BEST WEEK EVER!

Hi

Seriously. This has been SUCH a wonderful week. I don't even know where to start. I guess I'll just go chronologically.

Bob was BAPTIZED on Friday! It was such a wonderful service. On Friday we had this crazy rain storm and the power went out at the church (along with like half of town) like 1.5 hours before the service was supposed to start. So we had to fill the font up with cold water and we asked everyone who was coming to bring flashlights. We were prepared. But, at 7 - like on the dot - the lights came back on! It would have been kind of fun to do it in the dark, but it is great that the lights turned on:) We went and saw him the next day and he was seriously glowing. Definitely a new man. As we were driving away he came and stopped us and looked at me and with tears in his eyes said thank you so much for coming up and talking to me that day we met him. I am filled with so much joy. Indescribable.

 

Ignacio was BAPTIZED on Saturday! It was so wonderful! His wife and family were so happy. I loved being a part of it! He comes from a Catholic background, and he was a bit nervous to tell his fam. So on Friday (the day before the baptism) he told his parents! They both came! And they came to church on Sunday! Our Mission President and his wife came to the service as well, it was so wonderful! Ignacio and his wife are planning on getting sealed next year! I'll still be on my mission so if everything works out, I can go:)

Crazy. No baptisms for months and then both the same weekend, but it was wonderful! They were both confirmed on Sunday! Oh goodness, it was so great!

On Sunday this woman we've been seeing for a while came to church with 3 of her kids. She really enjoyed it and said she wants to come back!!:)

And on Sunday night a woman who is getting baptized in a few weeks went to a fireside at the Mission Home last night. Her name is Gina and has a ton of Mormon friends and wanted to learn more. She is getting baptized next month. She is TOTALLY ready to get baptized, and was planning on this next weekend, but she broke her collar bone and fractured her neck when she was playing with her granddaughter. She is so funny. At the fireside last night she looked at me and said she wants me to marry her son ha-ha. I told her she better convert him then because I want to get married in the temple ha-ha.

So that was my week! It has been WONDERFUL! I love serving a mission! I love inviting people to come to Christ and then have the blessing to see the difference in their lives when they do.

Love you all!

Love,

Sis Walton

..fits on the miracle list!

Hi Everyone!

This has been a FANTASTIC week. So great. I love it out here. It has definitely been a week of miracles, and I love that I really had nothing to do with it.

1. Our investigator Bob (I think I attached a pic with him last email) came to church and is planning on getting baptized this Friday! The bigger miracle with it all: so 2 weeks ago he relapsed, and we were told that he did last week as well because a member went to pick him up on Sunday morning and Bob told the member that he isn't going to church. The member just left and told us he looked like he was having a hang over. I was very disappointed in the whole thing..BUT...he didn't!! He was up all night looking at the clock because he didn't want to miss church hahah. Oh my gosh. When he told us why he wasn't at church I just started laughing. Oh geez. He is so great. At church yesterday he was talking with like everyone he could..like almost dodging us. He fits right in.

2. We went to find a member on our congregration's list that is less active/ no one knows who he is. We knocked on the door and we asked for Stephen Millar. The man who answered said he didn't live there, but that he was a Mormon and hasn't been to church in 20 years! What?! He was really happy to meet us and wants us to come back when his wife was there. 

3. This is a funny story. So we met this lady a week ago and she wanted us to come back. I sorta had the feeling that she was lesbian the first time we talked with her...definitely confirmed the second meeting hahah. So we were talking with her on her porch and she kept complimenting my companion, "you have really nice lips, I like your shirt, etc." And then her partner comes out and started yelling at us about how they are gay (she told us 5+ times) and how in the bible it says that is not allowed. I didn't really know how to respond. I just asked if she would like us to leave. But..the miracle in it all: I handled it all pretty well..didn't even laugh when she was hitting on my companion. I def lost it in the car after, but I handled it better than I would have expected hahha.

4. I heard BYU beat the Longhorns? If that is true..fits on the miracle list!

So it has def been a week of miracles! We have also been meeting our goals! We set pretty high goals of having a member with us for a lesson each day, and we are meeting them! Often it takes about 5+ phone calls to get someone with us, but we eventually get someone! I have never been one to set goals, but I believe in the power of goal setting now!

Its also been fun to be companions with a sister training leader because I get to go on exchanges all of the time. I attached a pic with one exchange that I had last week. We were on bikes like ALL DAY in 100 degrees! I was dead. So, not my best pic haha. The other pic is with my companion we took this morning. She is sweet.

I am so excited that Sadie is going on a mission! She will be so great! Missions are wonderful.

I love you all!

Love,

Sis Walton