This
week was quite the week! We had a lot going on, but
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| Top: Elder Allsop, Me, Tasha, Angi, Josh Lyles (Ward Mission Leader) Bottom: Lydia and Ryley |
the busyness was totally
worth it. The biggest part was making sure Angi and her kids were ready and had
been taught everything in preparation for their baptisms. We had taught most
things but they were missing just a little. It was super fun working with them
this week but Angi was still super nervous about going into the water. So one
of the lessons had a huge emphasis on the Priesthood and the power of
Priesthood blessings. She was excited to learn about that and little Lydia was
blown away that we had the Priesthood.
Another exciting event
from this week was that President Lewis came up for interviews on Tuesday and
asked to meet Angi and her family after he had finished interviewing all of the
missionaries. It was super awesome. He just talked with her and her family a
little about the journey they had made to get to this point and about how
excited (and nervous) they were. There's a picture on the mission blog of Elder
Allsop and I with Angi and her kids after that little meeting. You'll have to
try and track in down.
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| This is Sister Mills, Tasha (black beanie on), Lydia, Angi, and Ryley. Sister Mills was a huge fellowshipper for them. She's taught just about all of Angi's kids. |
Of course the biggest
update from this week though was the baptism! It was soooo cool! Angi was
terrified of the water but we gave her a blessing beforehand and she told us that
she felt "a warm fuzzy feeling" come over her and that she felt like
it was all going to be okay. When it was time for her baptism she beat the
member into the font and had a HUGE smile on her face, and there was absolutely
no trace of fear in her. It was so neat! I got to baptize Lydia, which was
awesome, and Elder Allsop baptized Ryley. All around it was a neat experience
and I am super happy for them. They are going to make great members. Now we
want to work with Angi's oldest daughter, Tasha, to help her get baptized.
We're hoping by mid-July she'll be ready.
I'm gonna try and attach
a little voice note thing that will allow me to explain it more in depth and
you'll be able to hear my voice. So look to that for the details. I hope the
voice recording makes sense. It honestly was such a cool experience!!!!
One thing I forgot to
mention in my voice note was about the Spirit. Angi asked that I give her the
blessing before her baptism and it was probably one of the most humbling and
powerful experiences ever. I felt completely and 100% guided by the spirit
during the blessing. Not a single word I said was my own thoughts and it felt
like the Lord was working through me to talk with Angi. It was so neat! This
helped me a ton to strengthen my testimony about the Holy Ghost and his role in
our lives.
Everyone else we're
working with is doing well. Trinidy is doing good but she didn't come to church
on Sunday. Our member told us that she said she was out of town. The garage
project is about to be started but we're waiting on just a few members who can
help us really get it going.
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| Almost ran over a turtle this week. |
I honestly think that's
it for the week. Making a voice note makes everything much simpler.
Oh and thanks for all your prayers on behalf of Angi. I'm certain they helped her out a lot. Love you all! The church is true!
--
Elder Miles
Washington Yakima
Mission
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