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This picture was taken at 8:45 PM,
is shows how much sun we still have
at night.
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| Us after the baptism! |
Last week was probably one of the best weeks of my life. Our
amazing investigator got baptized!!! The day of his baptism was so special and
I couldn't help but think of Doctrine and Covenants chapter 18 that talks about
how great the worth of souls are in the sight of God. And about how great our
joy shall be if we can bring but one soul unto Christ. Our mission president
always talks about finding ''the one''. He likes to reference the Book of Mormon
in the book of Mosiah chapter 17:2 that says "But there was one'' referring to
Alma and how he was the only one that listened to the words of the prophet
Abinadi. We as missionaries have been encouraged to find that one person everyday
and to uplift them and bring them closer to Christ. Sometimes we know the impact
of our words on others and a lot of the time we will never know. I know that
our investigator was definitely one of the many reasons why I needed to serve
in Finland and I am so grateful to be a missionary and to be doing the best
kind of work there is. There is nothing else that I would rather be doing with
my time than helping others come unto Christ.
During our investigators baptismal service I just couldn't
stop smiling and I am glad that on my mission I have come to find out what true
joy is. I have loved teaching people from all different backgrounds on my
mission as well. We just got a new investigator the other day who is an 85 year
old Finnish woman and she is just the cutest person. She has hearing aids and
we had to keep repeating ourselves and talk really loud and slow. She kept
telling us that we had weird accents.....I guess that would be our American
accents! But we are meeting with her again next week! I am so grateful for the
Holy Ghost and that if people can't understand us perfectly they can at least
feel the spirit as we testify of Christ.
