Rex and Stanford were baptized this Sunday!! It was really great to see them be able to do it. We were a little worried about Rex because the night before he said that he was worried about it. But he went through with it. He will be confirmed on Sunday in sacrament. He said that he felt like he was flying when he was done. It was great. Stanford is a cool little kid. He was so happy to be baptized and confirmed. His dad was really funny because he really didn't know what he was doing when it came to the blessing part of the baptism. We were entertained by it.
Another guy that we are teaching, Siyuan, said that he would be baptized this month. We are a little worried about it because he is Chinese and his English is not that great and we don't want to go too fast with him. So far his wife hasn't joined us for any of the lessons but they both came to Sacrament meeting this last week but they didn't stay. Hopefully this will all work out.
The weather is a not too hot but its waaaaay humid. If it weren't for that I would be fine. And no one has AC's or even coolers in their house. Just open the windows. It really doesn't cool them off that much. Our flat gets really stuffy because we don't really have a window that we can leave open while we are out. It’s only rained once or twice while we have been out. It looks like it may rain today though. Our district leader, Elder Sinclair laughs at the rain coat that I have. Apparently they really don't wear those here. He is from Chester in England.
The roads here are really small. It will be amazing if I don't get run over on the cycle. It’s crazy how close people get to us but they are better drivers around here then back home.
Our area is VERY Muslim and we can’t really talk to them so it’s hard to go out walking and trying to talk to people. We can talk to them but we aren't allowed to baptize them because of the danger that it puts them in, in their culture. Then there are a lot of India Indians, not "red Indians" as ours are called, they are hard to talk to because they are either Muslim or Hindu so they don't want to hear it.
We did meet a Muslim lady on the street who did not look Muslim at all. We have been to her house twice and she has fed us twice. We weren't planning on it either time. She said that her husband is Christian and that is why we went by but he was not interested at all. At least we got some good Turkish food from her (she is from Turkey). Her mom is also visiting from Turkey and kept saying that she loved us and that we were sent from Allah (God).
Not sure what else to write. Love you guys!
Elder Wright
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