My First Baptisms

Ihad my first baptisms about three weeks after coming to Mexico. The Flores family had been taught by Elder Smead before I showed up so all we had to do was finish teaching them the rest of the discussions and continue bringing them to Church.

On the day of the baptism we traveled by subway to the stake center in Cherubusco where they had a baptismal font. The baptism was at night after work so people could come. I was doing the baptisms and I was also playing the piano. Just after the baptisms and after I got dressed in some dry clothes, all the lights went out. We had lost electicity. This happened often in Mexico City. I sat down on the piano and started to play hymns by memory in the dark and the members started singing by memory in the dark. After about 20 minuets of darkness the lights came back on and we continued with the services.

The Flores family stayed active in the church during all the time I served in Mexico City. It was a joy to see them at church every Sunday.