This week has been incredible! I loved being able to skype home and see all of you, that was definitely the best part of my Christmas! It feels like that was forever ago though. We have had so much go on this week and have had so many miracles. Sister Davidson started teaching a woman on facebook that we had received as a referral from Alex (a recent convert of 2 weeks). She lives in another area in the mission, but the Sisters had not had a chance to contact her yet so we started to teach her online. She committed to read the Book of Mormon and come to church, and then we went home and called the mission office so that the Sisters in her area could get to her that night. We went over to Alex's house soon after calling and when we got there, he was actually talking to her and she told him that she was getting baptized on the 25th of January! I was a little weary of facebook being an effective tool, but now I have a strong testimony of it.
Also SOPHIE got baptized this last Saturday! It was the most amazing experience that I have had since being here. She was so excited! We were also very fortunate to have a lot of her non-member family present and they were all very supportive. Sophie's dad even came with her 14 yr old step-sister. We actually had a great conversation with her after the baptism. I loved being able to see the light just beam out of Sophie's eyes. The Spirit was so strong and it touched everyone's heart. We also received a lot of support from other missionaries in our district, which was great because our district is so big that it meant a lot for them to come. Since us and the elder's have been here we have seen three baptisms which is huge because there had only been 7 in the previous 9 months and only three of them are still active. We have truly been blessed to be able to serve in a great area with such great people. We have also been blessed to teach some of the most elect people.
Also SOPHIE got baptized this last Saturday! It was the most amazing experience that I have had since being here. She was so excited! We were also very fortunate to have a lot of her non-member family present and they were all very supportive. Sophie's dad even came with her 14 yr old step-sister. We actually had a great conversation with her after the baptism. I loved being able to see the light just beam out of Sophie's eyes. The Spirit was so strong and it touched everyone's heart. We also received a lot of support from other missionaries in our district, which was great because our district is so big that it meant a lot for them to come. Since us and the elder's have been here we have seen three baptisms which is huge because there had only been 7 in the previous 9 months and only three of them are still active. We have truly been blessed to be able to serve in a great area with such great people. We have also been blessed to teach some of the most elect people.
I have a funny story that happened this week. So we have been fish sitting for a member in our ward this past week and they brought us their fish and their food last Saturday. Christmas night we came home and one of the fish was laying dead on the bottom of the tank. We were horrified, we were literally just joking about what would happen if one on the fish died. So we called the Elders and asked them if we should just flush it and tell the family or if we should replace it and not tell them. The opted for the flushing it. So we got off the phone and just prayed that by some miracle the fish could be alive. Not ten minutes later the fish was up and swimming and is still alive today. So the moral of that story is that God answers prayers!
Sophie's Baptism
The stockings were hung by the fire with hopes...
Our Ornaments
Christmas Eve PJ's
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