Yo what is going on everyone!!! I hope yall are doing amazing, things be chugging along quick! Feels like I just wrote an email yesterday but here we are on Monday already!
So to get things going, Fernando got baptized on Saturday and it was such an amazing baptismal service. A little background on Fernando is he is really close friends with a big family in our ward, so he's been surrounded by the church for a long time, until eventually, the member invited him to church and perked his interest in the gospel. It was a long journey of learning and striving to live the gospel till eventually it came the day that he wanted to be baptized. The cool thing about it all was since he was so close with the members, our members put together everything. The program, lunch, lessons, etc. When it came time, our member baptized Fernando and the spirit was so strong in the room when he came out of the water, there were lots of tears shed that day.
Then come Sunday, Fernando came to church ready to be confirmed and given the gift of the holy ghost. And to spoil it a little, this was the most spirit filled sacrament meeting I think I've had in my entire life. We sang 7 verses of "How Firm A Foundation" Then we got ready for the confirmation and we probably had at least 10 people in the circle during the confirmation. Of course, the member gave the confirmation and the blessing and when I tell you I had shivers down my whole body during the entire confirmation, im giving you an understatement. After wards we had an amazing sacrament meeting then at the end we sang "The Spirit of God" and the whole congregation stood up for it as well. We then found out that Fernandos wife (who isn't a member) was in tears the entire meeting because of how strong the spirit was. I can not put into words how strong the spirit was this whole weekend.
The rest of the week was just another grind week. We did have exchanges with our zone leaders and we all went crazy! I found 4 new people and my zone leader found 4 as well. This honestly showed me that it is possible to find people here in this area. While the people we found kinda bummed on us because nome of them came to church and all our lessons this week fell through, it was a testimony to me that it still is possible to find people and eventually, God will place us on the path of the elect and the elect on to our path!
Well I hope yall had a great week, I'm hoping this next week goes well. Kinda like last week, we haven't taught a single return appointment lesson from any of our friends which has been very discouraging but I have faith and hope and I know eventually we have to see miracles, all it takes is consistency! Anyways! I love yall, keep being awesome and always remember to love God and love your neighbors!!! Take care!
-Elder Milius
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