Baptisms

Baptism

Elise

Moise was baptized (oh, I don't know if i wrote or not, moise is the french form of Moses) on Saturday. Out of all of the people that I have taught, he is probably the one that was most ''ready'' for the gospel, that we didn't do hardly anything. Very easy to teach, very smart. I ended up baptizing him, as well as another person the missionaries in Menontin taught. I think her name was Elise. So, yeah, that was a cool experience.

Baptism

Baptisms

Elder Aka, Melanie, Crepin, Gracia and Michael

We had three people who were baptized, which was awesome. They are all really good people. One young girl, Gracia, which is good for the branch here. There are I think 5 young women, and 0 young men. And maybe 6 or so in the primary. A young man, Crepin, I think he is around 19 or 20. He could prepare and go on a mission if all goes well. And Melanie, who is probably 50 or so. She is awesome. She has had a hard life, she had to flee Congo to come to Benin in secret because her husband wanted to kill her as a sacrfice or something. I might have written that before. She tried to get a divorce, but wasn't able to, her husband has a lot of power. Anyways, I might have written that before, just know that her situation is complicated. So, she had an interview with President Ayekoue, and will be an awesome member. I think we will eventually baptize several of her kids, and her friend Martine, another investigator, who was the reason we started teaching Melanie in the first place. Referrals are great. So, the missionaries taught her for quite a while before she got a testimony, but it is good now.

Baptism pictures

Baptism

There were 5 people getting baptized, so that was cool. Me and my companion, didn't have anyone we were teaching getting baptized. But, three people that I was teaching before I changed areas got baptized. Marium and Mireille, who both have family members who are members of the Church. And Lazario, and I guess his brother is a member of the Church as well. The first two are fairly young, around 16 or 17 years old, and Lazario is around 25 or so I think. So, that was cool. Those are the first people to get baptized that I have taught very much.

Baptism

Soon after I got to Benin, Ernest was baptized. I didn't really teach him, but it was cool. He was baptized by another branch member.