We had stake correlation and because the zone leaders decided that they should go out to eat before it, they were 20 mins late to the meeting. I didn't get to exchange with someone so I attended stake correlation even though I'm not a zone leader.
The next day we had a lesson with Maddy who was getting baptized this Saturday and so we planned all that. We decided it would be a great idea if we sang again for the baptism... Elder Beardall had to give a talk at the baptism, in church, sing for the baptism, do a musical number for MLC, and baptize Maddy. It was a super stressful weekend for him. After our lesson i had to go on a exchange with Orchard Park because of MLC. It was a blast to be with Elder Nelson.
When I finally got home with Elder Stokes and Elder Peters (he is one of the AP's) there were fireflies all over in the fields by our house so I went and got a jar
Full of them. I really liked watching the lights flicker in the dark.
So now it was Saturday. Maddy's Baptism. We had made our own arrangement of the song Come though fount which we hadn't had anytime to practice. It turned out all right but we were basically just expecting to slaughter it. The baptism was amazing. Maddy's sister came and a few of her friends and they all felt the spirit really strongly. We gave them all a church tour after.
After the baptism we were on exchanges with the APs. I was with Elder Peters and Stokes.
After our exchange we went tracting out in a newer neighborhood. It was a normal day until we started talking to Mindy. She reminded me a lot of my aunt Marcia but that's besides the point. As we were talking some little kid ran down the street behind us. A boy and a girl were chasing him. The girl was hysterical and so we asked what was wrong and she said that she left the kids she was babysitting to catch this kid.
The kid, Andrew, has autism and is non verbal. We left all our stuff in Mindy's yard and chased him. Mindy pulled up in a car and grabbed him but he kept trying to get away from everyone until Beardall and I started talking to him and playing with him. We called the police and had them come down because we had no information about the kid. We didn't even have his name at this point. The police came and started trying to figure it out. The kid wouldn't hold still for anyone else but us so we had to ride in the police car.
Elder Stokes and I sat in the back and Elder Beardall sat up front with Andrew on his lap. The cops name was Shawn. He was really chill but he was so done with work that day lol. We finally found the kids home and gave him to the parents they seemed flustered but they hadn't even started looking for him yet. It has happened before apperantly. It is so strange that the parents wouldn't even care enough to call the police immediately.
Anyways we went back to the neighborhood we were in and Shawn dropped us off. Mindy was there where we caught Andrew holding our books of Mormon and pamphlets. Haha she is such an angel.
It was an interesting weekend and I wish I could actually tell the story well but this will suffice. We caught fireflies again with Beardall when we got home that night.
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| Pazukis that me and Elder Nelson made for my Orchard Park experience. He is a stellar guy. |
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