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| Baptism Day! |
It means we have to hurry. And it could be the title of the week if this week were an episode of Senfield. ( How do you spell that? You get what I mean.)
We had to be at the church for the baptismal interview at 6:45. Dinner was at 5:305:30. And it was 5:15 and dinner was less than 5 minutes away. Everything was working out great. But one thing we did not include in our equation was traffic. The five minute trip turned into a 30 minute trip. The game plan as we ran to dinner's porch was eat whatever it was as fast as possible. The door opened I sat down and the timer began. We shared a message and vamos-ed. I walked out of dinner waited for elder Williams to catch up and once they couldn't see us out of the window we sprinted to the car with the shrimp tacos and salsa burning the lining of our stomachs.
The interview went well and V was baptized this past Saturday. Although we taught her , her mother and her two other older sisters, she was the only one that wanted to be baptized. She was committed and her stepdad baptized her. Her sisters could come but her mom was able to come and see what Mormons are all about for the first time. Although there were not many in attendance, the Spirit was there strongly. V asked me to confirm her and asked that I do it in Spanish so her mom could understand. I was pretty nervous but the Lord helps us out His missionaries and so it went well. She is strong little girl and was so excited to be a new member of the Church. My Mom bought her a hymn book and she is probably carrying it around as we speak. She had it at church yesterday and I don't know if it has left her sight since she got it. She was so happy to have that so she could sing all the songs with her family. Afterward we all enjoyed the Walmart bargain brand cookies, while we ran off to our next appointment. That evening her step-Dad sent us a message and said that because of the baptism, her mom wants to investigate the church more and she felt the Spirit! Which is huge because she is a devote Catholic, goes every Sunday and everything. We have an appointment with them tonight and hope we can help the girls and the mom.
Next week are going to try to double our lessons and every other indicator. It is not going to be easy but it is President Shumway's final request in his 10 weeks of goals. He leaves this week, and he and his wife will be missed. We have set up a whole bunch of appointments and have already seen the blessing! Like just now our dinner who wasn't answering just called and said they can feed us! That means we will eat some incredible Hispanic food tonight! Many blessings and I'm super happy all the time. Especially serving with a fellow colleague from high school. It is awesome. The work of the Lord is the best and the hardest. It requires the most work and effort but rewards us with the best blessings. I love this Gospel and my Savior and my Heavenly Father and feel blessed to be part of Their work.
I love you all!
Elder Thomas
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