So....
This week was a another GREAT WEEK. It started out pretty slow and we
had some major bumps in the road, but the bumps hardly matter because it
ended so good. Yesterday was the baptism of Raquel. Raquel is a 15-year
old young woman. Who is SO awesome. A couple of weeks ago we met her
because we were looking for a different investigator who lives in the
same divided house. Our other investigator wasn´t home, but Luis (Raquel
Dad) opened his door and told us that she wasn´t home and asked who we
were. It just happened to be really outside this day, and he invited us
in and told us that his teenage daughter was home, so we took advantage
of the situation and asked if we could share a message with him. He
accepted even though he wasn´t very interested. As we were teaching
Raquel left her homework to start listening. She told us that before we
had showed up she had a feeling that she needed to find God, a path to
follow, and that all that faulted was us knocking on her door :) She and
her sister Rafaela and their friend Geiza went to church with us for
the last two sunday´s. We always invited them for baptism, but they
always felt like it was too early. This week as we taught Raquel we
invited her for baptism and she told us that she knew that it would be
something good, but that she was SCARED. We shared the scripture in Alma
7 that says not to fear baptism, and we felt really prompted by the
spirit the whole entire lesson. She is such a good example of courage to
me. I know that she was scared because her sister and her friend
thought that baptism was way too early, and that she was CRAZY for
wanting to be baptized. But she decided that it was necessary for her.
She has a desire to follow Jesus Christ and she didn´t let fear get in
the way of keeping and doing all that is written in the scriptures. She
didn´t let it get in the way of following the promptings of the Holy
Ghost. ANDDDD because of her example Rafaela and Geiza felt the spirit
so strongly during the baptism that they want to be baptized next
week!!!!!! The baptism was such a spiritual experience for me as well. I
LOVE Raquel and Rafaela and Geiza so much. They are such beautiful
daughters of Heavenly Father and I know how much happiness the gospel is
going to bring in their lives.
Sabrina,
another investigator we have been teaching for a long while now, has
also decided to be baptized on the 14th!!!!! Announced yesterday during
Sacrament Meeting. She is also a great example of courage to me. Her mom
is dying of cancer and she feels so helpless, and yet she still has the
courage to put her faith to test and follow the savior Jesus Christ.
Courage
is to not be afraid, especially of doing what is right. I know that it
is necessary to live the gospel of Jesus Christ, and I know that all of
us can apply this principle in our lives. As a missionary, I know that
sometimes it´s hard to have the courage to go up to random strangers on
the street, sometimes it´s hard to have the courage to commit
investigators to baptism on the first lesson, sometimes it´s hard to
have the courage to always follow the promptings of the Holy Ghost. I
also know that when my heart takes courage and I keep and do all that is
written, the Savior blesses me. I feel so blessed to be having such
great experiences on my mission. I feel so blessed to be in such a great
area with such a great companion. I feel so blessed to be seeing so
much success on my mission. I know that I am helping the Lord help and
touch the lives of others.
Never Fear. Be of good courage.
Desi
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