Emilio

Shortly after becoming the companion of Elder Robert, we recieved a small written note containing an address and simply the name Emilio. One Sunday morning before church, we discovered we were near the address so we decided to find out who Emilio was. I timidly knocked on the door of this apartment and told the lady who answered the door that we were missionaries from the Church and wanted to see Emilio. She surprisingly said yes, come right in.

Emilio was a twelve year old boy who was in a complete body cast from head to toe. He had just been in a terrible car crash where his father and grandfather had been killed. We told his grandmother how sorry we were and then met his mother. After listening to them a bit, my companion told them we had just what they needed and he began to teach them about the plan of salvation.

His words fell on good soil and everyone believed. Two weeks later Emilio's mother and grandmother were baptized. Emilio couldn't be baptized because he couldn't leave his apartment. But just before I was transfered from Mexico City nearly five months later, I had the oportunity to baptize Emilio who had finally got his cast off.