Hello
everybody!!
So
alligator update... no luck yet but we are embarking on another
safari soon. This week we went on exchanges again because Hermana
Gibson is in training and we are just super awesome and get special
attention like that. I went to Sarasota again and guess what! I got
to teach Eugene! The old guy that was a member of the rLDS church
that me and hna paulsen found on the last exchange and pushed in his
wheelchair back to his apartment! He has been coming to church and
praying about baptism. So that was pretty cool!
So
both Ricardo, Leslie and Silvia were doing really well at the
beginning of the week but recently they've fallen off the face of
florida. We taught Ricardo in the middle of the week and committed
him to praying about being baptized next week but then our last few
lessons with him have been cancelled last minute because he keeps
having to work. Then we didn't hear anything from him on Sunday and
he didn't come to church...we've been trying to contact him but
haven't had any luck yet. Leslie and Silvia have been doing
really well but went to Tampa again this weekend last minute and
didn't come to church:( I really hope we can keep teaching them but
if we aren't able to meet very much this week and if Leslie and
Silvia don't come to church again for a good reason then we will
probably have to drop them for a little bit:( Thats probably the
hardest thing about the mission, is seeing all the progress and
changes that people make, but a lot of the time Satan gets in the way
and tries to stop that, usually when they are having the most
success. Family or money problems happen, work schedules change,
school projects, sports... thinks that don't even seem bad but just
fill up our time and prevent us from doing something better. I came
up with a phrase a while back that Ive been using a lot and its that
a lot of times, its life that gets in the way of eternal life. And
the longer Ive been on my mission, the more plainly Ive been able to
see that. Its pretty ironic but its true!
MIRACLE
OF THE WEEK. So the english ward had a baptism this saturday and we
get a call from our zone leaders saying that we needed to come and
meet this guy visiting from Mexico there that only speaks spanish.
His name is Abdi and he is visiting his aunt for a few weeks and he
is golden. Apparently he has been asking his aunt a lot about the
church lately and really wants to learn more. When we were talking to
him and his aunt about the baptism I said that hey you could be
baptized before you went back to Mexico on february 15th if you
wanted and he looked at his aunt and was like yes Id love to! I was
like woah I was kind of joking but yeah lets do it! So we taught him
right then and there at the church a little bit, went over later that
day to teach him some more, he came to BOTH the english and spanish
meetings yesterday at church (that is not a typo he literally went to
both), THEN we taught him after church too. He loves everything he's
learning and he wants to get baptized on the 7th! Seriously so
awesome!! Pray that we will be able to see him every day until then
and that he keeps feeling the spirit!
So
this is the last week of transfers, Saturday I will find out if Im
staying or leaving this next transfer! These past few weeks, Ive
really realized how truly blessed I am to be here in this area, with
these investigators and these members and I really hope I get to stay
here for another transfer. Not a lot of other areas are as blessed
with such a large spanish speaking population as this one. I love you
all and hope everyone has a great week!!!
love
Hermana Baugh
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