Hello All!
So, on Saturday we had our first
baptism! The girl that got baptized was golden. She was committed before I came
to this area, but we still got to teach her quite a few lessons. She accepted
everything that we taught her. She was already deeply religious and studied the
Bible a great deal and was so excited to learn about the gospel. It was
miraculous to see how God prepares His children! He is so aware of each of us individually
and is so loving. Everyone is different, so He prepares us all differently, yet
He is in each of our lives. I love it.
The ceremony was lovely. Quite a lot
of people came! We have great support in our branch. It is small, but powerful.
I just love everyone it it. Everyone worked really hard to make the ceremony
lovely. We all sang, had two amazing talks (that I couldn't understand ;0p)
that you could feel the spirit so strong. Our investigator was baptized in a
beautiful white dress and she just radiated with the Spirit. It was a miracle.
I felt so blessed. How great God is to allow us to be a part of this work!
And now, a funny story that happened
the other day. My companion and I had planned to meet with a member family. We
love this family. They were expecting us, and so they were going to leave the
door unlocked for us to walk in. We found the apartment and walked in but no
one was home! We walked around a bit, knocked on some of the doors in the
apartment to see if anyone was home but they weren't. So naturally we called
them and asked where they were! "We are at home!" they said.... we
said "really?" and the replied that they were! We then realized that
we were in the wrong apartment! Gah! It was hilarious. We got out of there as
fast as we could and laughed all the way until we made it to the RIGHT
apartment.
Russia is amazing. I LOVE it. The
people, the food, the smells... but mostly the people. The people here are
really special. I am honored to serve among them. I can't really speak very
well, but I never feel discouraged because I know it will come! What is more is
I get to to witness God in my life every day. When I show faith and open my
mouth, he fills it,. It can be scary talking to people, but God helps me
immensely, I love being able to witness that miracle every day and I am humbled
by it!
Work here is great. Russia is
beautiful and wonderful. I am so happy to be here! Sometiems I wonder,
"why did I not want to go on a mission before? What took me so long to
come?" I know that God knows each of us - I know that He knows what is
best for us. The greatest honor we can have in this life is to submit our will
to Him! He will bless us more than we can ever imagine! How great the gospel
is! How great out God! How great our Savior!
I miss you and love you all! :0D May
God bless you as He has blessed me!
Love Sister Poet
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