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Michael's Baptism! |
Hey Family! Pretty much my companion
says things are wenches, and last week she said Satan was a wench, and I agreed
and thought that could be my subject line. Anywaze....
This week was super good and waaaaaay better
than last week because we just worked our pants off and we were blessed so so
much. I am truly thankful for this time to be a missionary. I think I have
learned the most in the past nine months than I have in my whole entire life.
Forreal. I did get Humphrey in the mail haha, happy hump day to me! It is super
weird to think that from now on I will have less time in front of me than I do
behind me. Maybe I will do that thing I did that one time about my week, that
seemed to be pretty cool.
So on Monday we had preparation day like normal
and I think we just did groceries and I wrote letters or something. Kind of a
normal day. We went on an exchange, well it was actually a trio while one
sister had some doctor stuff to work out. It was a great time.
On Tuesday we did service in the dusty place
again and then we went and stopped by a Haitian investigator because we had the
Haitian sister missionary with us. Haitians always love other Haitians it seems
like. That is super cool. I guess if I met someone here who wasn't a missionary
that was from Utah I would be pretty stoked. But every other missionary is from
Utah so it doesn't seem that cool anymore. I should just start telling people I
am from the mountains, because that is where I belong anyway. We also had a
dinner appointment with one of my favorite families here. They always make
super healthy and delicious food, so that was super sweet. We had a really good
lesson with them afterwards about saving ordinances. Maybe it seems really
simple and kind of like a "duh" type of thing, but we need to make
baptismal and temple covenants in order to have eternal life. I know that
because our Savior says so in the Book of Mormon, Bible, Pearl of Great Price,
and the Doctrine and Covenants. Heavenly Father knew what he was doing when he
created this earth. And I can promise you that he is not a God who sets his
children up to fail. He thought of everything. Everyone will have a chance to
accept or reject the gospel in this life or the next. He made sure everyone
would have their fair chance! And he helps us out by giving us signs and
guides, we just have to see them and accept them. Sometimes I feel like we walk
around with our eyes closed because we are too prideful to accept that there is
a real Heavenly Father who loves us and only wants the best for us. I know
there are times I have ignored when he has reached out for me. And for those
times I have repented. I hope we are all striving to not ignore the truth that
has been revealed to us. We will all be judged on a personal basis. Anyway,
Satan's a wench for telling us to do otherwise.
Wednesday we went to the Sister's district
meeting so that she could participate even though her companion was gone. Then
we had some lessons and went to ward council and just had a nice day!
Thursday we just went and did a bunch of the
normal stuff which is seeing people we had appointments with and getting in
contact with others when we didn't.
Friday was a sweet mission leadership council
and we ate some cake and I had some pizza and we got two new investigators
which was a huge blessing. We had this one lady's address that said she was
interested, but not her apartment number. So we showed up to the building and
just started knocking to try and find her. Then a boy started walking up the
stairs and I asked him if he knew the lady that we were looking for, and he
said, yeah, that's my sister! So that was pretty sweet. The lesson went
well.
Saturday we had a baptism for someone I have
taught since I got here. It really was a big blessing and I am so thankful
Heavenly Father helped Michael enter the door towards eternal life. He really
progressed thanks to the help of members. I am so blessed to witness the Lord
at work.
Welp, have to go. I love you all and hope that your weeks
were great!
Love,
Snoop
P.S. My comp was born in Utah but lived and came from New Hampshire
for the majority of her life. She went to BYU and just worked at the Pita Pit.
She is mega sweet.
P.P.S. Make sure you watch conference, it will change your
life. When we were watching the women's conference on Saturday my companion and
I were basically cheering for the prophet and apostles, I just have so much
love and respect for them. Ok see ya.
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Me these days! |