Spiritual: This past week we have seen an abundance of
miracles. It’s been really heartwarming to see the miracles take place. Jerome
got baptized on Saturday. It was a very moving experience to witness. His wife is
a Jehovah’s witness and came into the church almost in an outrage. In her mind
she thought that just going into a different church was a sin and she was not
happy. She was angry, annoyed and fuming to the point that she wouldn’t shake
any of the missionary’s hands let alone look them in the eye. She said that she
was only there for Jerome and she wanted nothing to do with the Mormon Church.
She came in and sat down still bristling with anger. I watched her throughout
the service as it went on. During the closing song I could tell that something
was different. She was reading the words to the closing song and I saw tears in
her eyes. The spirit was witnessing to her that this was a good thing that
Jerome was doing. It is not time yet for us to introduce the nuts and bolts of
the gospel to her yet, but she knew that there was something good in that room.
After the service she was singing a different song. Her countenance was cheery
and she was all smiles and laughter. It was amazing. The fruits of the Spirit are
good feelings and good attitudes. Once felt they stick with us. The Holy Ghost
witnesses to us that things are true and we can feel the Spirit by focusing on
the feelings. "In spiritual matters feelings are facts.” (President Packer
said that.) The Church of Jesus Christ is the Lord’s church on the earth today.
He lives and leads it.
Funny: When we were filling the font I guess we filled it a
little too much. After the baptism we went back to change and this pool of
water was seeping through the door into the room. Oh boy. This was not planned!
I grabbed some towels and started mopping. It felt like theater because all of
the craziness was going on back stage but the audience had no clue.
Where I am at: The good thing is that we had a baptism. The
bad thing is that we have none coming up. It’s okay though because we have a
solid amount of investigators. We just need people to take the next step. I
love this work and I love this ward. I am so happy to be here serving the
Lord.
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