dear friendsfamilyandrandoms,
This week was good, and Sis. Holmes and I
are happy. It's crazy how much can happen in one week, and how many
investigators we will meet, teach, and then say goodbye to. The finding and
gathering process is exciting, and at the end of the week we have a few that
will stick, and really want to progress towards baptism. One of our
investigators got baptized yesterday! Tar. I told you about him last week
right? I don't know why, but for some reason, baptism days are super stressful.
Everything happens all at once, and I need 7 more hands to do everything.
Yesterday: totally forgot to tell him to wear white underwear. oops. so the
elders were rushing around trying to figure out how to help him and i was like,
haha sorryyyyy. and then a member that's from Burma wanted pamphlets in Burmese
to give to her friend who was interested, and i just didn't have time to deal
with that, so i think she was annoyed at me. i had to call and apologize later
that night. oops. oh and during the baptismal program they wanted the missionaries
to do a special musical number...which we had NOT practiced at all for. so
basically me and e. engle played a violin duet while e. wilson played the
piano. and it was literally the first time all of us had played it together.
maybe i missed a few key changes...oops. and then one of our investigators who
was supposed to interview for baptism was telling me that she actually can't
because her boyfriend doesn't want her to because he's catholic and he would be
breaking his promise with God if she was baptized into our church...? what??
I think my patience is down here...(pointing to mid-calf level right
now). Because sometimes I just do not understand the reasons that these people
keep bringing up for not being baptized. We have seen SO many people come SO
close, and then Satan sneaks in. But then I think I've learned the importance
of opposition. There has to be opposition in all things, or we wouldn't even
recognize the good when it hit us in the face. So every time I'm rejected time
after time after time, I have to realize that the good will be so much sweeter.
And to just keep going. Because nothing worth having comes easy. Tar was
baptized yesterday, and he's HAPPY. and even though i felt like a crazy little
missionary running around the chapel doing this and that, and worrying about
this and that, the end product was good. and that's because this is God's way,
God's work, not mine. thank goodness. I love this work, this place, these
people, with all of my whole heart.
love you all too!
sis. steele
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| Tar's baptism |
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