Let´s just say that was a week to put in the books! Ups and downs, upsets, and super awesome experiences. So let´s get started shall we.
Well first off Happy B-Day Michael. You´re starting to get old. Halfway to 50.
So this week started off good. We were having lessons, Roger was progressing super well and everything was going super well. Our District Leader from Villalba came up and gave him the interview for his baptism and he passed with flying colors. Roger was super excited to get batpized and his little boy Roger was too.
With exchanges we go to Villalba for two mornings. One to start the switch and the other to end the switch. So we were on our way back to Segovia on Thursday morning with the Hermanas who had just had exchanges too, when I got a call from "Roger." It ended up being his wife telling us to come over to their house as soon as we possiblly could. Then she hung up..... Then after that we got a call from a member who said that he was at the Police Station and that we needed to go to Roger´s house as soon as possible. At this point Elder Brewer and I were a little freaked out. So we went to their house and Marta was there alone with the kids just crying and telling us that the Police came and took Roger away. So we said a prayer with her and we had to leave because we can´t be alone with women so we left and came back with some members and the Hermanas.
We didn´t find out what happened that night but on Friday we went to the President of the Branch´s house and he told us we had a big problem with Roger. That he had been involved in something back in Villalba and that he was going to be jail for a while. While we were talking about this we get a call from some members who said that Roger had been let out and that there were no problems. We were soooooo confused. He had the date to get baptized on Saturday but he was in jail on Friday. So we made calls and our leaders said that if he got released from jail and had no debts or anything he could still be baptized on Saturday. It was sad because on Wednesday night he was sooo excited to be baptized and just about life in general. Then on Thursday he was taken away, Friday they let him out and by some miracle everything worked out and he was able to get baptized on Saturday with his son. President Jackson came with his wife and they were super awesome to Roger and his family. President was really excited to see a whole family getting ready to be baptized and progress in the church. Marta has a date for the 2nd of August to be baptized and we want to prepare Roger to do it. Then in a year from then, the temple. I´ll still be here and hopefully, close to Madrid and I can go with them to their sealing. Oh man that would be awesome.
What was also really cool was that on Friday night when Roger was let out we went over to see how they were and teach them about the baptism and Roger was on the phone with his mom. He had told her about everything that had happened and she was really worried about him. (Figures he´s the baby just like your´s truely) So he passed to phone to us telling us that she wanted to talk to us. I answered and she told me thank you more times than I could count and told us that all of the Mormons she knows are super nice people and she really respects that.
That moment was one of the most eye opening moments of my life. This work we do really does have an eternal perspective. That we aren´t only helping one person at a time. We´re helping families for eternities. So cool. This week has been full of a little bit of everything for us.
Thanks for all of the support and don´t worry mom I´m being obedient. I called Elder Dunn because I had a question about missionary couples that he answered for me... :)
Love,
Elder Hawks
D&C 130:20-21 :)
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