A New Deacon in the Branch - Michael

Carla (mom), Brandon, and Isaac (little brother)

Last night, Caleb, Julia, and I went to Brandon's baptism. He's the nephew/cousin to another family in the branch. One cool point is that he is 12, so he's in the deacon's quorum. That doubles the quorum to two.

It was nice in that we got to be an active part of the meeting. Julia led the music and I directed the meeting and gave the welcome to the young men's program (the young men's president, who was there, doesn't speak very much Spanish). However, it did turn out to be a little bit of a trek. We were headed to Ciudad Colón, which is about 30 minutes away. As things seem to go for missionaries, right before we get there, the missionaries get a call that the font wasn't filled up. We still found our way to the church to get white pants for Brandon, but we ended up going to Santa Ana, another 20 - 30 minutes away. I posted pictures of that church building before. It has a pool, so it always works.

Ultimately, it all worked out, and Brandon was baptized. Then today, I got to confer the Aaronic Priesthood and ordain him a deacon. I was honored to do it but was asked to do so right when Brandon sat down to be ordained. If it had been in English, I would have been fine; however, I had to get a little direction on wording in Spanish.