Elder Dixon's Mission : First Baptism!! :)

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Well first off i am sorry i made a recording with my voice to send to you guys about this week but it is just a little too big!! dang haha well i will make a shorter version and send it next week! but i know how the recorder works now so hopefully i can send some stuff!

So to first answer your questions.. yes a little speaker would be awesome! also an ipod that doesnt have wifi capabilities would be perfect! and i would love that. it would be really nice to have and listen too!!

Also i will definitely give kids candy for Halloween. we are gonna carve pumpkins with rostas!

And i am getting enough to eat so no worries! I made homeade meatballs and they were amazing we ate a whole bag of meat balls! Also i made Oreo cookies and they were amazing!!

Okay so there is so much i have to tell you guys. so i will tell you all that first and then sorry if i dont have time to email each of you individually! but just know that i love you all.

Beautiful Yuandia, Jania and Jake..

My first baptism was this last Saturday! I baptized Yuandia. She is in her 20s and has a little girl named Jania. she is so cool and has such a strong testimony. Yuandia loves to find answers for herself. So all we have to do is tell her where to look and lessons are so fun and easy. she truly is converted because she dumped her boy friend that she has had for a few years because he did not support her on her decision to be baptized. Well saturday was awesome. We baptized her in the morning and not a lot of people were there because a lot of her friends and family were working. So it was just the branch pres. and all the elders. But it was an awesome experience! The water was so warm in the ocean and the spirit was so strong. I cant wait to send you pictures. Another funny thing with the baptism some people on horses kept running up and down the beach so they got in some of the pictures haha. But to say the least the baptism was awesome and I cant wait for my next one!!

Okay next matter of business that was crazy!! so transfers were last week. and they were very awesome. so the President called me and told me that I am going to train a new elder... this is crazy because he told me that this very very rare. Because a typical missionary gets trained for 12 weeks and then typically does not train tell the end of the mission. but he said he feels i am ready for it so I will train. I have only been trained for 6 weeks now so it cuts my training in half.. crazy i know. Anyways so all I know about my new comp is that his name is Elder Taylor and he is from Arkansas and he is an electoral engineer. Also he has been in the elders quorum presidency!! He sounds smart haha. Anyways we will pick them up on Wednesday.

The boys on the Island

Also another crazy thing to go a long with this is that there opening up a new area in St. Lucia. it is about 30 minutes south of where i am at now. and it is right in the main town of Castries. This new area will be a walking area. And there is only one member in my area - so It is a blank area. It hasn't had a baptism there in a year and a half. But I am excited about this opportunity that i have. I am DETERMINED i will turn this area around and make it the best area in the Caribbean. I am excited to train as well and I hope i can train elder Taylor well. This assignment makes me think of my patriarchal blessing. and how it says Assignments will be made so i can find this family i was for ordained to find. I know that by the help of the spirit and the lord that he will lead me to this family. and it might be in this new area!

Also the work is still going well here. I should have a few more baptisms for the area I am in, now in the month of October. So I am excited for that. Also Alfred one of our investigator goes into surgery today for a hernia he has. it is the size of a football! he is 64 and is very close to god. It is always so spiritual when we go over there. I pray that surgery goes well so we can baptize him before he passes away.

All the missionaries on this island will be training. So we are a young island ready to boost the work forward. Pray that we will be able to do well in this new area!!

Well I love you all!

Elder Dixon