The Hour of your Mission has Come

Last weekend, we had a beautiful, magical baptism at the beach. The Burgos family, who are stalwarts in the Humacao Ward supported Kaisy Castro in her baptism at our private beach here in Naguabo on March 7th, 2020  Saturday. We were blessed to be asked to be involved in this very special evening. It had been cold and even a little rainy earlier in the day, but come evening, we had been praying that the waves would calm. They did and we were blessed with a perfect environment for this baptism. Everyone who came was touched. I was asked to bake my special brownies and afterward we gathered at the pool gazebo for "refrescos". It was especially wonderful to be able to have Ashley, Clayton, and Lucy with us. We put together a quintet with the sister missionaries and they sang, "Brightly Beams Our Fathers Mercy" and it was perfect. I accompanied them on the uke. It was also fitting lyrics for the beach baptism...  Brightly beams our Father’s Mercy Bright...

Our ward theme for February was "Amad a Otros" (Love One Another) and we were able to plan a Valentines Dance for the ward. My goal (I am ward activity leader) was to involve investigators or new members. Christie Ortiz, the newest member, was the perfect person to help me. She is organized, creative, detail oriented, and on top of all of that her energy exceeds that of the Energizer Bunny. She was so excited to jump in and help me with the decorations and the "vision" I had for this dance.  Marshmallow Table decorations made by Christie Christie and her friend, Richard We asked Tony, an artist and also a brand new member, to draw and make a tree trunk for our "tree of hearts". We had the primary help make hearts for the tree so that they would be involved too.  Kyle and I have been involved in a weekly dance group with Gely, an investigator, who is dating a member. We asked her to put a group together for a demonstration and te...