this reference, and the address was a block from the chapel and we were looking for the house, but could never find it. So we go asking all the neighbors in the area if they know the person we were looking for, and everyone says no. Eventually we get to Lautaro's house and talk with his mom Julia. She says she doesnt know who the dude is, but we get to talking and she's mildly interested, so we give her a copy of the Book of Mormon, set up a date to return, and I don't think too much of it. We pass by a couple of days later, and Julia is there with her son Lautaro. We go in focusing on Julia, but it turns out she just likes to talk, and thinks its a novelty that we are Americans. Nevertheless, we extend her a baptismal invitation and she shoots us down in 0.2 seconds. Well, I'm about ready to wrap up the lesson and leave, when Lautaro says in a soft voice, "Can I  get baptized?" We end up going by their house almost everyday for the next 3 weeks, up until his baptism. He got baptized on the 19th, which was his 13th birthday. We have been taking him to his neighbors and friends, and 2 of his neighbors are now getting baptized in two weeks. He lives 2 blocks from the chapel, and we had passed his house 1000s of times and never had talked with him. The Lord provides ways for His children to recieve the gospel (some random guy giving a fake address to other missionaries), we just have to receptive enough to listen.

Tomorrow we have transfers, it's looking like we are going to get two more Elders in this ward, which would mean I stay here, despite already being here for 6 months... I would be sad to leave for sure but 6 months is a long time! I'd probably get a new companion and Elder Haycock would probably get a new companion, and the 4 of us would live in the same house for now.

Elder Christensen

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