How's the work in your neck of the woods?! Because in Salem YSA it's rocking and rolling. Seriously. YSA is the place to be.
I can't even remember everything that happened this week, but you should be assured that it was the
bomb.com.
So Sister A had been sick for quite a few days and had been
having trouble sleeping at night. So one night early this week she was
up coughing a lot, so I asked her if she wanted to get a priesthood
blessing. She said yes but a bit uneasy because it
was like 11 at night. Either way I called the district leader and it
was amazing that he actually answered the phone. We definitely woke him
up. But long story short we got our district leader, his companion,
another companionship, and our Branch President
over within 15 minutes to give Sister A a blessing. It was one of
the sweetest blessings I've ever heard and now she's perfectly fine. The
priesthood is real!!! Seriously. It is. I love it!
Remember the trip we took last week up to the Portland temple? Yeah
me too. Well a recent convert named S invited her friend W
to come with us, and this week we got to have our first lesson with him.
Lemme just say, he's SO PREPARED. He looooved
the temple and totally felt the Spirit. He already has a Book of Mormon
and has committed to be baptized on February 15th! YEAH BUDDY! And get
this, at the first lesson we had with him, he brought his friend named
R who is awesome too! R didn't seem
that interested at first, but later this week we took all three of them
on a church tour and he felt the Spirit and wants to know more. He even
told S that he liked meeting with us and felt really good at
the church. Now
that's what I'm talking about! They love basketball and it's
great because so does just about every other YSA in Salem. So we hooked
them up with some members this week and it was great. Sister P
even played with them. I'm sure you know why I didn't
play... Basketball & I don't mix all that well. But I do enjoy
watching!
Oh yeah, WE HAVE IPADS! How could I forget about that?! Sister
P went to this training meeting (she's a sister training leader.
like THE sister training leader) on Wednesday and surprised us that
night with an iPad mini in her bag! We get ours tomorrow
and I'm so pumped!!! Technology was invented for the spreading of the
gospel. That's a fact. So now we're going to have everything on our
iPads and it's going to be amazing. We've already used it a ton in
lessons and I'm so excited to see the miracles that
will come from it! Apparently the missionary department of the church
also wants to test out missionaries having iPhones with hotspots, too.
All this technology is still in piloting programs and in April all the
data they collect will go to the Quorum of the
Twelve. How awesome is that?!? It's hastening, folks. Get on board!
Ok, and I have to tell you about the T family. They're a
family that lives upstairs in our apartment complex. They're polynesian
and awesome. So naturally Sister P has a connection with them. So
Brother T is actually a less-active member and
after six months of them warming up to Sister P they finally have
let us come over and have family prayer with them. The first time we
went over we watched the Mormon Message "I Am a Child of God" and it was
amazing. The kids are 12,9, and 4. The four-year-old
L was bouncing around like four year olds do when we were just
talking, but as soon as we turned on the video he was mesmerized. I
think at first because it was the tv and he's a kid, but then he got to
listening to the music and watching the video and
the Spirit really touched him. After it was done he started shouting,
"Again, dad! Again!" So we watched it again. Who could refuse that??
Then after the second time watching it we said a prayer with them then
left. The next day we found out that that night
when Brother T (who is a single dad) went to tuck in his kids at night
they were all crying and hugging him because they felt the Spirit when
they watched the video and had never felt that way before. They were
kind of in shock and didn't really know what
to do, but they liked the way they felt. So on Saturday we gave them a
church tour (scavenger hunt & iPad included) and taught them about
the sacrament and baptism. It was amazing! I love that family!
Also, I just love President Samuelian. Yesterday we were sitting in
church on the back row. No investigators there even though we were
expecting 4. Yeah it was a bummer. But we saw President Samuelian walk
by and wave with a huge smile on his face, so
we waved back.Then a few minutes later he walked by again, stopped,
walked back to the doorway and mouthed, "I love each one of you three!"
smiled, and walked away. Tender mercies, yo! I love that man. And we
have interviews with him this week on Thursday.
He's the bomb-diggity.
Well, there's just so much going on in this neck of the Lord's
vineyard and I love it. I'm so amazed that the Lord would trust me with
His precious children in this area and love that I get to serve them
everyday, which is really serving Him. The gospel
is great!
Keep it real.
Be a member missionary.
Open your mouth and the Lord will fill it!
Love you all,
Sister Baker
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