Dear mom,
This week has been super crazy! It seems like every week just gets a little bit crazier than the last. So last Thursday we went to the sister’s area to help finalize a baptism of a nine year old girl. The spirit guided us all day long and there were a ton of miracles that helped us get it done. First of all we were in a city that we didn’t know, without a map and only and address and a bus number that we needed to take. So we got on the bus and asked the driver for help and he got us off in the right direction and when we got off the bus we walked kinda aimlessly for like ten minutes and just ended up at the street we needed and were able to find the house and then we taught the girl all the commandments she needed to know and she was one of the smartest girls I’ve ever seen that age. And her mom wanted her to wait to be baptized, so the girl had been praying that she could be baptized. And when we showed up the mom was at work and only the grandma was there so we were able to teach her and interview her for baptism. Then we asked the family where her mom worked and then we went off again and tried to find it and after a long bus ride and some more aimless walking we just found where it was at. It’s very interesting when I think back on the whole situation we were totally lost the whole time! But not at one moment during the day did I feel lost at all and the spirit guided us to where we needed to be. So anyway we found where her mom worked and told her that her daughter was ready for baptism and got her to sign the paper that she had to and this Sunday she was baptized! It was an awesome experience! After we got the paper and left we stopped and said a prayer of gratitude because we knew that it could not have happened without the help of the lord. We literally just walked into a city and the lord guided us to where we needed to be and got done what he needed to get done. I guess it was important that this girl was baptized this past Sunday.
Then two days later we found a woman named Solange who has just been prepared to receive the missionaries and the on Sunday some members brought a family to church that has just been prepared to receive the gospel too. And they needed blessing so after church we gave them blessings and this week we started teaching them and they want us to come by every day this week and teach them and there getting baptized this next Sunday as long as they can quit smoking! So we’ve been working really hard with them and helping them out as much as we can with that. So this Sunday were going to have a minimum of 3 baptisms! I’m so excited! These people have just been waiting to receive the gospel!
In sounds like you guys are gonna have an awesome week this week too. Trek sounds like it’s gonna be sweet. And I’m jealous that Maddi gets to do the beach and trek all in one week! Lucky! And tell Heather happy birthday for me and sorry it’s late but hope she had a good day. And I can’t believe she’s gonna have a baby soon! It’s crazy that Kacen will be 4 and there will be another 2 year old when I get home!
I really liked the part of your thought faith is always pointed towards the future. My comp and I have been talking about that ALOT lately and I think that’s why we’re starting to have so many miracles happen lately, because we’ve just been having faith that we would find people to baptize and not letting ourselves even admit one bit that it’s not gonna happen. We’ve just been looking to the future and not dwelling on anything that goings wrong only on what will go right.
Thanks for your email and for your prayers, they’ve been helping a lot. Everything is going great here and we're having miracles. Stay strong and keep praying and always look to the future.
Love,
Elder Raleigh
PS
“His grace is sufficient” by Brad Wilcox, this is such a good talk about what grace is! You should read it and it’ll change your perspective of grace to something that helps in everyday life!