Well this week has been another good one! Okay...that doesn't even begin to describe it. it was AMAZING! So Monday night Lori and Jay committed to baptism Saturday the 22nd. It was a super busy week.....but because we knew it was going to happen we had mostly everything planned out anyway. ha. The coolest thing of the whole week was that Z (well elder S) their son who is serving in Italy got to Skype in and watch the whole program. It was amazing. The spirit was tangible in that room that day. The whole relief society room was packed and there was not a dry eye in that place!
There are just so many miracles that lead up to the 22nd I don't want to take to much time to bore you with them, but here are some of them. Sister D is the first sister missionary that taught the S's, and she just got transferred back into the area. She spoke at the baptism and it was nothing short of amazing. Elder Y is our zone leader from Ukraine--he interviewed Lori and J on Wednesday night for baptism. Just so happens that Elder Y's mom just got baptized on September 22nd. It was amazing to see Elder Y talking to Lori as a missionary praying for his parents to find the gospel and it was amazing to see Lori talk to Elder Y as a mom who had a son on a mission and getting ready for baptism. It was the most tender moment in my life.
Well, coordinating with people in Italy to figure out how to Skype was quite interesting. I am so thankful for the members in our ward helping us with that :) The whole baptismal service was amazing, but there are some little parts that I wanted to share with you. President Hansen from the mission presidency baptized both of them, he knows them really well from when he was Z's bishop. It was awesome. They were both confirmed the same day so their son could watch that as well. Lori wanted a moment to share her story with everyone that was there, and it was so powerful! She talked about how when we invited her to come to church, she couldn't say no. She came to church and it was just for her! I asked her to be baptized on the 22nd and in her heart she said she knew it was right but she couldn't say yes right then. She said that she knew that was the date Heavenly Father wanted her to be baptized:) I am so thankful for the spirit confirming in their hearts that this is the right thing! The BEST moment of whole day was when Z said the closing prayer. To hear him say thanks to Heavenly Father for answering his prayer, it was a touching moment...it got everyone right then. :D
Well lets see....other highlights of the week. Cristy will think this is funny. So Elder Y. He is just like the guy off of Despicable Me......except tall and skinny. haha. Same accent and same voice and same sense of humor. He is hilarious!!!! We wanted to do something nice for him for Christmas and there was only one thing we knew of that would make his day---making him borsch. Yep, we bought beets and cabbage and went down memory lane with that SOUP! Cristy will explain it, guess there is really no story behind it, just random funny memories:D Haha. So we made borsch and took it to him and it was hilarious. I wish you guys could meet all of these great people out here!
Well tomorrow our day is packed pretty full. We are going to be skyping from the Waller's house, they are a family in our English ward. We will be at their house and calling around 12 or 2ish. So be expecting that :)
Thank you so much for the presents that are still under the tree and for the ones that are already put to good use. You are all so sweet and I can't thank you enough. And thank you so much for the presents you sent through aunt Robbie! It was so good to see her again! Everything put a smile on my face :) You will not have to worry about me going hungry :) Thanks!!! I love it!
I am so grateful to be a missionary in Arizona right now, especially at this time of year. I was thinking about the word Christmas and the word 'mas' in Spanish means more, so really Christmas is literally about having more Christ in our lives. I know that He is our Savior and redeemer and that this is His true church.
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