Week 49: Só Aguas
So when I got here, the Sisters had already been teaching a family for a while. The family was awesome and very receptive, but hadn't yet been to church despite having been invited several weeks in a row. The dad, Emerson, was trying to quit smoking and had gone down from 4 packs a day to 5 cigarets and the girls were reading the Book of Mormon, but my companion wasn't sure if they'd really start going to church and would be baptized. But we kept teaching and last week they went to General Conference and *loved* it. The girls thought the chapel was the prettiest building they'd seen and Emerson said he felt the Spirit really strongly right when he entered. They liked listening to the apostles and the prophet, and promised to come back each Sunday to learn more.
They really wanted to be baptized, but one by one they had problems come up. Emerson, despite his best efforts, was having trouble kicking the last cigaret. Isabelly started to feel a little aprehensive and wasn't sure if she was really ready. The mom of the family goes to another church and wasn't sure if it was right for them to be baptized in the Church of Jesus Christ. And then Saturday night, Emerson's boss called and asked him to work on Sunday.
But you know what? This family has a ton of faith. Emerson stood up to his boss and said that he wouldn't be able to work Sunday because he'd be baptized. He smoked his last cigaret and has stopped completely. The girls realized that they really were ready and the mom started really supporting them.
Yesterday this sweet family was baptized and I'm ridiculously happy for them. We sang "As Famílias Poderão Ser Eternas" and it struck me how God really loves us and if we do our part He will help us to have eternal joy, which is to be with those we love forever. I'm so proud of Emerson and his daughters, and I know that his wife will soon follow their example. They're an awesome example of faith for me.
Love y'all!
Sister Hiatt
(Note from editor: Pictures were sent with this letter, but due to her computer being "a potato" they were inaccessible.)
They really wanted to be baptized, but one by one they had problems come up. Emerson, despite his best efforts, was having trouble kicking the last cigaret. Isabelly started to feel a little aprehensive and wasn't sure if she was really ready. The mom of the family goes to another church and wasn't sure if it was right for them to be baptized in the Church of Jesus Christ. And then Saturday night, Emerson's boss called and asked him to work on Sunday.
But you know what? This family has a ton of faith. Emerson stood up to his boss and said that he wouldn't be able to work Sunday because he'd be baptized. He smoked his last cigaret and has stopped completely. The girls realized that they really were ready and the mom started really supporting them.
Yesterday this sweet family was baptized and I'm ridiculously happy for them. We sang "As Famílias Poderão Ser Eternas" and it struck me how God really loves us and if we do our part He will help us to have eternal joy, which is to be with those we love forever. I'm so proud of Emerson and his daughters, and I know that his wife will soon follow their example. They're an awesome example of faith for me.
Love y'all!
Sister Hiatt
(Note from editor: Pictures were sent with this letter, but due to her computer being "a potato" they were inaccessible.)
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