Hey all,
So, it's been a busy day, plus I'm bad at weekly's, so I'm
going to be be real quick.
The hermanas in our district had a baptism this week, but
because the governor of California
shut down all our counties again, they weren't able to do the baptism
at the church. So we had the baptism at the next best place - one of the
beaches in North Cali , but it also happened to be pretty
cold that day! And the water was freezing. My comp was asked to baptize
her, so we went with the hermanas, and it was actually pretty cool to
witness. But my poor comp was shaking in the water, since the water was so
cold, but it was a neat experience.
I had a pretty out-of-world experience earlier this week. So
there's this lady and her daughter that we've been teaching, I mentioned it in
one of my other emails (look at the July 13 post) and they're really awesome to
teach! They've practically read the whole BOM and we only gave it to them like
a month ago. The mother has already set a baptismal date last week, but the
daughter is more hesitant to take that leap. This last Tuesday though, we had a
really cool lesson and toward the end, they started telling us about
their past. While they were doing this I started to feel really strange. It's very
difficult to explain what happened, but my mind just opened, and I feel like
could kind of see and feel exactly what they were thinking and why they were
thinking it. I've never felt anything like it before. We were asking the
daughter about baptism again, and she was still very hesitant, so I
decided to tell her the story of a convert that I taught in Peru
and how I saw his desire to change, and how it was so powerful to me. She
stopped me in the middle of my story and told me: "The way you're talking to
me right now, is convincing me. There's like magic in your words or
something." We knew she was feeling the spirit and needless to say, my
comps and I set a baptismal date for her that day, and we're all super
excited for her!
I don't have much else to say, so have a good week. And
here's some cute pics...
Elder Dyal
The daughter of our investigator
Going to the beach for the baptism
The Elders and Hermanas
In our masks
The ocean baptism
I am one with the earth!
On the beach
With the Hermanas
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