So
I'm going to talk a little bit about Roberto. So he has been doing
really well with reading and praying but he still wasn't sure if he
wanted to be baptized in this church because he hasn't received a
confirmation from God yet. His baptismal date was set for 27 of
December though. But on Wednesday, we decided that after our lesson
with him, we were going to invite him to pray and to ask God
specifically if being baptized on the 27 in this church was what God
wanted him to do and then after we would have a minute of silence to
listen. I invited him to do that and as he was praying I was praying
so hard for him to be able to feel the spirit that I felt so strongly
right then. That minute of silence was probably the most powerful
minute I've ever had, I definitely felt the spirit testify to me.
When I looked up at Roberto after, his eyes were all watery and he
said he felt good. He said he believed that being baptized on that
day was what Heavenly Father wanted him to do and that this was the
correct path. I know that God is real and His spirit is real. We can
all feel it if we just take a minute to be still. I'm praying that
everything will go well setting up his baptism this week, please pray
that he will be able to remember that answer he received and will
have the faith to act on it when the day comes.
This
week we also received a referral from the Sarasota Hermanas. It was
for a man named Ricardo who had CALLED THEM (that's a miracle in
itself) asking to be taught. He was in our area though so we said we
would go and contact him ( this is yesterday). Turns out they had the
wrong address and we were calling this poor guy trying to figure out
where he lived and I felt so bad because I'm bad with directions in
general in a place that I know but directions in Spanish over the
phone in a part of our area where I'd never been before was something
else haha. He even offered to come and meet us somewhere to show us
the way to his house. He was willing to go out of his way for us to
meet him so I knew he was someone special! I eventually figured it
out and we met him in the parking lot of a Publix and taught him
about the restoration. He is really prepared and recognized the
spirit as we taught and after he prayed. He said he would be baptized
when he knew this was true and he said he already felt good! God is
preparing so ,any people, we just have to find them!
Adriana
isn't doing so well. Since her fallen through baptism date her
grandma has been talking to her and her dad about how her mom ( who
passed away) wanted to have her kids baptized catholic amd to have
them all baptized together. Adriana has kind of lost that fire and
desire to learn more now because of that...it's amazing to me how
fast we can fall sometimes once we let God fall out of our lives.
It's sad, my heart hurts for her. I can only imagine how hard it must
be for her to be surrounded by that opposition all the time. I think
we are going to have to stop teaching her but keep praying for her
and that she will remember and apply everything she has learned.
Heppy
and Melanoa have been sick this week so we haven't been able to see
them. Their mom has texted us a few times on her own so that was
really good though. Theirs is a really hard situation, we have done
everything we can possibly do to help them be baptized so now we are
just waiting for their parents to decide their baptismal date. I
never thought it would be this hard to help them be baptized haha.
Well
to top it all off I survived my first week as a trainer! And not just
survived, I've already learned so much and feel so blessed. I have
been relying on Heavenly Father and my Savior more this week than I
ever have in my life and I feel like I have been helped so so much
and I have felt the Spirit work through me so much stronger than I
ever have before. The gift of tongues must be real because I never
had any problem understanding what someone was trying to tell me and
I was able to say everything that the Spirit told me to say. I would
say my Spanish has improved like 10 times more this week but I know
that's not true because it hasn't been me. I have also felt like I
have "become a better teacher" this week, meaning I have
"become better at inviting the spirit" which does the
teaching. Like I can't even express how much I felt the help of the
Lord this week. I feel more bold. More loving. More faithful. More
fearless. More trusting. More thankful. I keep trying to give back to
the Savior but even during this process of me giving to him- He
always, always gives me more. I hope everyone has a maravillosa
Christmas, know that I'm thinking of and love you.
Hermana
Baugh
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