Update on this week- I just found out that I am staying in the area with Sister Taylor for this transfer which I'm SUPER happy about. I was convinced I might be leaving and cried as I was going to sleep, not because I don't trust the Lord to put me where is best, but I've just gotten to love this area so much so quickly. Being in YSA (Young Single Adult) makes it easy to get close to the people, and we have so many solid members helping us. We had a baptism (after many miracles which I will go into in a minute) Saturday night and are down to 3 investigators. We are doing everything we can to find new people but for some reason, the work is slow right now.
Oh boy oh boy have I gained a new appreciation for that beloved song from Prince of Egypt this week! Explanation: It was about 5 o clock Saturday evening, two hours before the baptism of Chad, the 21 year old we are teaching. Not only has Chad tried to join the church 2 times before now, but his baptism was supposed to be last week and got pushed back. I've never felt more joy than after his interview when he started crying, finally feeling that he was worthy to become part of the Lord's kingdom here on Earth. Back to 5 o clock- we got a text from our ward mission leader that he was at the building to fill the font but it was locked. Not only was the font supposed to begin filling at four since it takes at least 2.5 hours to fill, but we didn't have keys to open the building. After a lot of craziness we finally got the assistants to the mission president to come unlock the font and get it going. That was at about 6:20. The baptism was supposed to be at 7. Luckily, we as the missionaries were the only ones that really know how long it took to fill the font, so we found a place to kneel down and say a prayer. We asked Heavenly Father to please fill the font in the time that was left even though we knew it should take longer. The spirit was so strong as we prayed, and neither Sister Taylor or I felt any fear. When it came time for the actual baptism part, it had only been an hour since the font started to fill. But when we opened the doors, not only was there enough water for Chad to be baptized, but it was just as full as it ever has been. I know that God won't let anything get in the way of his work and that when we exercise our faith in righteous causes, we can call down the powers of heaven!
Pray for miracles this week,
sister Pearson
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