And four more baptisms!

Once again, this past Sunday before church, four young Vietnamese were baptized and confirmed. That puts the number of baptisms during our four Sundays here at 12. That's more than a branch per year...without the missionaries even allowed out their door. Imagine what would happen if they were unleashed! Sadly the missionaries are leaving for Cambodia this week to train several American greenies. Each elder gave a talk during Sacrament, sharing their testimony of the gospel. Their conviction blew us away.

We successfully kidnapped the Elders last Thursday and took them out for dinner. It was a night niether party will forget. We gave the Elders some fun dinner choices like Mexican, East Indian, and Japanese. To our surprise, they choose East Indian because neither had tried it before (and, if I accurately read their intensely distressed faces, never will again). While we ate, each Elder told of his converstion story. Eric heard the complete versions while I chased Pearce around, so I will let him tell more later. But he assures me that their stories are legendary. He's going to see if he can get them into the Liahona. It's refreshing and inspiring to associate with real pioneers.