Hola! It was yet another
fantastic week here in Cedar Rapids. Man, it seems like the weeks are getting
better and better. A ton of super frustrating stuff still happens, but looking
back I am content and happy with the week. All is well here in Iowa. It is crazy
that the wedding is only a couple weeks away! You better be sending an
invitation my way! I already know that they are going to be super adorable. It
has been quite the week this week so I will get right into it.
First thing I will talk
about this week is that our investigator D GOT BAPTIZED! Holy Cow it was such a
miracle. Man, it was kind of out of nowhere but she came to church last week
for the first time in a while. We were finally able to connect a ride for her.
When we went by later that night she told us that she was ready to be baptized
on Saturday! We were so stoked for her. But we had to plan the entire baptism in
just a couple of days. It was pretty wild. As every missionary can testify, the
day of the baptism it seemed like everything was going wrong. The day before, I
spent a while making a nice program for the service. When we got to the church
the morning of the baptism the file that I saved was nowhere to be found. I
quickly got the church computer and drafted another one, but found out that
there was no way to print from the laptop I was using. Man! So, we ran over to
the library to make the third program of the day. To make it all better, our
Zone Leaders decided that it would be a great day to go on exchanges. So, we
were cruising around in their area all morning. When we finally were making our
way to the church we ran out of gas... Holy Cow it was so stressful. Luckily,
we were pretty close to a gas station so we had just enough gas to get there. By
the time we got there, the car told me that we had 0 miles left in our tank.
Barely made it! Some other things that went wrong that day included the church
printer was running low on ink so the programs came out pretty bad anyway and Elder
Youngstrom and another one of the zone leaders didn't start filling the font
early enough so it was pretty shallow.
Elder Cline made the trip
out to Cedar Rapids to perform the baptism. It was his first time in the water
so he was pretty nervous. It took him five times to finally immerse D
completely in the water. When I gave the okay, everyone at the baptism started
clapping. Haha it was quite the scene. But the important thing is that D was
baptized and no matter how many times it took, she is now a member of the
church. We are grateful for her decision. On Sunday, I was able to confirm her
and help her receive the Holy Ghost. That is always such a special experience.
Gotta love exercising the priesthood! D is so awesome and she will make a great
member of the church. She has been taught by a lot of missionaries and I am
grateful that I was a part of her baptism. Blessings on blessings!
Remember that guy I talked
about last week who had literally read all the Book of Mormon in a couple of
days? He is turning out to be quite the project. He has a pretty hard heart to
the Book of Mormon and to the Prophet Joseph Smith. There are so many people
here that make the argument that the Bible is the only source of truth and it
is all we will ever need. It is crazy that Nephi saw this day in 2 Nephi 29. If
only we could force people to feel the spirit. We are going to keep trying
though. We have a bunch of other investigators we are excited to work with as
well. This place is the promised land.
Well this email is getting
a little lengthy so I will shut it down. I love you guys and I am so happy that
things are peachy back home. You are always in my prayers. Keep smiling and
keep being examples of Jesus Christ. People notice! Have a great week!
Elder Obray
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