Shopping and Baptizing

Renee went shopping with the sisters again today.  They don't have good alternatives for clothing in their area, so President Cusick gave them permission to travel here.  We have a lot of shopping alternatives for them.  Renee accompanied them because they are out of their area and also to advance some funds for them.

Following the shopping, we drove to Lakeland for the baptism of Bro. Jimenez,  the brother I had interviewed on Thursday evening.  Although the meeting was in Spanish, there was a nice spirit there.  He seemed very excited to be baptized.  He emigrated from Cuba 15 years ago.

The exciting part of the evening was driving to the chapel in Lakeland, about 1 1/4 hours drive.  As we approached Lakeland, the heavens opened, and we experienced another torrential deluge.  We were on a toll road, and some cars pulled over to the shoulder because it was raining so hard it was hard to see.  I just drove slowly.  Once we left the toll road, the road quality dropped significantly.  We had to cope with major puddles in the road.  As we drove through them, there were waves of water coming over the car.  The largest one was just before arriving at the church building.  I wasn't sure that our car was going to make it through the "lake."  But fortunately we did.

Bro. Jimenez, Sis. Takaki (Brazil), and Sis. Torres