High 5!
1. Brooke's baptism! Ahh! Saturday was such a good day! We
had a great turn out at the baptism and so many of her non-member family
members were there to support her! A little miracle beforehand...her
great-grandpa (who brings her to church) is like 94 years old and the night
before the baptism got SUPER sick. Brooke's dad wanted to push the baptism back
but instead, we took some elders over to give him a blessing and Saturday
morning he woke up and forgot he had even been sick! Cool, right? Priesthood
power is REAL! After the baptism, we had a social at the Lewis's and got to
know her family a little bit better. We are all so happy for Brooke!
(The other little girl is Katelyn Lewis! She is in Brooke's
primary class and she came teaching with us all the time.) :)
2. We got to help with an Activity Days function this week!
The girls are doing an international daddy-daughter event so we got to help
paint for it!
3. We had lunch with Ana and Tati! They are SO ready for the
gospel and we think they are a lot more comfortable with sisters so pray that
they accept our invitations!
4. Another miracle story from this week! We have been
struggling to consistently teach a majority of our investigators so I may
or may not have prayed for them to have humbling experiences...well, the next
day we got a call from a part-member family telling us that they just got
notice that they were being evicted from their home and had only a few days to
get out...sooooo, we went over and talked to them and promised them some pretty
amazing blessings if they would give priority to The Lord. AND they came to
church on Sunday! Yay! We have another lesson this week! Pray for
Julietta!
5. We got a new ward mission leader- Brother Corwin! He is
SO awesome! He is Kevin's father-in-law! We are really excited to start working
with him :)
Down Low, 2 Slow.
1. Sister Morris was sick this week :(
2. Yesterday we had our first snowfall and tracking in the
snow is COLD.
With our recent baptisms, I've been thinking about our
baptismal covenant. We can find it in Mosiah 18:9-10. When we are baptized, we
promise to mourn with those that mourn, comfort those that stand in need of
comfort, stand as a witness of God at all times, in all things, and in all
places, serve Him, and keep His commandments. When studying these things I was
led to another scripture found in Matthew 25:40- "[...] Inasmuch as ye
have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto
me." My challenge for all of us is to REACH UP in prayer, asking God who
we can REACH OUT to and then act on the promptings and situations that come.
The blessings are endless if we will take our baptismal covenant to heart.
Going back to verse 10- we will be redeemed of God, numbered with those of the
first resurrection, gain eternal life, and always have His spirit to be with
us. The sacrament is the perfect time to reflect and remember these things each
week!
God speed!
Love, Sister Bowen
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