A Very Bucket Baptism

Hi everyone!!!

As you all have so kindly remembered, this last Tuesday we had the baptism of Sergio!!! It was funny.... because it turned out to be way harder than it needed to be. We cleaned the font and we tried to get the water to fill the font... but the little knobbies to turn on the water wouldnt turn!! So we called the elders and they came eventually, and started the water... and then we ran out of water in the church! Like this kind of stuff only happens in Paraguay! So we ended up filling buckets of water outside on the lawn and then bringing them into the church to dump them.... it took awhile. hahahah but all said and done Sergio is baptized and was confirmed on Sunday. :) So glad to have been a part of this great work! And it's cool to think that his story is now part of my story and vice versa, make sense?

Also a funny story: We decided to go on a forest adventure and find a shortcut between two of our citas, and we went on this road, and then we ended up locked behind a barbed wire fence on all sides. Don't ask how that happened! hahah Hna Noorda jumped the fence and ripped her skirt, and being significantly less athletic than her I consigned myself to starvation and eventually death behind the fence. Conveniently a neighbor showed me a hole in the fence which I climbed through no problem. I felt like I was living in the movie Jurassic Park. So imagine that. XD Ahh my life. 

As far as Sebastian goes, we haven't heard from him ALL WEEK. He asked to be baptized and we can't get ahold of him-- It's AGONY. His sister said his phone doesn't work, and on top of that he is a joven with a job, and estudios, and a girlfriend. Therefore he is never home. Agh! Fasting that we can get in contact with him.

To read this week: Moroni's epistle to Pahoran. Alma 59?? Moroni makes me laugh. There's a whole chapter talking about how he's a man of God and so righteous and literally his go-to for solving problems is killing people. Oh, the lamanites are coming? Let's kill them. Oh, the king men are acting up? Let's kill them. Oh, we're not receiving provisions? Let's kill the government! HA! Oh man it's been funny. But honestly. In between the burns and ripping into Pahoran, there's a great message about DOING something to receive blessings. ASK and ye shall receive. KNOCK and it shall be opened. Like. JUST DO SOMETHING. ANYTHING. God blesses when we show our sacrifice, whether it be time, talent, or will.

Love all of you!!! Besos [kisses] from Paraguay. Hna Scott

Bonus Material from her Mom email:

"For computers we go to this little business that has like ten computers all in a row and we pay them money for our time online. So all the computers are set up, you just go to the site you want and then pay when you're finished. It's called a cyber but I didn't know that it was spelled cyber because everyone says see-burr."

Regarding halloween: "Me and Hna Noorda keep joking about buying a watermelon and carving it. We had like a day dream session of autumn and crunchy leaves and frost. In Paraguay they celebrated the futbol game of Olimpia and Zero-- aka the whole world was drunk and they blasted music on the streets until four am. The difference entre paises. :) Enjoy here while youre here, because theres no here there. :)"

 "Also!!! Hna Noorda celebrated her birthday this week and so I caved and bought a birthday glass*! It just didn't feel right without it." *At our house we have a special birthday glass that only comes out on someone's birthday.