Sometimes I wonder why God has seen fit to pour
out so many incredible blessings upon me and upon this area! We had an amazing
week!
Last week I remembered one of my past
companions telling me about a less active family with kids who were old enough
to be baptized. That was surely the Holy Ghost “bringing things to my
remembrance” as the scriptures say. This week we were able to get in contact
with them and set baptismal dates with the 10 year old, the 8 year old, as well
as the 11 year old cousin! What a miracle. And their dad is willing to bring
them to church. Their family situation is pretty dysfunctional right now, but I
hope that this will motivate the parents to return to church. There are few
things that rip at my heart strings more than seeing broken families- I have
really gained a testimony on my mission of the importance of families and how
they aren't just an "earth thing"- families are the core of
eternity.
This week C was baptized! She is adorable! It
was such a neat experience to watch someone who I found, taught, and worked
through the whole conversion process with finally enter into that covenant of
baptism. She reminds me a lot of Carol- actually, their birthdays are only a
week apart. This morning, a quote from one of the apostles popped into my head-
"when you save a girl, you save generations". There is a part of Preach
My Gospel that talks about how the people we meet don't necessarily realize
that eternity hangs in the balance- but we do. I know that someday she will
look back and it will just hit her how important this is!
We met with a new investigator, L yesterday. Yay! It was the first time meeting with him since
the street contact, so we shared the first lesson with him and recommitted him
to be baptized (he had committed on the street). He was like, "yeah, of
course- I told you last time that I would be baptized..." Hahaha! He is
really great. We pulled out our copies of the Book of Mormon from our bags and he
immediately apologized for not having read it yet and said he would do better
next week. He has a baptismal date for the end of the month!
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| the "forbidden fruit"? |
On Monday evening we had a couple hours of
finding time but it was pouring rain, so we decided to just keep our big blue
ponchos on. Imagine being you (except Asian) and opening your door to find two
white, soaking wet American girls who look like oompa loompas and one of them
is carting around a CD player. Hahaha! Yep. Being a missionary is really
awesome!
The past few days, I have just been given a
knowledge, an assurance that I- me personally- really did live with God before
I came here. I feel like the Holy Ghost has just given me an incredible eternal
perspective. I think I am feeling in my heart what I've known in my head all
along.
Yesterday in church as I was sitting in the
chapel, I think I finally understood what is meant in my setting apart blessing
by "more happiness than you have yet experienced awaits you as you labor
among His children". As I sat in our beautiful new chapel with C, our
recent convert on one side and our soon-to-be baptized friend on the other
side, watched another recent convert pass the sacrament, and saw our
investigators sitting across the chapel and being surrounded by members I love
so much, I felt it. I felt more happiness than I had ever experienced. I love
these people. They are "my" people.
Life is good.
Sis Murri
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