Sara after her baptism!
Well This week has been absolutely nuts! but Great, no
worries at all. Yeah me and elder Mansell just said good bye to Elder Boyd who
went to the office today and then will be in AZ tomorrow! Anyways! So we
have just been super busy! and on top of that we just keep getting bike flats!
it happened 2 times this week, and my back tire still keeps going flat on a
daily basis. It’s annoying! but anyways. so Yeah as my subject line says
Baptism! yeah so we had an unexpected baptism. So this lady named ***, has been
investigating for a while, but she keeps backing out on her baptismal dates, and
the 17th was her latest one. We called her on Tuesday to see if she could meet
with us, and then she said that she was prepared to get baptized for this
Sunday, so we scheduled a date for the interview the next night then yeah so
she got baptized on Sunday! Unexpected but great! We also got 11 people to
church on Sunday! That is a ton! Granted that it was from 2 areas but there
were 11 people at church. Then all of our other investigators are doing just
fine, ***, were still confused on what we need to do with him. I’m
thinking about dropping him and letting him come back to us when he wants too,
he's not progressing anymore and hasn't come to church in 3 weeks so.... but ***
and her family came to church! yeah and it was last minute. She told us she
would come on Friday, but Saturday night she told us that she had an unexpected
emergency! So we prayed and then like 5 min after church started she called and
said she would be there soon! and she made it just in time! It was great, and
she brought all 4 kids and her husband. So that was a miracle. Then here is an
awesome story!
So, in Elder Mansells area they recently found a guy name josh!
his wife (?) is a member and he really likes everything so far. So Saturday we
go over and tells us he's going to give us hamburgers! so were like sure, then
we are now pushed back 40 mins because he had to go to the store. Then he cooks
the meat we are having hamburgers and just chilling and then we shared a
thought on baptism. And after we talked a little he stops looks at us 3 and
then says "so I’ve been thinking about baptism a lot lately, for me and my
daughter, and I really want to get baptized, is there any way you can help me
with that ?" we all just had mouths open and we all smiled and said
absolutely! So we set a baptismal date for the 7th of Sept! He is AWESOME! and
then he came to church with his wife and 2 daughters! That is my favorite miracle
this week. Also we kind of set a date with an older lady named inda! she is
awesome she lives in Elder Mansell’s area and really understands and comes to
church every week! so that is cool! and other than that it’s been a normal
week.!
So we had zone conference this week! and it was all the way
back at the Inglewood stake center! yeah far... and we had to take bus. So
Wednesday morning, we woke up at 4:45 to catch a bus at 6 and then had to take
an hour and 15min bus ride, then walk a mile. So yeah we were super tired that
day! but it was fun there were a lot of things I learned and lots of things I’m
going to try to change. Overall it was a great zone conference. President was
definatly having fun with all the departing missionaries. He kept calling on
all of them to answer questions and he always had this smirk on his face, it
was funny. But then he asked me to give a talk in front of everyone.... oh well,
not that that is any different from any other day. Well that's it! It’s been a
crazy fun week and now there is no more trio, just me and Elder Mansell.
Love you all!!!!!!
Elder Hollingshead
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