Week 18 (Sept. 12, 2016)

Sorry for the delay in posting by a week, I was out of town on business and it took a bit to catch up (Gary)

So we got a call on Sunday instead of on Monday this week. Changes happened today instead of on Wednesday. My comp is currently in Tocumen, a different zone that had major problems with obedience and 5 elders got sent home. Crazy.... My new companion is Elder P. He is from the island of Tonga! He speaks English, Spanish, and Tongan. He is super cool! I've been told that he works super hard which is exactly what I want for a companion. Also they closed down an area next to ours so we might go live in their house from now on. It is a little bit better than our little dump of a house! 

More exciting news! We had 3 baptisms in our last week of the change. Pictures attached. It was a great baptismal service. I had the opportunity to conduct the meeting. The girl is 10 and was baptized by her mom´s boyfriend. The taller boy is the mom´s brother, he is 14 and the other boy is 12.  Both the boys were baptized by my companion, then I had the opportunity to confirm one of them. It was super hard to do in Spanish because it is a lot of words to say as well as giving a blessing in Spanish is much different than just simply talking. It was a good experience though. 

The coming weeks should be fun. We have a few progressing investigators that should be baptized here in a couple weeks. As well as lots of recent converts to teach. Should be a great 6 weeks. I am excited to see what we have in store! I look forward to working hard and being able to talk in English a little to better my Spanish!! Love you all!! 

Elder Hamblin!!