February 19, 2008

Hello!

Well a great week... Start from last Monday and a sad story..

Well, I got those baseball gloves and that squishy t-ball for Christmas.. I thought to myself "I wonder why mom didn't send a real, hard baseball, but oh well this one is just fine." So me and my comp went to the park last Monday to toss the baseball a bit. Then we started practicing a little pitching. There was a fence right behind my comp as I pitched to him. The park was almost completely empty. I whipped out the 4 seam fastball, and the ball flew over my comp, over the fence and went directly into the leg of the only person visible within a mile...

...a three year old with an ice cream cone. You should have seen his face.... As a frantically searched through my bag for candy to give the child to curb his pain, I said a silent prayer of gratitude for the wisdom of a mother who knew her son´s 4 seam fastball well enough to send him a soft baseball instead of hard one. Thanks mom =)

That was Monday...

Yesterday was an excellent Sunday!! First we had a baptism. The baptism was excellent. The spirit was so strong. But before the baptism we had been praying every night so that the Father of the kids who were to be baptized would come. He is a very inactive member and said he was not going to come to the baptism.

A week of prayers with our Ward mission leader took place. Finally, right before the baptisms (during the service but right before the ordinance) he showed up. Our ward mission leader and the bishop teared up because they all knew him and our hearts were full of gratitude. The two children who were baptized are incredible and have strong testimonios, los dos. What's more, we had 3 inactive families and 3 families of investigators in the sacrament meeting and they all enjoyed it.

We had an incredible lunch and then ended the night with a FHE with an excellent family in which the mother teared up as she felt very much love for us and felt the spirit of the message. To top it off we got home and received a call from a youth in the ward who said his mother who was once very against the church was talking to the mother of his friend who is member and they were fixing up for a FHE.

All in all we were floored and humbled with the blessings we received that come through hard work and persistence. Our testimonies were strengthened and we know even more so that this is the Lord´s work and he directs us... I love you all, I'll send pictures next week. Thanks for your prayers!

Elder Kelly

ps.. In March my P-day switches to Tuesday... just a heads up

ps, elder wake.... A donde va en dos semanas!? Cuales son sus planes??