¡Hola!
Nancy was baptized this weekend! It was an interesting service. During the
visits Nancy always talked about her dog. One morning I jokingly mentioned to
Elder Shiflet that she was probably going to want to bring her dog. That
statement proved to be prophetic. That same day she asked us if she could bring
her dog to her baptism. The branch president was with us in the visit and he
agreed to allow it only if someone was holding it at all times. The dog behaved
well during the service, but before and after the service it ran around the
capilla wreaking havoc with the primary kids. My rule of not baptizing seems to
not work anymore. We could not convince Nancy to let a member baptize her. But I
do not really mind. I am now only 10 baptisms away from my mission goal!!
We still do not know how Nancy´s phone called us in the middle of the
night! The Gospel has really blessed her life. Before she started meeting with
us she could not sleep well due to nightmares. However since she starting
meeting with us, she has been sleeping really well at night. Her life is a lot
more peaceful.
My miracle story this week comes from contacting. Recently we have been
trying to place a stronger emphasis on contacting. We are always running from
visit to visit; thus sometimes we forget the Lord´s counsel in Doctrine and
Covenants to not travel swiftly while people all around perish. Therefore we
have been trying harder to contact. We have seen several miracles from this.
Although most of our contacts have rejected us, God has greatly blessed us for
our finding efforts. We met two wonderfully golden families during a visit with
one of our baptismal fechas. Then on Saturday one the members showed up with his
friend from work, who is already reading the Book of Mormon! To top the week
off, Jackson came to church. Jackson is a menos activo we contacted two weeks
ago. He was literally the only person on the street. He came to church with his
two young daughters, one of which is 12 and unbaptized. She really enjoyed the
Young Women´s class and wants to come back! Although contacting is not the most
effective finding technique, God always blesses us for our efforts!
¡Hasta luego!
Love,
Elder Buchkovich
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