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And another week has gone, wow, things really are starting to fly by!

 

So the main event this week was that we had a wedding a two baptisms! So we first had Malia who got married to her less active partner, and then an hour later they got baptized and it was so good. She's pregant, and apparently was having contractions during their reception (but didn't tell anyone), and we showed up to church on Sunday ready for her to be confirmed, and Bishop told us she went straight to the hospital after the reception and had her baby that night, so hopefully she'll be able to make it to church next week to receive the Holy Ghost. Definitely a day she'll never forget! Then Saturday night we had Niels (yes, with an s!) We were getting ready to push his baptism to the next week because we didnt' feel like his testimony was where it should be, mostly because we asked him "So what does it mean to you that we have a prophet on the earth today?" & he said, "Nothing." But once we explained more about the role of our prophet, it cleared things up for him so much and we felt like he was ready! The only stressful thing was that we showed up and Bishop said that Anaru, the guy we talked to to baptized Niels, wasn't going to be able to make it, but we just found someone else to baptize him, thankfully, and it all ended up going really well. I've never had one of our investigators get up and share their testimony after their baptism, but he said he wanted to, but then almost backed out last minute, but then decided to go ahead and do it and it was such a powerful testimony and just so humbling that we were able to help teach him all of what he now knows to be true.

 

Things are a little crazy here with spending half our time at the VC & we have so many people who are willing to set up appointments for us to come back, so we really have to focus on those that are elect and progressing because we jsut don't have time! I came into Hamilton feeling a little more confident, having some experience like I've got the hang of somethings as a missionary, but then over the past week especially I've had a big smack in the face realizing how much I have to learn and improve on. Sometimes I wonder how I've helped anyone prepare and be ready to be baptized because my teaching skills have so much room for improvement, but then I remember that it's not really me teaching, it's the Spirit. Thankfully. Haha

 

Oh, a little change we had this week was we have a new elder here at the VC. He was serving in Sydney, but is waiting for some health problems to clear up, so in the mean time, he's here at the VC almost all day, every day. Poor guy, haha, except he's from Hamilton, so he sees seen tons of people that he knows. Anyway, it's just different having an elder here with us.

 

Love you all! Hope things are going well.

 

Love,

     Sister Mullen