WE HAD A BAPTISM!!! This whole week we were preparing for Diane's baptism and inviting everyone we met!!! We saw some miracles too! We did a lot of finding this week and got in contact with some people who didn't want anything to do with us before so it was pretty successful! It's cool how a baptism softens the area and makes people a little more Christlike :) SUPER AWESOME MIRACLE ON THURSDAY!! We were store contacting downtown and we couldn't decide if we wanted to go visit a potential or walk to Walmart, so we decided to pray! At the end we went 1...2...3... and said our "revelation" out loud we both said WALMART!!! It was so cool because before we were divided but the spirit wanted us to go there! So we started walking and we see this young kid coming towards us (he had actually just ran across the hwy to our side) as he passed us he saw our name badges and said quietly "I go to that church" I didn't hear so I stopped him and we started talking and turns out he goes to church in the North Island Branch (Port Hardy/Port McNeill) I asked him if he was baptized and he said
YES!!! His name is David and he's in the process of moving to Campbell River and so we were able to give him the church address and all the info so he could come to church here! He doesn't have a phone so it was really a miracle that we were able to talk to him and invite him to church! After we waltz around in Walmart, on a spiritual high from before we went to a lesson with a former investigator who said we could visit...SWEET! It was the definition of what Preach My Gospel calls Teach People, Not Lessons! The spirit was thick, the emotions were so real, and we were able to testify and really help this woman!!! She's going through some CRAZY stuff and really needs divine help and we just happened to call and set up an appointment right when she needed it! God is so good people!!! Saturday was Diane's baptism and my 4 month mark!!!! All was going well in the morning then we heard a clank...didn't think anything of it...then the spirit prompted us to go take a selfie and we realized the stand that plugs the font FELL OVER AND
ALL THE WATER (AN HOURS WORTH) HAD ALL DRAINED OUT!!!! It takes 2 hours to fill the font and we only had an hour till the baptism!!!! Oh man!!!! Satan really didn't want Diane to be baptized Hahaha So we called our Ward Mission Leader and we had to sit by the font and hold the stand until it filled up!! I called through the whole ward list (35 active people) haha and said it was postponed!!! It was crazy!!!!! But eventually it filled, people still came, and we had a great baptism service! I helped Diane get ready before/after her baptism and it was soooo cool to get to talk to her and get the "inside scoop" on what she was feeling and experiencing!! Watching her go into the water was priceless! The mission became so real!!! I finally realized how all the lessons we teach, all the hours planning, all the doors slammed, and all the conversations lead to this...Baptism...being cleansed from sin and staring anew...and it's only possible through our Savior Jesus Christ. I am so happy for Diane and that she was able to be baptized and this time IT'S OFFICIAL!! NO LOST PAPERWORK THIS TIME!!! (she was baptized at age 12 but the missionaries somehow
didn't file the paperwork...). She bore her testimony after her baptism of how blessed she was to finally come "home" after all the years of going to other churches and straying from the straight and narrow path she finally made it back (her words not mine...she's that good SO PREPARED FOR THE GOSPEL!!!). She considers this a blessing that she's able to get baptized again and now she's fully committed! I will always remember her :) She's very special to me! One of the reasons for going on a mission is because I had never helped anyone "get baptized" or join the church. That really bothered me that I hadn't helped anyone in that way. But now I can say that I have done that. I'm so grateful for the hand of the Lord in preparing Diane to be baptized. It was the best experience to be an instrument in the Lord's hands to help him carry out his purpose for Diane. I'm excited to find more people to share the gospel with so they can experience the joy that Diane did this weekend. The gospel of Jesus Christ is REAL. Baptism is REAL. Heavenly Father's love for his children is SO REAL!! I'm so grateful for the Restoration of the gospel and the knowledge I have of God's plan for me and each of his Children. I'm happy I'm able to be a part of something so great :)
Today as a part of P-day we decided to go on an adventure!!! We drove to Elk Falls where there is a Suspension Bridge!!! It was SO BEAUTIFUL!!! There was a sign that said "danger...enter at your own risk" it was SO ICY like an ice rink so we laced up our tennis shoes (didn't even think to bring our boots) and started sliding!! Totally worth the near death experiences on the way ;) It was a HUGE waterfall, the bridge went right over and it was one of those bridges that moves when you walk on it! So cool!!! Not sure why I wasn't terrified but it was so fun!!! We got some good pictures and no one else was around! We even saw an eagle! It was trying to kill something but it was still cool to see!! It was a good break/adventure :) This next week we're just going to work hard and find more people to teach!! Tomorrow we have a training meeting in Nanaimo with President Burt so that will be fun!!!! Hope everyone is having a happy new year!
Sister Peterson
P.S. So this week decided to do some beach contacting and we found a whole line of tires just washed up on the beach!!! IT WAS GINORMOUS!!!! Also had my first Slurpee in Canada!!! It was freezing but super yummy!!! I also did my first TIM-TAM SLAM...let me explain...you buy Tim-Tam cookies...apparently their Australian or something. You bite off two corners and you stick the cookie in hot chocolate use it like a straw and then shove the WHOLE COOKIE IN YOUR MOUTH!!! It was so mushy!! It was good but kinda gross haha I took some videos that I'll send home somehow but it was soooo funny!!!! You'll have to youtube it or something!
We had a lot of fun this week :)
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