Baptism of Prisca and Precious

Hello Everyone,

 

I know I say this every week, but this has been the best week of the mission! It was filled with so many miracles and finished with the baptism of 2 of my bestfriends:)

 

This week we taught a man called Kyle. He is super prepared to receive the gosple he told us he wants to be baptised that he thinks it would help his family. We will be seeing him later in the week. His grandpa is a member. He came to the baptism on Saturday. It was like a half an hour walk in down pour, but he showed up! He has great commitment.

 

I was able to help set apart one of the sisters from the Stockport ward. She will be serving a mini mission in Liverpool for 4 weeks. It was great to talk her through all the mission rules and help her understand how to be a great missionary:) She has only been a member just barely over 2 years now.

 

We taught our friend Jason and his daughter Millie. We showed the Restoration DVD and at the end he said he was emotionally moved by it. Especially the part where Jospeh's father is baptised:) We hadn't see him in about a month since before christmas, and he said he had been missing something. and really felt alot better since we came over. Then we set up a time to see him and his daughter Millie. Because she was sad she was gone for the lesson last week.

 

We were at the Martin's home this week. They had their friend Jay over. He was amazing in the lesson. We taught about the restoration, and he participated well, and you could tell that Chris and Kim had been talking to him about it. It is so wonderful to see the excitement The Martin's are bringing.

 

The baptism was amazing!!! Prisca and Precious had been waiting for this day since we met them. Every lesson was super good. They were so prepared to hear the gosple. they were introduced by a member friend back in Wrexham. Then was taught in Chester and eventually moved up to Stockport. KIm Martin gave a great talk on baptism. Which is really great since she was only baptised last March. Then one of the sister that taught them in Chester, Sister Snarr, talked on the Holy Ghost that is when I could really feel the spirit. I was so excited and a bit nervous. Since this was my first time baptising. But when I met them in the font, all those nerves went away. It is wonderful to see their smiling faces when they came up out of the water. They were well ready for this day. Then we had loads of African Food! which is amaizngly good. Then on Sunday I was able to confirm the little girl Precious. This was my first time doing a confirmation, but the spirit directed it all. I was so touched by the things that were said. I know Precious will be a special member of her family and the church. She will be a great influence on everyone that she meets. I have them all CTR rings to help them remember their specail day!

 

This week has been amazing! I love the Silver family and am so happy I got to meet them and help them on their journey back to Heavenly Father. They are such a loving family and I can't thank the Lord enough for being blessed to meet them!

I love you all have a marvelous week,

 

love Elder Hammond