Hey Everyone,
So this week has been pretty good. Nothing too out of the ordinary because I stayed in the same area with the same companion, but that was expected.
This week was the baptism of Alexis and Ramone - two more cousins of Marin - the awesome American member. He just hands us baptisms like it's nothing, and he helps them all progress and stay strong too - so he is just awesome! Alexis is 17 and a rapper. He actually writes some pretty cool stuff! Right now he is currently writing a rap about the church and his baptism and it's gonna be sweet cuz he is getting a DJ and all the hook-ups to make it awesome! We are going to record it on a CD and then give it to President Antivillo so he can put it on at a zone conference sometime ha ha! Last zone conference was some recent convert singing with his guitar - but Alexis is gonna totally put him to shame :) Alexis also has a little brother named Ramone. He is my favorite kid ever! He is 14 and tries to be just like his brother, but it is funny because his voice is still high and he's tiny, not to mention his cheeks are so big that everyone calls him chipmunk for his nickname (all Dominican's have nicknames). Anyways, their baptism story was pretty exciting and it goes a little something like this: Their baptismal date was set for the 15th of May around a month ago and everything had been looking super good. These kids were ready. We had planned that Marin would baptize Ramone and that Elder Campbell would baptize Alexis and it would all go over well. We were waiting to meet up with them at the video game center in between our houses, but after about 30 minutes of waiting they still weren't there. President Antivillo then called us and asked if it was all right if he showed up to the baptism and we were already starting to panic because they weren't there. But, of course we had to say yes, so that added a whole load to the pressure. We finally hitched a ride to their home on the back of a motorcycle to see what was going on . . . and there they were just sitting there eating rice and beans and saying, "What? We can't get baptized on an empty stomach - don't be crazy!" We took away their food and made them go get ready, but we were already running pretty late, so we found some old junker of a truck and asked the guy who owned it to take us over to the chapel in the neighboring town for a few hundred pesos. So, we all hopped in and this guy drove like a loco to get us there on time, and we were only late by 2 minutes! After all that, President Antivillo ending up not coming :) But, the baptism went really well and was awesome. Now they are baptized and confirmed members of the church and staying strong!
Yesterday was the "day of elections" and it seems to me that the people here look for any excuse possible to drink - including voting day . . . weird right? Well, it turns out that it is not a good day at all to get drunk on, because when a drunk man's politician loses, he gets really angry and there are riots, fights, shootings, and the whole shebang! Every member the whole day was telling us to go hide in our house all day - so with all of that advice, we decided to get to the fort before dark - but ya, it was a pretty exciting day! They even cancelled church in our stake until the area authorities came and fixed things, so we had sacrament meeting and that's all. I was a little upset with that. Elections should not change the ways of the Lord, but whatever, at least we had the sacrament I guess.
So today was the day when the whole mission gets together to play sports, which was great fun! Afterwards we went to the mall and I got Taco Bell again :))) soooooo good (it is nice being a little near the big city). But, I still don't understand why they put french fries in the combo meals here . . . but al in all, this is gonna be a good transfer, and we definitely got started on the right foot I think!
Mom, could you send me various cookie recipes please? I have rekindled my desired to bake! If you could get me Jenn's chocolate chip, our snickerdoodle and an oatmeal raisin recipe - that would be amazing. Have a good week!
Love, Elder McBride
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