Monday, November 05,
2012
Hello family!!!
Another week has flown
by and this one ended on a really high note. To start, we had a great Sunday
turnout, although, as always, we were hoping for more. We had 7
investigators at church and the other companionship in the ward, Elder
Rodriquez and Grantham had 8. It was awesome. One of my main
investigators came which was a miracle. Her name is Gisele and she is 22
and suffered two gun shots in the back saving two lives at her work place in a
robbery. The after effect is that she is paralyzed from the hips down and
cannot feeling anything in her legs or feet. It was in the hospital that
her aunt, an active member, gave her a Book of Mormon and this last week we
found out about her and went to visit her. She loved our visits and has
been reading the Book of Mormon and soaking it up. To give you an idea,
in the gospel principle class I was assigned to teach last minute about
obedience and the story of Nephi going to get the plates came up. I knew
that she had read it because you already explained to me Friday the whole story
in amazing detail, so I asked her to tell the story to the class, which was
full of investigators and some members. She boldly told the story and all
of the members, including her cousin who was with her, were amazed. It
was awesome. I am going to teach her again Tuesday and invite her to be
baptized this next Sunday. She came with her aunt in the car and they
brought a chair for her that is reclined so that she could kind of sit and
laydown for the three hours of church. She loved church. She has an
incredible attitude of everything that has been going on with her. We
transported her by picking up the chair and going from room to room for the
classes. It was awesome. Last night I talked to her relatives and
they all told me about how much she liked church and their faith that she would
one day be baptized. I think that they will be surprised to learn this
week that she might be baptized so soon. It will be fun to tell them
after Tuesday if all goes well.
The highlight of yesterday was Jaiany's
baptism.
She is the girl who I helped write a card to her dad asking for
his permission to let her get baptized. She gave the card to him Thursday
and Friday received permission. The dad really liked the card, even
cried, and willing let her be baptized yesterday and even came to the
baptism. It was awesome. Her mom and 6 year old brother Jair were
also there. It was super special. She has been waiting 3 months to
get baptized. She was so happy. Friday, when I found out that her
dad was letting her get baptized I almost cried from joy. One of those
moments I guess when you feel like a lot of work and time and prayers were
really worth it. It was, for sure. So, there are the highlights for
you all. It was a good week and this week I hope that it gets
better. Jaiany will be confirmed, and I am hoping to baptize
Gisele. I love you all, and wish you all a great week!!!
Love Elder Lee
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