The Holy Ghost=The True Teacher

I need to clarify that my email from last week about the one by one is more theory then proof but for me it makes the Atonement more personal.

 

As for this week, yesterday I went to a baptism for this little girl who is 10ish. Her mom is a member but was inactive for awhile and the dad I hear use to belong to another church and was super involved. I am not sure exactly what he did but it was something. The Elder's just showed up at the house one day and started teaching the family. Things seemed to be going really well but a few weeks ago the Elder's were told that the family didn't have time to meet with them anymore. Luckily they had a baptismal date set for the daughter and the parents kept it. I was sad to hear that the Elder's might not teach the dad anymore because he is really great. One I would think would be labeled as a "golden investigator" so to hear that they were dropping the Elders was sad for me. 

 

Here's the thing, THE BAPTISM WAS AMAZING!!!!! I can't even tell you how strong the spirit was. I sung the song "Child's Prayer" with my companion in Spanish. I looked down at the Dad sitting right in front of me and saw the tears streaming down his face, then I looked at the little girl who was about to be baptized and she was in tears as well. I almost lost it and joined them but I maintained my composure. Afterwards we went to their house for dinner. I had a brief minute to talk to the Dad. He started to tell me the story of how he met the Elder's but we got interrupted. He told me that he knew this church was right and that he was going to be next. While I was talking to him he was beaming! It was an incredible experience. I can't even describe in words all the good that came from last night's experience. Even to the moment that we were talking. He loves the Elder's so much! He really appreciates them coming to the door. I can't wait to see this family progress enough have the blessings of an eternal family.

 

It is funny because they were so close to saying no more, actually they did say no more but then the Holy Ghost just swoops right in and touches people's hearts. He truly does more then we could ever know. My dad wrote me this week and reminded me that no work is bad work. I am beginning to know how true this is. For example two weeks ago when we did the district blitz in our area we found an apartment of a family. The boyfriend of the daughter was over and he said while in Mexico he used to be taught English by the missionaries. I think that because he had an experience with missionaries it made the daughter curious and in turn we were able to visit with the Mom. My companion always said publicity good or bad for the church can always end up good. She has a friend that saw a TV show that made fun of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints because of this he was curious and found the mormon.org website. Eventually he took the missionary discussions and was baptized. Crazy!

 

This morning I achieved one of my life long goals! I don't think I have ever voiced this to anyone but I have always wanted to know what it felt like to be in a cloud. Today I was! It was just as great as I had imagined. I know a few times when I was in San Francisco the weather was foggy and cloud like but today I was actually in the mountains. We went for a morning hike and it was pretty fun. Luckily it was cloudy because it has been SO hot lately and we would have dried up the minute we stepped out of the car. When we got to the top we were literally in the clouds. You could see them pass over the top of the mountain. So what does it feel like? It is wet, cool,... I am not sure how else to describe it. I really enjoyed our adventure today. Of course you couldn't see much down below when we reached the top but I really liked it! The drive to the hike was similar to the payson canyon up to girls camp so I felt a little at home.

 

Transfer's are next Monday, I am prediciting that I will stay in my area. I really hope I do too. We had Sister exchanges last Wednesday. I went to Santa Clarita for the day with Sister Hansen. I realized how much I love me Ghetto street and how much I truly love the Valley. Santa Clarita is really nice. The area is huge though! The Hermana's cover the whole valley pretty much! By one I was ready to come back! haha I really hope I stay. I love here and I am not ready to go yet! I know that the Lord will do what he knows is best and if I am transfered I will be happy wherever I go but deep in my heart I hope I stay! 

 

My exchange was really good. I learned so much! The member's in Santa Clarita are awesome. We went to this ladies house and helped her clean her kitchen. They were going to have a wedding at her house Saturday. I know you will be pleased to hear how I did in the Spanish department while we were there. Well I will tell you. I did awesome! My companion knew all of the things about this woman so I spent the hour just asking questions and having a real conversation with her. I was so happy to have the practice. My companion had to translate sometimes and give me words but I feel as though I did really well!

 

Well I have to go! I love you all! Thanks for all the letters! I am going to play catch up today and see how many I can get out! Sorry and thanks for being patient with me! Love you!

 

Hermana Fish