German Treilhard

When Elder Fonnebeck and i arrived in Atlanta there was not a single investigator. The missionaries before us were in the offices because President Ferreyro put his troubled missionaries there. President Castillo had a different idea and he told my companion and me that he expected us to be atop the baptismal chart every month.

Our first month there we weren't able to baptize anyone, but on September 3, 2005 we had our first baptism in the ward. His name was German Treilhard, and he was a 49 man whose entire family were members, and he even had a son on a mission. As we began teaching him in August, he told us that he was ready to be baptized. We would have baptized him that month but he really wanted his son to do it. His son got home on Wednesday and we had the service set up for Saturday.

German accepted everything very well from the beginning. He had heard the lessons before so we kind of just went through the motions. Ti was a good experience.

After: He remained active in the ward the entire time we were there. I didn't visit him with my family, but as far as I know he remains active.