Even Crazier Week!

Okie dokie well this week was another one that went flying past! So this whole month has probably been the most opposition I've seen on the mission. Satan threw everything he had at us, and everybody we taught. We had people go awol on us, we had people be anti'd by their family right after teaching them. We had all sorts of stuff happen but this week the Lord put it all together.

This week we all received priesthood blessings from President Maluenda because he goes home this transfer. I think he is one of the three Nephites... but that was a hugely sacred experience and I am so grateful for it! Also, I will be here in Beeville for another six weeks, with Elder Riding still! #baptizeBeeville 

So at the start of last week had people lined up to be baptized and it was going to be amazing! Well at the start of this week we had no one! For one reason or another something happened to each one of them to prevent them from being baptized this week. So we were a bit discouraged, but as we met for a zone meeting we all received a priesthood blessing from president and held the zone meeting, something that we talked about was that although we may not all have people that can be baptized this month we can still do all we can as a zone to bless those in the zone who  were ready. Then a thought came to me: Steve used to say that in wrestling we weren't working to win a state title we were working to win a national title, and if we did that well duh we are going to win a state title because that is part of winning a national title. So it clicked if Elder Riding and I wanted to baptize people here in Beeville then we should focus on helping the zone do so and of course as part of that we would be blessed too if we are obedient. So we put the focus in the zone. We fasted together, prayed together, and followed the commitments given to us by our leaders. So we still had no one we could bless by baptizing them this month but we were ok with that. 

Well on Saturday morning we got a call. Rebecca had moved out for good from her boyfriend's and gotten new housing and she said "That's it I want to be baptized, I don't want to wait until the 19th of June I want to be baptized as soon as possible!" So she drove about an hour to go to an interview to see if she was ready, our mission president approved it, and the very next day Rebecca was baptized. This was a huge miracle!! Rebecca has been wanting to do this since I met her almost two months ago. And after she left the water she said "I didn't know if I wanted to cry, or laugh, or what but it was just a flood of happy emotions." Now Rebecca has the gospel of Jesus Christ in her life and a fresh clean new start. I know that baptism is the only and the true first step to finding the fullness of joy in this life and the next. Rebecca is now clean and has made the most incredible change in her life since the time I met her. This truly is God's work and God's one and only true church! It was amazing to be a part of this and I'm so excited to see what else the Lord has in store for Beeville! I love this work and I hope you all see a miracle in your lives this week:) 

Side note to explain the food pic. Grace and Scott found out some how, we didn't tell them, that we had just about no food and so they showed up at our apartment with dinner for that night, tons of food and took us out, They are true converts and truly Saints in these later days! I love them to death! They share the gospel with everyone they know, live their testimonies, teach liked Alma and Amulek, and want to serve a senior mission after they are sealed next April! 

On exchange with Elder Clayton

Huge storm blew the power!

Painting a house for service.

The sisters fed us!

Blessings from members. 

Rebecca's big day!