Midnight Word of Wisdom Lesson
This week Frank came to FHE and really enjoyed himself and met some new people. We got home and he texted us "Is it bad that I love the church and I know the church is true... But I still love being myself 100%" We were blown away. Wow! Frank loves the church and knows its true! YAY! We texted him back and talked over text messages for a bit and realized that we needed to have this conversation face to face. Unfortunately he was unable to meet for another week and so we felt that we needed to call him even though it was close to curfew. We said a prayer asking for guidance and help in knowing what to say to him. Frank has earlier expressed concerns with the Word of Wisdom and so we guessed that this was the issue in being himself 100%.
But, we gave him a Word of Wisdom lesson because he didn't understand why we don't drink. He was raised through his culture with it and doesn't view it as a bad thing. We ended up talking to him a lot about obedience and the desire to follow God so he could receive 100% of the promised blessings and not just 99%. We promised him that if he would obey ALL, not only some, of the commandments that he would understand and feel a deepened sense of happiness that he has never experienced before.
We finally got him to commit (an hour later) to the Word of Wisdom. At the end of the conversation he says,
"Can I ask you one question?"
"Yes Frank. What is it?"
"Am I stubborn?"
"YES FRANK YOU ARE!"
And we all started laughing together.
BAPTISM!!!!!
Ashley got baptized this past Saturday and she was so ready and prepared! She is absolutely amazing and has such a great bubbly personality! She has been counting down the days and we met with her everyday this last week to teach her all the lessons even though she has already heard and prayed about everything we talk about. When we teach her we mostly just discuss and have a conversation and if she has any questions we answer them.
Saturday came around and her whole family and grandma came to support her! It was awesome! We gave them a tour of the church and they loved the chapel. Before the baptism program we prayed with her in the chapel and she gave the prayer. The spirit was so strong and by the end we were all crying and smiling from happiness. It was such a beautiful prayer she said.
The baptism program was AMAZING! The baptism was performed by Elder Wilstead and she was so happy when she came out from the water. She stood there smiling, covering her mouth, and crying. Afterwards we didn't even care that she was soaking wet, Sister King and I gave her a huge hug! She just kept saying, "Wow!... That was amazing! Oh my gosh..." She was so cute!
At the end of the program she decided to bear her testimony and it was so powerful! She knew everything she said was true. The spirit in the room was so overpowering. Her mom was crying and her dad told us at the end that he has never heard her talk that way before. Her whole family also came to church for the confirmation and her mom was crying again throughout the whole sacrament meeting program. Bishop gave her a beautiful blessing that also applied to her family and they loved it!
ASL NAME
ASL Sign- So we have an American Sign Language district in our zone and I was talking to a deaf Elder while his companion was translating. he told me that he assigns signs for most of the missionaries in the zone so that it is easier to translate. Apparently once a deaf person gives you a sign it is permanent. So guess what my sign name is... Sister TOILET!!!! Wonderful just wonderful I know.
Love ya'll and hope you have a wonderful week!
Sister Loo
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| Ashley's Baptism!!! |
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| Zombie tag with the zone |
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| Taking over the BBQ. #Polygirl |
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| Just for Noa! :) |
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