March 26
So! We had a baptized!! AYYYYY!! It's so exciting!! We are supposed to have daily contact with our investigators, especially in the week leading up to their baptism, but that was extremely hard because she works all day and often doesn't get home until after we are supposed to be home. So we did fun little things to change things up (as in, not just a "Hi, how are you" text every day) and one of those things was a fruit basket! We just got a small assortment of fruits and a little cheap Easter basket and a card and dropped it off on her doorstep at the end of the day! She loved it. Her neighbours told her that they saw us do it, and thought it quite funny that two teenagers would do such kind acts for her. I uploaded a couple of pictures of it!
The baptism itself went without a hitch! Her sister was visiting from New Brunswick and her son came as well! It was SUPER AWESOME and she's so happy! Not only that, another lady who I got to be there for her baptism, is very good friends with her. I pointed out that their first temple trip will be at the same time (the ward has planned one for everyone, so they can carpool and whatnot), and they both got so excited and gave each other a huge hug! Those two are amazing.
They'll both ADORE the temple, and it's amazing that they get to experience it for the first time together! It's so exciting!! I am so blessed to be able to be here for both of their baptisms. I can't even take any of the credit! God prepared them, they both opened up their hearts and were willing to learn, and the spirit testified to both of them. All we really do as missionaries is invite the spirit, teach the basic doctrine, and figure out all of the tiny details leading up to the ordinance itself. It's really cool to see how we are just messengers that are here to help God's work moving forward.
Sister Bawden have been trying out different and creative ways to find people to teach, and it's been lots of fun! We roleplay each new idea a few times before we do it, and it's really easy to figure out small mistakes and kinks in the method with her because she is very supportive and we both take criticism well.
We have figured out how to both work hard and have fun at the same time, and it makes everything a little bit easier, a little more fun, and a little bit brighter!
So! We had a baptized!! AYYYYY!! It's so exciting!! We are supposed to have daily contact with our investigators, especially in the week leading up to their baptism, but that was extremely hard because she works all day and often doesn't get home until after we are supposed to be home. So we did fun little things to change things up (as in, not just a "Hi, how are you" text every day) and one of those things was a fruit basket! We just got a small assortment of fruits and a little cheap Easter basket and a card and dropped it off on her doorstep at the end of the day! She loved it. Her neighbours told her that they saw us do it, and thought it quite funny that two teenagers would do such kind acts for her. I uploaded a couple of pictures of it!The baptism itself went without a hitch! Her sister was visiting from New Brunswick and her son came as well! It was SUPER AWESOME and she's so happy! Not only that, another lady who I got to be there for her baptism, is very good friends with her. I pointed out that their first temple trip will be at the same time (the ward has planned one for everyone, so they can carpool and whatnot), and they both got so excited and gave each other a huge hug! Those two are amazing.
They'll both ADORE the temple, and it's amazing that they get to experience it for the first time together! It's so exciting!! I am so blessed to be able to be here for both of their baptisms. I can't even take any of the credit! God prepared them, they both opened up their hearts and were willing to learn, and the spirit testified to both of them. All we really do as missionaries is invite the spirit, teach the basic doctrine, and figure out all of the tiny details leading up to the ordinance itself. It's really cool to see how we are just messengers that are here to help God's work moving forward.
Sister Bawden have been trying out different and creative ways to find people to teach, and it's been lots of fun! We roleplay each new idea a few times before we do it, and it's really easy to figure out small mistakes and kinks in the method with her because she is very supportive and we both take criticism well.We have figured out how to both work hard and have fun at the same time, and it makes everything a little bit easier, a little more fun, and a little bit brighter!
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