First, our investigator, O, even though he won't be getting baptized this week, has changed. You can see it in his eyes, you can hear it in the way he talks, especially to his family, and he behaves as if he cared about them. Which is a huge miracle. Everything stems from what happened on Wednesday... We celebrated O's 18th birthday (but first birthday party) at the chapel on Wednesday. However, he didn't arrive on time, so we went to his house to find him, and it is a miracle that we arrived when we did. O and his younger brother had gotten to yelling at each other, and then, out of nowhere, the two dogs, a boxer and a great dane got in a fight. The great dane chomped down on the face of the boxer, and--luckily-- only got skin, and bit right through. They were having a tug of war, with his face... Everybody was trying to pry the dogs apart, when after about a minute of watching the awful scene, it finally let go.
O has problems with handling stress. When he gets stressed, it turns into anger. And that was a very stressful moment for him. He went into a fit, I wouldn't call it a fit of rage, but it was an uncontrollable fit of anger, sadness, disgust, and pain. It was so overwhelming, mentally, that for a few minutes he didn't even resemble a human. However, we were able to help him get some breath, and then he spent the next 20 minutes huffing and puffing, growling out, ''I control myself. I control myself.'' and the intermittent ''wow, it is hard to control my anger''
Later, we went to the party, had a great time, helped him relax a bit, get to know the YSA, and he even said a prayer at the end. Afterwards, we had a great lesson about Alma 7:11-13, and Ether 12:27.
Since that day, he has changed. He has become a man that can control himself.
Then, I received news that E, an investigator of mine in Algeciras got baptized! Even though I wasn't there to see it, it made me so happy to hear about it, and to have been a part of the work of Salvation. Next step, TEMPLE!
Then, well, there really isn't all that much. I just got so overwhelmed and so happy about E's baptism, that this whole week transformed into an awesome week, even though we had some pretty difficult days.
That is alright. Anyways, as usual, with lots of pictures, comes fewer words. I have to go, but I hope you enjoy a few of the pictures that I have included and sent to dropbox.
Os quiero muchísimo!
Elder Oliver
He didn't tell me anything about any of the pictures, so use your imagination. Hopefully he'll fill us in next week. Maybe when he gets back from his mission we can teach him how to smile for the camera???
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