A Perfect Baptism

Hey everyone! We had the baptism yesterday instead of Saturday and it was perfect. We held it on Sunday so the members didn´t have to adjust their schedules to attend. It really was amazing though. I have never been so stressed in my life! I wanted everything to go perfect for her. The only thing that could have been better was the temperature of the water. I filled up the font a little bit too early and by the time the baptism rolled around the water was a little nippy. Not too bad though. I´m just glad she didn´t gasp or anything like that haha. (I´ve seen girls pretty much scream). Overall it went extremely well. I will send my mom a picture of it for you all to see. She was so excited but so nervous haha! I was sitting next to her during the service and she kept sighing out loud so I could tell she was nervous. The best part was after her baptism when she bore her testimony. She bore a simple testimony of how she knows this church to be the church of God and the Book of Mormon to be true. It made me so happy. She is excited to share the gospel as well! Her boyfriend was there and he loved it to. I want to push them to get married in the temple in April of 2011 so I can be there haha. That would be amazing. Yesterday something else really good happened too. We went over to the second counselors house and talked about his mom. He had just gotten back from her house and she said she wants to be baptized in December before I leave the area! We don´t have a fixed date but I hope it really happens. I put a scripture on Vanessa´s baptismal program just for Silvia (second counselors mom) and I think it worked. Mosiah 18:10. We still have some work to do with her though. Earlier this week we had our conference with Elder Kopischke and it was great. When we asked questions, he went into some serious depth! It was amazing. Elder Awerkamp actually came and stayed with me in my apartment the night before the conference! He is serving a couple of hours away from Barcelona so he came in the night before for the conference. I hadn´t seen him for 6 months. It was good to see an old friend again. I hope Thanksgiving was really good for all of you! I got a package from my mom the day of thanksgiving and I laughed my head off. Turkey jerky, dried cranberries, potato pearls, and gravy mix with stuffing. That was pretty creative mom. Anyway I love you all and I´m so thankful for this opportunity I have been given to serve a mission for the Lord. It has blessed my life so much. I love you all and I hope you have a wonderful week! Love, Elder Langston