So yeah, we had a baptism this past Saturday. Kirata, a 26 year old lady, and Maungatabu, a 10 year old boy, got baptized. It was a little stressful, but everything turned out alright. Basically, it started off with everyone being rather late, which is actually pretty usual for Kiribati so it wasn't something to stress about. But then it turned out that Kirata's baptismal suit was too small. We had to call Zone Leaders and bubuti them (ask in a pleading way) to grab a baptismal suit from the office for her. It was then I realized I forgot to fill up the baptismal font, so I quickly rushed and got that started. Shortly after the Zone Leaders came with the suit. We thanked them and then started the baptismal service.
When it came time for them to get baptized, the water wasn't high enough. We decided to check the tide to see if they could get baptized in the ocean, but the tide was way low. We ended up having to wait a little longer for the font to fill up just enough so they could get baptized.
Looking back, I could see the hand of the Lord helping so everything would work out. He didn't necessarily fix the problem up front, but he put in just enough influence so that it was still a spiritual experience for them. Hopefully nothing like this happens again!
Other than that crazy experience, a few of us got to meet with the US Ambassador for Kiribati (and several other pacific islands). Rather boring actually. Nothing really notable to mention from that. She almost pronounced Kiribati right, so I guess that's a plus.
Thank you everyone for all your love and support! I tatangiringkami!
Elder Schoeny
Pictures
Our baptism last saturday. Sorry I was bad about taking pictures this week
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