If there has been one thing that has been demonstrated to me full force this week, it's that prayers really are answered! After over a transfers of prayers, and a second transfer of teaching appointments, Krystal, Evelyn, and Joe were baptized this past Friday. Earlier in the week, at the baptismal interviews, Evelyn surprised us by saying she no longer wanted to be baptized and that she wanted to wait until she was 11. We were so shocked and all Sister Meng and I could do was pray that it would all work out and that she would be able to be baptized with her mom and brother that Friday. After A LOT of prayer, we got a text from Krystal the next day saying that Evelyn had changed her mind and that the reason she hadn't wanted to get baptized was because she thought if she got baptized she wouldn't get to meet with us anymore (I don't think she realized that if she hadn't gotten baptized we would've had to drop her as an investigator and that she would have to stop meeting with us anyways...). It was wonderful to see that prayer answered as well. It seemed as if the whole ward showed up for the baptism, we had to move the service into the chapel because there was no way everyone would have fit in the Relief Society room where we usually hold the baptism programs. Yet again, another prayer answered. Then on Sunday, Housen was baptized. We've been praying for just as long that he would progress and be able to accept baptism. To see his growth as he came to believe God exists and strengthen his faith has been amazing. Right before the baptismal program was about to begin, Meng Jiemei and I were really worried since so few people were in attendence. We sped around the church trying to find people who weren't in meetings to attend (ward conference was keeping everyone busy), but we weren't having much luck. It was such a miracle when we ran out of the room to take pictures and when we came back the room had somehow filled with people. However, we were still really concerned because so little food had been brought and we really wanted Housen to feel welcomed to the ward. We decided it really wasn't that important and that there wasn't anything more that we could do, so we went in to start the program. After the program when we went to bring the food out, we were surprised to find that a member had popped into the kitchen during the program and had noticed how little food there was, ran home, and then brought the food that she had at her house in order to make it a warmer welcome to the ward for Housen. Prayer after prayer answered. I am so grateful for the love that God has for each of His children and how He cares about each of us enough to answer our individual prayers. All my love!
Sister Makena Bauss
包爱蕾姐妹
Bao Ailei Jiemei
Sister Makena Bauss
包爱蕾姐妹
Bao Ailei Jiemei