AH!!!!!
This
week has been probably one of the longest on my mission. And the
shortest. It was nuts. Needless to say, there hasn't been a baptism yet,
but it will come...hopefully.
Thank you much, Mother, for the emails. I've honestly gotten really really really bad about
journaling on my mission, so I'm really banking on that Blog. :) I'm
pretty open, honest, and detailed in my emails; so I'm not too worried
about it.
That's sweet though. 2:00 PM
in Corvallis. I never knew. Now I do. I would LOVE to see the Broadway
Concert. So if you would order a DVD, that'd be great. I am pretty
pumped for College too. I have too many options on rooming though. I
have that scholarship half-payed rooming that I got, two of my best
friends in the mission who (one) wants to buy a house and us three can
live in it together and help pay rent (they're both going to BYU), and
now Ashton and Skyler, and I'm sure Joey's going to want to do something
also. I'm just going to buy a huge house, and we can all live in it
together!! Good plan!! haha, I should start figuring things out now
because the clock is ticking...
This last Monday was SO fun.
Our Zone Leaders brought the grill they have at their house, to the
church, and everyone brought lots of food and meat, and I grilled it all
on a charcoal powered grill. It was so good. I smelt awfully great
afterwards, and the food was delicious. First real grilling
experience...Success.
The fair majority of the week was us
trying to get a sister ready for her baptism. Monday we went over the
Baptismal Interview Questions with her, and Tuesday, she got her
Baptismal Interview. Wednesday we met with her again to plan the details for the baptism. 'Twas also Wednesday
that a problem arose about her baptism. There's a specific baptismal
rule that she wasn't necessarily able to keep, so we had to get
permission from the General Authority Area Seventy, to have that rule
overlooked. There was a lot of drama about it all and needless to say,
the rule still hasn't been overlooked. Our Mission President will be
meeting with her this Tuesday and they should be getting everything
straightened out. Sadly, all the drama and confusion made her very
unimpressed with Church Leadership and until yesterday, she has decided
she didn't want to get baptized at all. It was devastating. BUT! Thanks
to many prayers and fasting and wonderful church leaders and time, she
gathered her wits together and she wants to get baptized this weekend.
So that was a huge miracle that happened yesterday. So NEXT Monday we'll send the baptismal pictures. :)
The
less important things of this week included helping a member family
move out, lots of other service, lots of dinner appointments with solid
families. Exchanges with Elder Tanner Bertagnolli. Lots of cold weather, and warm weather. And this brings us
now to Sunday.
Sunday
was a day of MIRACLES!!!! And hunger. Fasting brings SO much miracles.
"But this is not all; they had given themselves to much prayer, and
fasting; therefore they had the spirit of prophecy, and the spirit of
revelation, and when they taught, they taught with power and authority
of God." -Alma 17:3 So after all the miracles that happened with
Maribel, we went to a dinner with a part-member family (non-member
mother and RM son). It was incredible because A. We broke our fast and
ate food. B. The food was delicious Lasagna. C. The RM son
invited his girlfriend and introduced her to his Mom (so it was like a
double date the son and his Girlfriend, my companion and the Mom, and
me as the fifth wheel! ;). AND D. In the middle of dinner, his Mom, said I want my Son to Baptize Me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So
we're super excited for that. She said she wants to take time and
prepare and I was like well yeah, we've only taught you the two
missionary lessons. ;) It was so miraculous though. After that dinner we
went and had a great lesson with our investigator who knows that
church and the Book of Mormon are true, he's just waiting for his wife
and kid to get back from El Salvador (hopefully soon) so they can all
get baptized together. And then after that, a member family made us more
Lasagna to take home and eat. I HEART LASAGNA!!!!! 'Twas a blessed day
and my testimony of fasting grew tenfold. Honestly, I've had too many
experiences on my missions where I've seen so many miracles while
fasting to say that it doesn't help. Not only is it a great way to show
the Lord we are humble and willing to obey His commandments, IT
WORKS!!!! So DO IT!!!! And it doesn't have to be Fast Sunday
either. It is whenever you want to. Just don't do it everyday. That's
not healthy. ;) Well, that's my Spiritual Rant for the week. This email
is a little shorter...BECAUSE I'M GOING TO NIAGARA FALLS
TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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