We were blessed to witness our brother enter into the waters of Baptism!

Email #40
Area: Grange area of the Firle Zone
Companion: Elder Touti

Excerpts from Mom's email:

A few days ago, we had a fund raiser for the youth for YSA that we participated in. It was a simple car wash, but wow it was so successful! Heaps of non members showed up and were wondering what we were raising the money for and things like that! There was one man who pulled up in his BMW and after he paid a large donation, he told us how he has over 10,000 followers and he took pictures of the church and what we were doing to get the word out! Next thing you know about 5 min later, his friend pulls up in his BMW and does the same. Pretty cool guys! F... and his family made that as well! It was handy to have F..., because he could get the roof off the car well haha!

Speaking of F..., just yesterday, we were blessed to witness our brother enter into the waters of Baptism!!! It has been long awaited, especially by his wife! I was blessed to be the one to perform the ordinance for him! Unfortunately we were so excited that we forgot to take pictures in our whites... but that's okay we took pictures afterward!! Was a really powerful day! I haven't felt the spirit that strong in a long time. The peek experience was the baptism itself and I will never forget it! I was a little worried when he asked me to be the one to baptize him, because he is so tall haha.  So I didn't know how that would go, but it went well! Only took three tries to get it right lol! He told me how the first time he truly felt it! The other two were more for the records of heaven is how I like to put it haha. Much of his family were able to attend, even his son J..., who is not a member! I hope it was a good experience for him as well! Next week will be his confirmation! They are looking forward to the road ahead, especially to be sealed in the temple one day! Him and his family have been such a blessing to me! I have no doubt in my mind that I was sent here for a purpose and I am sure they are a huge part of the reason! I really really hope I will be able to stay in contact!

That's all I got for you for now!
Love you Mom!


Excerpts from Dad's email:

Hey Dad!

So the baptism was a very special experience for me. F... really reminds me of you a lot, even the fact that he does that fancy stuff at work with computers haha, still don't quite no what it means... I really love his family too! I always look forward to seeing them! I feel his baptism was more special to me for the fact that I see him as family, almost like I have known them my whole life. Before the baptism I was pretty nervous for the fact that he is a really tall guy and I didn't know how it would go. Then his family walked in and I could just see the smiles on everyone's faces and then I totally forgot about my worries. After we were all changed, we went straight into the program! He asked bishop to give a talk and man it was a powerful one! Really brought the spirit and set the rest of the program! It is always funny singing with new converts though because they don't really know the songs, but its okay his wife was right there holding his hand helping him through it. When the time came to move to the font, he looked at his wife and gave her a kiss. It came to heart right there that this is the first step to an eternal family! Then came the Baptism! The spirit was so strong and it meant so much to me that at first I wasn't sure if I could get the words out, but then it came. The first time around was the actual baptism, because that is when we felt it! The next two however were more for the records of heaven to get it done correctly haha. As we changed, it really meant a lot to hear what he felt. I had a flashback to my own baptism where you and I were talking about the same thing when we were changing. Was a very spiritual time and I won't ever forget it! I think it meant more to me especially for the fact to know that in the not so distant future, they will be sealed in the temple for all eternity!

Love you Dad! Have a good week!