Maloelelei! (Once again...need to work on my spelling in Tongan)
Things are finally starting to go faster this transfer. I think
this week actually went pretty fast. We FINALLY got in contact with an
investigator who's been waiting for her husband to get the Melchizedek
priesthood so he can baptize and confirm her, and thankfully she still
wants to get baptized and we went over the Baptismal Interview Questions
with her and she is so solid! It's so exciting, she's just been hard to
get a hold of.
We also have another investigator, Maree, she's been taught on and
off by missionaries for almost a year. She comes to church every week,
no problem. Then Saturday, the sister's investigator's baptism got moved
to 6:00 pm, so Maree could go. There was a little miscommunication
between my comp and the memeber, the member thought she said "Grandview"
instead of "Glenview" ....but there isn't even a chapel on Grandview.
Anyway, they show up like 2 minutes before the actual baptism happened
(I hate how Satan works sometimes) But Maree was able to see it, and
then afterwards, we were talking to her about how she felt watching the
baptism and she said she felt really calm and that it should have been
her and that she should have done it a long time ago, so we set her for
next Saturday! Yayy! We got a call later that night that she really
wants her nan to be there, and she has to work this upcomping weekend,
so it's been moved back another week, but she kept saying, "I'm still
going to get baptized. I still want to do this." and that was so
exciting that she was already calling and telling people. The only
problem is her partner. We reminded her that someone has to move out or
get married. She thought they'd be fine since they're not even sleepign
in the same bed, so that'll be our obstacle, but I have complete faith
it'll work out. Her partner, Anzac, is on home detention til November,
but before the baptism, he was telling Maree that her and their 9 yr old
daughter should get baptized, and he'll get baptized when he's ready.
He's been the one holding her back because he doesn't want to get
married. But I can see how much she really wanted it after seeing the
baptism, so I know it's going to happen! Ahh. It felt so good and was a
reminder that I'm definitely her doing the Lord's work and we are just
acting in His place. Love it.
Lots of patience to learn training, but it's helping me grow so
much. Learning to strengthen my relationship with Heavenly Father when I
don't really have anyone else to talk to. Oh, I realized I probably
never talk about some of the chats I have online, we had a cool one this
week with a Jewish girl who is interested in getting baptized, but she
hasn't even been to church yet. She has some good member friends,but
said she'd get baptized after she learns a little more. Yay! Love it
when we have good chats. Sometimes we get random people getting into
deep doctrine, it just makes my head hurt and I don't even know how to
explain it. But it's always refreshing to have a good chat. Hope
everyone's doing okay, love yous!
Ofa Atu,
Sister Mullen
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