Monday, May 5, 2014

Karina's Baptism

This week has been full of miracles. Seriously, I think its been the most productive and amazing week of my mission. Not only the baptism of Karina, but we found lots of new investigators and had lots of lessons and had the help of several members. Our district leader was very surprized at the jump in our numbers. I´m fully convinced its because we decided to do our very best to be obedient and follow the Lord´s commands as exactly as we could. It has made all the difference this week.

I´ve been blessed to hear spiritual promptings more and more during my mission. It´s such a blessing to feel the guidance of the Spirit. This week we were in a lesson where we couldn´t really feel the spirit for various reasons. And it was the first time I realized how much I depend on the Spirit when we´re teaching. Because in this particular lesson I couldn´t think of anything to say. Nothing. We tried to talk and share something, but it just didn´t work. In part because of a language barrier (the women didn´t speak very good Spanish, she speaks Romanian), but hugely because it was impossible to feel the spirit. It was a really good learning experience for me.

Ok, so Karina´s baptism. It was absolutely wonderful. A teenage girl was baptized the same day so we worked with the Elders to make everything all happen. Our ward mission leader was awesome too. We went to go pick up Karina and her family, as a ´´just in case´´. 

Often the week before or even the day of the baptism something happens. Satan is trying as hard as he can to stop this baptism from happening, so he does all he can to discourage it. So we went to pick her up in case she was having cold feet. We got there and everything was fine, she wasn´t ready, but it was fine. As we slowly made our way to the church, I realized that we´d needed to pick her up more for us than for her. We ended up showing up at hte church 10  minutes before the baptism was supposed to start. (Here in Spain thats not a big deal. we were there before everyone else) If we´d been waiting for her in the church we would have been freaking out, but since we were with her all was calm. 

It was a beautiful service. The spirit was strong and Karina and the girl, Maria, were very happy. It was a miracle to see Maria getting baptized too. She almost got baptized a few weeks ago but got sick and had other problems so it didn´t happen. But the ward, especially the youth, bonded together and really helped her gain the courage to keep meeting with the missionaries and get baptized. 

I have never been so happy in my life as I was watchign Karina being baptized. There is no feeling like watchign someone I love so much make such a good decision. It was a moment of inexpressable joy. I don´t think there are words for how beautiful a baptism is. When people decide to come unto Christ and make the choice to try and be better..... it´s beautiful. Just beautiful. 
Love you all so much. Remember your own special day and why you decided to be baptized. Remembering the ´´why´´ of the gospel makes all the difference. Hugs and loves!!!!

Hna Woolley

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