4/6/15
This week has seen so many miracles. The biggest one for me
was the opportunity we had to set a fecha (baptismal date) with Lana. She
is so prepared and always has a bunch of awesome questions.
Yesterday she came to church at 10 thinking that conference
started then but only Priesthood Session started at 11. So we asked her
if she had any questions, and she started off with "what are
temples?" From there we basically covered half of lesson 5 and most
of the Commandments. At the end she felt as though her questions had been
sufficiently answered and so we took the opportunity to ask her a
question. We asked, "Lana, do you want to get baptized?"
She said yes without hesitation. She then went on to explain how
she would probably have to wait until she turned 18 (in one year) because she
had already asked her parents if she could be baptized. I thought that
was incredible!!!
Continuing on, I recalled the phrase I heard President Pace say
the other day, "Hay para Dios alguna cosa difícil?" (Is there
anything difficult for God?) So I said to her, "I think you could be
baptized before then." We then went on to explain that the Lord
helps us when we put our faith in him. We asked her what day she thought
she could get baptized. And she responded that she didn't know. We
decided to get down on our knees and pray and ask the Lord what day we should
set as a goal. We asked her to pray and she said that she wasn't good at
praying so we told her each of us would pray. I started then Lana, then
Elder Male. I prayed, and she offered one of the most powerful prayers I
have ever heard from an investigator, and then Elder Male prayed. The
Spirit was so strong, and without notice, she began to pray again! It was
incredible. After she prayed, we got up, sat back down and she said, ok
next month. We then asked, what day? She said, well someday around the
20th. The closest Saturday and the one the calendar on our phone was open
to was the 23rd. I felt a spiritual confirmation and said, "The 23rd
then?" Elder Male agreed as did Lana. We then invited her to
fast next week with us so that she could get baptized on that day. She
was very excited to do so.
We then went to close the lesson, by offering a prayer; thanking
the Lord for the answer we had received. The Spirit we could feel was
indescribable. As we went to leave, Lana said, "No wait, I don't
want to go yet! I don't want to lose this feeling." Elder Male
then said to her, "When you get the Gift of the Holy Ghost you can feel
this way always." She walked out of the room in the chapel, with a smile,
holding her baptismal calendar and said, "Ok." She then followed up
with, "by the way I invited a friend to the noche de hogar (family home
evening), is that ok?" Honestly she is incredible. On a side
note, after just over a week with the Book of Mormon, she is already into 2
Nephi.... She's so great.
No time as usual but that's what is going on in life here, I hope
you all enjoyed conference and know that the family is the most important
thing!
