Unusual Day

We had a rather busy day, which actually started yesterday evening.  I received a call from Elder Casperson, a district leader in the Sarasota Zone.  He called to ask if I could conduct a special considerations baptismal interview.  I told him that I could do it, but he needed to contact Pres. Cusick first.  The challenge is that the investigator was scheduled for baptism this evening.

So all of the arrangements were made, and we drove to Bradenton this morning to conduct the interview.  Since the interview needed to be done in Spanish, Elder Casperson met me there to do the translation.  I then contacted Pres. Cusick, and he gave his permission to proceed with the baptism this evening.  We then drove to the mission office to return the van that we used for the temple trip.  While there, we discussed the tropical storm that is approaching Florida and the potential impact on the missionaries.  At this time, it is still classified as a tropical storm and not hurricane.

We drove back to our apartment.  Renee then spent over an hour on the phone with the Church missionary medical department learning about the medical records system for the missionaries.  Since our mission nurse has completed his calling, Renee will be helping with the medical needs until a new nurse is called.

Following that long training, we drove back to Bradenton for the baptism.  The baptismal services were in Spanish.  We couldn't understand anything, but they seemed nice.  They asked the brother to share his testimony.  During that, he became emotional.  Afterwards, I asked the missionaries what had caused that.  They said he was talking about his deceased mother, who was a member, and how she was looking down at him and was happy.