Big Day!!!

Today was a remarkable day in the history of our missionary experience. Noel and Marcela Parafina were baptized tonight. This is the first family we started working with that needed to be married before they could be baptized. This process of teaching and getting married and to baptism has taken more than a year.
Tonight following the baptism I wrote on the black board "Elder Bringhurst 64 + 16 = 80" and "Ashely 3 + 16 = Elder Ashley" Ashely is the 3 year old son of Noel and Marcela in the attached picture. A significant part of the ward attended the baptism tonight to show their love and respect for Noel and Marcela. Most thought this idea of Ashely serving a mission (to be like the two really good missionaries that taught them Elders Guerrero and Gonzales) was terrific.