Baptizing off the chains!!!!!

Ok so Yesterday Emily and Derek were baptized. it was off the hook. such an amazing day. i got to baptize derek and this time instead of the water overflowing, someone drained the font after we filled it b/c we filled it while we were at church so we wouldnt have any overflowing disasters this time. so someone randomly drained it after church so when we got back to the church for the baptism an hour later, it was all drained. i swear nothing can go right on the baptism day haha but luckily we were able to start filling it and we just took a really long time during the opening talk and made it work. i just had to baptize derek below waist length water haha i wasnt sure if i was able to get him all the way under. i basically had to try and drowned him haha i just told him to make sure his whole body went under haha it worked on the first try so it was all good. hes a pretty big guy too. 6,0 about 230ish, so it was a workout just pullin his butt back out of the water haha it was a really cool experience for me, he was really happy. he really struggled with over coming smoking, coffee and his alcohol addiction. hes come such a long way. the gospel has totally changed his life for the better. but he moves to az on dec. 15th to be with his gf there. his parents live on guadalupe and hardy. so just a few miles north and the the west of my house. I told him that all my friends and family will have to go meet him. he loves going to the dunes and riding his rhyno out at sycamore creek and glamis. so jordan, brinton and tyler will have to go chill with him. But this past week was probably the roughest/best week on my mission so far. The begining of the week i was really drained and sick and just felt like crap but when fri,sat and sun came around it basically turned into the best part. it was weird. i love how the lord will just answer your prayers when u really desire something. i think i was on my knees praying more then i was actually walking this past week haha. But im feeling healthy again,,finally ha. i finally have energy and not coughin that much. being on a bike in the cold and being sick is not fun haha thats for sure. but i had a really good work out today so that helped. whenever i start the week with a good workout that always seems to help. Oh last thing, big bummer. Transfers are tomorrow and elder davis is leaving me that punk. We are honestly like brothers. im positive that i wont get along as good as i do with any other missioary out there. We have so much in common its ridiculous. were both solid leaders and love workin hard, we both have rough family back grounds, when he was 14 he went to church but his mom stayed home b/c she said she was "sick" and when he got home her room and everything of hers was packed up and gone and ran off with some other guy and now shes been divorced 4 times since then and shes only written him once on his mission. pretty crazy. so we both know that the lord is here for us during our struggles and that he gets us through the rough times. but hes going to be a zone leader in lexington, kentucky. Hes a bomb.com missionary. im gonna miss that kid. Hes a total business man hahaha he wants to start a wakeboarding company with me after the mission and ill just do demos while he runs the business hahaha but my new companion will be the new district leader so that will be good. i really like running the show though but it will be good. We will do work together thats fo sho. But i gotta go work so ill talk to ya next week. Love ya all.....Peace Elder Fieldng