Happy Pioneer Day

Happy Pioneer Day

From:	Callie Horton (callie.horton@myldsmail.net)
Sent:	Mon 7/21/14 8:52 AM

Hola hola!

 

Juan was baptized!!! We were just praying so hard that he would be able to be baptized this weekend. Juan was actually supposed to be baptized the Sunday before I came to this area, but because of coffee, the Elder giving him the interview didn't feel that he was quite ready. Even though it was a pretty sad thing in the moment, he has grown so much more since then and has left coffee! We were just afraid that if he didn't make this date that he would lose his excitement to be baptized and everything, but he made it! We had a lesson with him last Tuesday and he wasn't completely sure if he was going to be able to be baptized on Saturday, but he said that he would call us on Thursday and let us know how he felt. So he called us Thursday and he said he was ready! So we had the interview the next day and we finalized all of the plans for his baptism. And then the baptism was so great. There was a really sweet spirit there. Juan was just so ready and had been so humbled on his path to baptism. And he was SO happy. After he received the Holy Ghost yesterday, he was beaming. He also bore his testimony at his baptism which was really sweet. He just talked about how happy he was and how he was so grateful to have another family. The ward has done a really great job at making him feel a part of our giant Chesterfield family.

 

Our investigator Lizeth took herself off date which is sad, but it’s ok. She just feels really pressured right now and she isn't sure which church is right for her or if she'll be able to live all of the commandments. We have already made some great plans though to get her back on track. She is really one of the most mature 13 year olds that I have ever met, but we know that she is ready for this gospel. So we will keep working with her!

 

This past week we were walking into our first lesson with a new investigator and all of the sudden Hermana Chambers’s jumps so high and points out that there is this real parrot sitting on the couch. After that the bird starting flying around eventually landed on her head. She tried to duck and avoid it, but it still made it onto her head. So we sat on the couch while the bird was still on her head. The next couple minutes were full of me with tears on my eyes from trying not to laugh too hard and the bird landing on both of us. We were trying to have a serious conversation with a lady and tell her about the gospel while there was this bird on our heads. It also bit my finger during the prayer, tried to eat the buttons on my skirt, and me and the bird also had a battle with the pamphlet about the Restoration. It was pretty funny. Crazy things like that during lessons are seriously the best.

 

I love this gospel with all of my heart. It seriously makes so much sense and brings me so much joy. People may spend so much time trying to prove us wrong, but something that brings this much happiness is definitely true. I know that Jesus lives and that he is the Savior of the world. I am out here because I love my Savior and my Father. This work is hard, but it is worth fighting for them. Everything about Joseph Smith and the Restoration of the gospel are true. I am so grateful for the light that the gospel has brought into my life.

 

I hope you all have a fabulous week! I love you!!

 

And now I close mine epistle. I am Hermana Horton.