Week 101--Couva, Trinidad

Week 5--Elder Raymond

Hello family,

 We are doing great in Couva. We were able to have the baptism for Antonio this week. It went really well. There was a really great baptismal service, and his aunt, who is from another faith, even came to support him. It's amazing what can happen when someone who was taught everything decides to be baptized. Antonio was one of those miracles, and it's amazing to see how much he's changed even in the last few weeks.

  Elder Raymond is a great companion, and I am really enjoying it. Luckily, he has been able to feel so much better this week. We've been able to have a great week this week, and we are looking forward to continuing to fill our pipeline up this coming week. We have a lot of potential baptism dates, so we are really excited for that.

  I have a testimony of contacting with the Book of Mormon. On my exchange with Elder Morgan in Couva this week, we met a young man, and we felt very prompted to not only give him a Book of Mormon but teach him about the Restoration on the spot. He seemed a little bit interested, but we weren't able to get a return appointment. we did get his number, though, and he got ours. Fast forward to Saturday evening, and he calls us and asks us what time church is. He came to church the next day. Later that day, which was yesterday, we went to see him, and we were able to go into more depth with the Restoration. First off, he loved church. Second off, as we shared the Restoration and invited him to be baptized, he said yes! During his prayer at the end, he prayed that the Lord would help him to be baptized and to become a full member of this church. Wow! That was a really cool experience, and it just testified to me of the importance of contacting with the Book of Mormon.

  A spiritual experience I had this week was actually at Antonio's baptism. He had asked me to baptize him, and I was pretty nervous about it. But during the baptism service right before the ordinance, I just received a very peaceful and warm feeling from the Holy Ghost, and I knew it would be fine. When the ordinance was performed, it went great! We just had to do it once. That made me really happy. Afterwards, when we had changed back, Antonio shook my hand and said, "We nailed it." That was a really cool experience, and I am so grateful that everything was able to work out.

 I love you all so much! I hope you have a wonderful week. Thank you for all of your prayers and your support.

 Love,

Elder Hanni

Antonio's Baptism