Jordan Got Baptized!!!

(A/N: Hello everyone!! Alejandra here wishing you all a Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow!! :D Here is one of the final updates from Hermana Ramos-Escobar...I am not sure if she will be able to write one last time next week...but if not, then this is it! :D By this time next week, Hermana Ramos-Escobar will be preparing to return home with honor from her mission. Thank you all for the love and support you have given her throughout these past 18 months! I know that she really appreciates it and feels it. :) Enjoy this (maybe) last blog update!)

Well this week...this week was a complete BLUR!! Having your preparation on a Thursday and then going back to Monday really throws you off!! But it's been okay!

Well, I forgot to mention last e-mail that Sister Priestley and I got 2nd place for our car inspection! Yay!! Ha ha, I was really happy!

This weekend was AMAZING!! Jordan got baptized!!!! It was such a special service!! The couple of days before, I was SUPER nervous! I don't think I've ever been soo nervous for a baptism! I really honestly do not know why I was so nervous! But anyways, it turned out AMAZING!! Our District Leader, Elder Bean, came down and performed the baptism. The Young Mens' president and our second counselor gave a talk, and the spirit was just really strong the whole service! Jordan got up and shared his testimony and the spirit just confirmed to me that he was ready for this day.

Throughout most of the service his mom was crying. She got baptized two years ago and she's been waiting for this day, for the day her whole family joins the church. You know that quote that says that a missionary leaves their family for 18-24 months so that other families can be together for the eternities? ...I truly felt that this weekend. I love my calling as a missionary, and I'm sad to see the end come closer and closer...but I know that I've done what I can and I know that I have greater work to do at home. There are no words that can really describe how much I have learned. The mission isn't what I expected it to be, it's been a whole lot more!

Love,

Hermana Ramos-Escobar

Hermana Contreras, White, Jordan's Mom,
Jordan, me and Sister Priestley!

Elder Bean and Jordan.
It truly was a great way to hit my 18 month mark!