Happy Groundhog Day!

Wow, I completely forgot about that. We don't have winter here. It's a beautiful day.

Jesus didn't get baptized!

On Tuesday he decided that he was getting baptized for sure. He really wanted to get the gift of the Holy Ghost as soon as possible.

On Wednesday we went to the temple to walk around and he still seemed super solid. He said it still hadn't hit him that he was really getting baptized.

Thursday and Friday the same. He seemed completely calm and fine.

On Saturday he had his interview and he did really well! Dehlin said he is definitely ready to be baptized. Then he texted us after that and started freaking out! Apparently it "hit" him that he was getting baptized during the interview. He was hanging out with a friend who was trying to convince him not to get baptized. So then he spent that whole night researching the church. He got into a lot of anti Mormon stuff. He didn't go to sleep until six because he was so worried about it. Then he woke up at six thirty because he was still worried about it.

Which takes us to Sunday morning when he texted us that he can't get baptized because he didn't believe that Joseph Smith is a prophet. We were like can we come over and talk to you????

But then! And this is where it gets confusing so hold on. He texted back and said yeah I'll just come early to church so we can talk.  Bingham and I looked at each other so confused. He's coming to church???? So he came to church and told us all his doubts. He stayed all three hours stumbling around from lack of sleep. He really liked testimony meeting. He was fasting, too! The elders got super concerned and sat him down to have a talk but he couldn't process anything because he was so out of it. We told him go home and take a nap! And then when you wake up break your fast. And then as a side note we added, do you want to come to someone else' baptism with us tonight? He said yes but we were sure he wouldn't make it because once you take a nap after not sleeping you don't get back up right? Am I right??!! But then he did come and it was all the way in Cypress which is suuupperrr west. He got to meet president Taggart. I asked him if he ate and he HADN'T. So miracle of miracles I find him a delicious spearmint dark chocolate chip cookie and forced him to break his fast. "But I need help!" He said. "You need food" I replied. So he said the prayer to end his fast right then and there in the middle of a crowd of members from Buena Park with all their crazy niños running everywhere. Then we watched the baptism. It was really nice. He said that it gave him a spiritual energy boost and that it made him really happy.

So where are we at now?? I have no idea. I'm so confused by him. He's coming tonight to the Noche de hogar. It's his first time because his crazy calculus class finally ended!

Sorry I told that story so crazy. I don't have a lot of time today and that's how I would tell it to you if I was in person anyway so I guess we're going for the realistic style this week.

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