Feb. 9, 2015 Leaving Galapagos!!!

Feb. 9, 2015 Leaving Galapagos!!!

NOOO!!!!! The day finally came when I had to leave the most beautiful place on this mission!  It was sooo sad!!! On Sunday, we got  all ready to bring our investigators to church and when I got to church at 8:50 church starts at 9 the president of the Rama was like can you give a 15 minute talk about whatever you like! I was like GUH.....   noo!! Ha ha It  was hard, but it was good! I was a little nervous but said a little prayer to help me! I got up there and I didn't even look down to share the notes Id written! I said I want to talk about our Savior Jesus Christ! I gave a 15 minute talk on the atonement and why we are really here serving him as missionaries and as members of the church, why really everything is focused on the atonement and Jesus Christ in the church, and what Jesus did on the earth ,and why it's soo important! After we sang God be with you till me meet again! SOO MANY of the families and the Hermanas and the Hermanos were crying because they all thought I was leaving! But I didn't get the call till later!! Super sad!! haha this week  WAS AWESOME!!! It went by super super super fast!!

We worked our tails off this week! We've been really trying to get a baptism this week!  We were going to have one anyways, so me and my companion worked super hard and we found 2 girls that haven't been baptized yet in the church!! and BOOMM!!!  I HAD THE GREAT honor And privilege to baptize somebody in the Galapagos beach!! In the ocean!! HOW COOL! is that!!!  I couldn't believe it either!! 

 Other than that we've been inviting soo many people to church and everything! It was super super funny like I said the other week , soo many of the people here on the island know me! I really say hi like every 5 seconds or somebody I've talked to about the church or the gospel!! I LOVE IT!!!  I am really really very sad... when I got the news I called a family that we've gotten very close with and the mom just started crying her eyes out that I was leaving! She was like you can't leave, you cant go! Gosh it was sooo hard!! I packed all my things up at like 12:30 and woke up at 6 and I left the beautiful island! 

I am super stoked to work my tail off in my next sector! but I am nervous too!  That's okay, the Lord will help me! I love my Savior and I know this is His church!!  Please pray for me!!! Off to Naranjal!!  I Love you my family!!!

Elder Hammond