Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Find, Teach, Baptize



This week has been very exciting and very busy. That seems to be the way most of them are lately. Yikes. It makes for lots of fun memories though.
Monday was awesome! We had and FHE with Taraka along with some recent converts and ward missionaries. It was Wonderful! It was so great to see all of the great fellowship going on. I love the members here in Desert Hot Springs!!

Tuesday was also eventful. Our tire may or may not have been slashed, but we had a nice man pull over and help us put on the spare, so that was great :)
We had to go get a new tire, but that also meant that we got to go to sonic. It really must have been a tender mercy ;)

In other news-- This week was very full of baptism preparations for Taraka. It was great though! Probably the best baptism of my mission. Things went so well! we had lots of support from the ward, and Taraka felt very loved and welcomed. He shared his testimony at the end and it was just so neat to see the light of the Gospel burning within him. I am so grateful to be able to know him.
Other than that, I would say that our week has been pretty much same old same  old. This area is wonderful. We see countless miracles everyday. I am so amazed at how many children Heavenly Father has prepared here. I love it!

One of our coolest miracles this week was that while we were at the church working on a baptismal program we had a man come in and was so excited that he had finally found us. It turned out he was a less active that had been looking for the missionaries for a while. His name is Nicholas, and he has been facing many trials lately, and decided to pick up his old Book of Mormon and start looking for comfort in better places. We were able to a lesson with him and his girlfriend later in the week! It was great! We hope that things continue to progress with them.

Well, I love you all. As my time winds down here, there are so many things that I come to be grateful for. I love being a missionary. It  is one of the most rewarding things I have done. I really wouldn't trade these experiences for the world. Its also the most difficult thing that I have done though and has been full of more stress than I ever thought that life could offer. But, Oh, the sweetness of the growth that comes from those trials. :)

I love you all! Have a wonderful week!
Sister Hope



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