March 30, 2015

Ok, coolest experience! So last week I wrote about a guy named Balvino who was going to get baptized. Well Tuesday, we met up with him and he told us he couldn't get baptized anymore because he was moving. While he was here in Quillabamba he hadn't taken very good care of his farm which is like 6 hours away and without that he wouldn't be able to live, so he was going to move to some little pueblo that was closer. Unfortunately, the church doesn't exist in said pueblo so it was going to be impossible for him to get baptized or go to church there. So basically he just told us he was leaving, thanked us for coming to visit him and said goodbye. I was devastated. That night when we got home I still couldn't believe it and after planning I just said a prayer and asked Heavenly Father to help us so that everything would end up working out. Friday we ran into Balvino again in a little park by our house. We came up to him and just asked "Hey Balvino, how are you, I thought you were leaving." He responded that he was going to leave but it just didn't feel right. We talked for a while and he asked us if he could still be baptized since he didn't actually leave. How were we going to say no to that? So we had a baptism fall, then come back, within a couple of days. I'm not sure what exactly prompted Balvino to stay here, but I'm certain the Spirit was part of it. The Lord heard and answered our prayers, and because of that we were able to watch Balvino enter into the waters of baptism. The church is true!

Jeremy