March 8, 2011

But this week we have been teaching like crazy. We taught 29 lessons this week, and we pretty much went on splits everynight of this week. We also had a baptism this week. But anyways the baptism this week was a miracle. So Elder Kay had been teaching this guy named Cletus, who is from Benin, West Africa. So when I came to this area here in Centerville, Cletus had a baptismal date for March 5th. But Cletus is also undocumented so it is really hard for him to find a job. But the crazy thing is he has an MBA but he really can't do anything with it becuase he is undocumented. So one of his friends that he knew from school said that there was a work oppourtunity down in Texas at like a rodeo where he would drive a golf cart and shuttle people around. So he decided since he wasn't doing anything here he would just go down there and have to push the baptism 3 weeks because that was how long he was going to be in Texas. So he was down in Texas and suddenly at like 1 am on Saturday he texted us and told us that he wanted to be baptized on Sunday. We were really surprised and we were like, OK. So we got him interviewed on Sunday and he was baptized that night. So that night his friend, Simplice (who is also from West Africa) was asked to say a couple of words at the baptism, and he was saying that Cletus called him at like 12 that night and was like, Simplice, I can't sleep. and then Simplice was like, then why are you calilng me, im sleeping! and Cletus then told him about how he knew that church was true and that he needed to be baptized immediately. So Simplice told him to let us know and to come back and get baptized. And the crazy thing is that Simplice isn't a member of the church but he would be if it wasn't for his wife. But anyways, Cletus then said that he had a dream that night that he shouldn't put God before Money. So he interpreted it as that he needed to go back to Utah and to get Baptized and that was exactly what he did. So that was the miracle of the week.