Elder Cahui and I had a very neat baptismal service Saturday. We baptized an elderly man by the name of Alberto and he has quite the past. He was a Catholic Priest for over 30 years and needless to say was living very comfortably. He was a very prominent Catholic leader here in Iquitos for the longest time until he came to realize just how many bad things go on in the catholic church. I won't tell you everything, because it is so so so wrong, but there is a very large list of things. He was finally faced with the decision of leaving the church or being forced to sleep with a lady in order to clear him of his sins. He left the church and all of this money and worldly comforts. He is currently living in a very small shack and doesn't have water or electricity and in order to teach him, if I forgot my flashlight we would buy a candle just before we got there. I remember when we first met him, we were walking down the road on our way to lunch and he came out of his house yelling at us, wanting to know who we were and what message we were carrying. We made a brief contact with him but weren't able to find him the entire week. He came to church on the 19 and told us that he really needed to talk to us, he said that he would be home every night at seven in order to talk to us. We went to his house and began teaching him, and in only a week we had taught him everything he needed to know but the most important thing he received his own answer with respect to the Prophet Joseph Smith. We baptized him Saturday night and got him confirmed yesterday.

When he shared his testimony after his baptism he shared an experience with us. He told us that for the longest time after leaving the Catholic Church he felt so alone, He didn't know where to go and for the longest time he prayed to know what to do. He had a dream where he saw two young men, with white shirts and ties. He told us that when he saw us walking by his house he had to talk with us. He thought that we thought he was crazy but he knew that he had found the two men in his dream. Alberto is still struggling to live day to day but he said that he has never been happier or felt closer to the Lord. I live for testimonies like those from my converts. I feel so happy and thankful that the Lord trusts me enough to be the one to find the people who are truly looking for the truth. I love this work and our church is ohh so TRUE!