June 2, 2014

Wow, this weekend was crazy! 3 people we were teaching got baptized!! In the morning we saw a Chinese girl enter the waters of baptism. The spirit was so strong there, it was a sweet, comforting feeling. Quite indescribable. We got to sing at the baptism, which was fun. (minus me losing it during the song.. i'm sorry! the spirit was just too strong!) When Jocelyn entered the waters, the spirit just descended; you could feel that the Lord had accepted this ordinance. We went with her into the changing room, and as she was changing in the stall, we asked her how she felt. She didn't answer, and we just stood there for a while. A bit later we asked again. She said, "I'm crying but I don't know why." Even in the bathroom we could feel the spirit. We made our way back into the chapel, and heard another talk about the Holy Ghost, and then Jocelyn got up to bear her testimony. We heard this sobbing behind us; it was our investigator that had come. She was literally bawling at the feelings of the spirit she was experiencing. Wow, one of the coolest things in the world.

We did service that day, visited some people, and then headed up to Wainuomata for a Samoan/Nuean family to be baptized!! A mother and her daughter; her oldest daughter was baptized a few months ago, and her husband has just recently started attending church again, after years of absence. This baptism had more of a family atmosphere, which was kind of fun; lots of kids, all of us trying our best to keep them reverent. What a special thing to see the family be united in the gospel, at long last :)

On Sunday we had to go on splits because the confirmations were at the same time! (that's a great problem to have haha) The confirmation i attended was beautiful, and the investigator that came to the baptism was at church that day! Later on in church, there was another person there that wasn't a member; we asked if she would like to meet with us later that week and she was really shy. The first investigator i mentioned, invited this girl to her lesson that week at her house so she wouldn't feel shy about learning alone. Whaaaaahhhh??? This investigator is already a missionary!! :)

life is good :) But just so you know, getting to baptism is not easy, even for the missionaries. We literally felt like Satan attacked us with trials and temptations this week; if he couldn't get the people getting baptized, he tried for the people who were helping them get there. So annoying.

i love you all!!
Sister Rose