


This series of pictures tell the story. I don't know the name of the 81 year old man. I like him, though. He sat alone on the beach looking anxiously into the surf, cane in hand flip-flops near the chair which had been borrowed from a local meetinghouse. He was obviously nervous as he watched what was going on knowing that he would soon be next. I talked with him for a minute and then asked, "¿Listo?" (Ready?) He smiled and answered, ¡"Siempre"! (Always!) So, pretty soon his turn came. He was the next to last to be baptized that day. Elders DeGroff from Mesa, AZ and Rojo from Mexico City carried him out into the sea. There he was gently instructed on the procedure by Elder Hernandez and was baptized. Afterwards, sitting on that church chair on the beach, backed by Elders Morales, DeGroff and Hernandez, he smiled again.
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