Good Morning U.S.A: After the trial of our Faith (Week #60)

Hello all!

I hope everyone had an excellent week this last week and an awesome mothers day yesterday for all you moms out there!

My letter today will be a bit brief.

Transferes came in last night and Elder Mortensen and I are still companions which is good! Nothing change for us but we have 4 new missionaries coming into our zone!

The other peice of big news came in the form of a great miracle. Satuday afternoon I was able to skype my family which was awesome, but one of the questions in that conversation was if we had sombody getting baptised on Sunday. To better explain this moment for all, Elder Mortensen and I were hoping and praying to Baptise this last week, but we did not have an investigator progressing in the way of being ready for baptism. We had 2 that we wanted to try and see if they wanted to get baptised when the week started, but as each day passed, we tried to visit them but they were never home. So when Saturday arrived and my family asked if we had a baptism, I wasnt too sure how to respond. Especially because the only candidates we had for baptism for the week were 2 people with whom we had never talked about baptism. But even with all this, to be optimistic, and to act and show my faith a little bit, I told my family that yes, I thought we would have a baptism.

We went out to work Saturday afternoon as usual, and once more the people we were trying to talk with were not home. However as we continued working, at around 6 PM we encountered one of these two people walking on the street. His name was Elizaldo, and to be honest he was the least possible of the 2 people we had because he had already been attending church for 8 months with his girlfriend, but many missionaries had already worked for months with him and every time was the same, He didnt want anything to do with baptism. But when we ran into him on the street, and started talking to him, he told us he was reading the Book of Mormon! When he said that Elder Mortensen and I looked at each other, and we already knew. Elder Mortensen asked why he had never been baptised and Elizaldo answered:

´´its watever man itll be alright´´

E. M. ``itll be alright as in you want to be baptised?´´

Elizaldo: ´´Sure´´

E.M. `´When do you want to get baptised?´´

Elizaldo `` when were you thinking?´´

E.M. & E.F. in unison: ``how about tomorrow?``

Elizaldo: ``OK!``

Yesterday, God once more confirmed our Faith. Elizaldo was baptised by the Bishop here in our ward. Is Girlfriend (atually fiance now) was suuuppperrr happy and really suprised! They are planning to get married and are also now planning to be sealed together in the Fortaleza temple one year from now.

Such a blessed week!

Love you all and hope you have an excellent week!
Love,

Elder Ferrell

Photos

1) Baptism of Elizaldo