Week 16- Triple Baptism!

Hey yall!
This week was great i have enjoyed this week so much! This week was yet again extremely hot, and its not even summer yet! I will be teaching in a lesson and sweat will be dripping from every pore but thank goodness for A/C's! We have had a lot of commotion this week many things happening here and there, i went on exchanges almost 3 times this week and learned a lot! On tuesday this week Me and Elder Dazousa from SA went on exchanges because his comp couldn't walk due to a twisted ankle, but we had a great time tracking and meeting a lot of new faces, it was interesting to serve in a city (almost like american fork) instead of a straight up village! We both learned a lot from each other. Next i went out with ELder Lylbe a Zone leader for almost two days and man we had the best of time, he is amazingly obedient so we meshed together quite well. We worked from 10 til 9:30 each night and gave it all we got. Loved it!
And then of course this week we had 3 baptisms! Frank, winnie, and Hazel. They are all so great and it was been such an amazing opportunity to work with them to get them to this point and help them unlock a gate that will help them progress towards their father in heaven. But as for the baptisms it was pretty interesting! Elder Stomps baptized all 3 and with Frank(who's about 65) it was difficult to get him into the font and he struggled where to put his hands on Elder stomps and finally he got it right and once he went under the water and came out his whole body went limp and he passed out!! Elder stomps was struggling to hold him up so i ran and jumped in the water with my shoes on and everything and pulled him out! haha definitely a different experience! Everyone thought he died right then and there! And for hazel( you have to understand Africans are terrified of water) she was very nervous and when she came out of the water she was like a whale and sprayed the whole audience with water haha. But all in all they made it and i couldn't be happier for them!:) But the work goes on and i am going to try and add a bunch of pictures today! But the work goes on and the joy of it never gets old. I have learned this week to just become part of Africa and live every part of it and envelop my self in it so its only my first nature to work with these amazing people.
Love you all and always pray for each of you!
-Elder Swindle

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