So funny story...
Yesterday Sister Simonsen and I woke up, got ready, went to church and walked into ward council and as soon as we walked in...it felt weird...We weren't quite sure what was going on. The elders arrived about 3 minutes later and same thing...it felt weird...They went over what we needed from the ward and in about 10-15 minutes Ward council was over. We were all really confused that it ended so quick! We were going around the church getting copies of things that we needed when all the sudden we get a text from our District Leader: "Just so that you all know and are on the same page, it's almost 9 right now. Some of the mission phones didn't change." :o What!?! No wonder everything felt so weird in ward council and it ended soo quickly!! We were an hour late!! That's my funny story for the day!
So this week was amazing! We had Zone Conference on Wednesday and it was AMAZING! It was exactly what I needed. A lot of the things that Sister Simonsen and I had talked about doing are things that were mentioned. Even personal goals that I had set for myself were mentioned. It's crazy how the Spirit works! :) I love it!!
Later that day we went to go visit Jesus, our investigator that we have had for a couple of months now. We hadn't been able to see him for about a month because a lot of things were going on in his life. So we finally got to see him on Wednesday and we were able to set a baptismal date with him! He's preparing to get baptized on March 21st! He's such an amazing young man! He's 16 and has been coming to church for months now! He comes with his girlfriend! We're meeting with his family tonight to make sure his mom is on board!
On Thursday, we had District meeting which was also amazing! Elder Patterson is our District Leader and he's great! He gave an amazing training about faith! It really helped me out. Faith is just one of those principles that you're never going to be done learning. It's one thing that you have to learn over and over and over again.
After District meeting, we went to go contact a referral that was given to us by the English Elders. Her name was Chella. We went to go visit her and she is AMAZING! She is really excited to learn about Jesus Christ and wants to involve Him more in her life! We taught her the Restoration and she loved it! She was so receptive to the Spirit and taking everything in so well! She understood the importance of having the priesthood authority. Such a great lesson! We went back on Saturday and taught her about the Gospel of Jesus Christ and again, she took it very well! She saw a picture of Christ being baptized and she asked us about it and invited her to follow the example of Jesus Christ and be baptized. And she accepted! She will be preparing to get baptized on April 18!
This week during my personal study, I have been reading in 3 Nephi when Jesus Christ came to the Americas. And chapter 11 always stands out to me. I circled the word baptism every time it came up in chapter 11. The word "baptize" is said 11 times within the first chapter that Jesus Christ is teaching. The very first thing that he teaches is baptism. Why would he say "baptize" 11 times and why would it be the first thing He teaches if it didn't matter?
I know without a doubt that this church is true.
Love,
Hermana Ramos-Escobar
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