Wow!
My heart is just exploding with happiness today!
This week was INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!
The help kept coming all week long for our sweet Regina, single mom.
She was just floored with the love from the ward and that
helped that she could open her heart to the Holy Ghost to receive a
sure answer that this is the true church. During the week we had several
Family Nights, ward activities and lessons to help her prepare for
baptism. She was SOOO ready!
Her son, Ismael, is SUPER smart. He just studies the index of the
scriptures for his free time and has already read almost all of the Book
of Mormon. He´s EIGHT.
On Sunday,
he literally danced up and down the hallyway in the church chanting
"I`M GOING TO BE BAPTIZED, TODAY! I`M GOING TO BE BAPTIZED, TODAY!"
That night the turnout was HUGE! There wasn´t even standing room.
The baptism itself was so special. Regina left the water just sobbing, literally sobbing of happiness.
Everyone loves this family so much! The Young Women sang, the
Primary did a special musical number, the Relief Society and Primary
presidents spoke, the bishop spoke and presented her new home teachers
to her on the spot. It was perfect.
The most special part was when a man got up and bore testimony that
she didn´t even know. He was the man who gave her name to us as a
referral. He spoke about how he was on his motorcycle and saw us and had
the impression that he needed to give the name of one of his clients to
us.He ignored it but it came again so he turned around and stopped us
in the street. We had written down his phone number because he lives far
away and we called him during the week and told him that his referral
and her son would be baptized.
This whole story was amazing from our side but it was even more
special for Regina to hear this the first time the day of her baptism.
Heavenly Father knew she was ready!
My invitation for all of you is more of a pleading. PLEASE do not
ever ignore the promptings of the spirit! If this brother had not headed
his prompting, Regina and Ismael would have not learned of the Restored
Gospel. The Lord IS preparing people to receive his truth. He´s
counting on you, members of His church to help him.
Listen to the spirit!
I know this is His work, not the members´, not the missionaries´, it´s His.
Listen to His spririt and He will help you do it.
I love you!
Sister Brown
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