We had a very busy week last week! So many things happened and we were able to see so many miracles!
First of all, KARLI GOT BAPTIZED!!!! We met her almost everyday to make sure she was ready for Saturday! We got her to try on her baptism dress on Monday night and she was so cute because she wanted us to help her pick out what to wear to the baptism and afterwards! Then we didn't get to see her on Tuesday but we called and prayed with her in the morning before she went to work! Then we saw her on Wednesday and got t teach her about the plan of salvation again but this time taught more about temples and family history! It was amazing because she said she was praying about what her next goal should be after her baptism and of course she knew right away that she needs to start working towards going to the temple! Then Thursday we taught her all about missionary work and she got so excited that she is now able to come to lessons with us! She got really really excited and she told us she finally told her mom about getting baptized and the church and her mom was really happy for her, so that was a really big thing! Then we saw her on Friday and went over the Restoration one more time to help her remember before she starts teaching us, that was a very powerful lessons! She told us she was all ready and had everything prepared just in case something happened!
Friday afternoon we were able to have a very amazing Zone Meeting with our Zone! It was very uplifting and spiritual, all about how we can be a mission on fire! We talked about the things we need to do personally and in our companionship to really get the mission blazing! We each really were able to look inside of ourselves personally and find out who we are and what we can do to get our personal fires going and how we can keep them going! Then after our meeting was about to end, they of course had all the missionaries going home at the end of the transfer bear there testimonies! I completely forgot that happens but it always feels so good to bear your testimony to people who want to hear it and help them to feel the spirit as well as confirm your own testimony to yourself of what you know to be true!
Then Karli was baptized on Saturday! Her baptism was amazing! It was very spiritual and she was so happy! After she was baptized she just started laughing because she was unsure of what to feel and think, it all being so new for her to be relieved of all those burdens and sins! After when she was getting dressed she told us she didn't believe she would feel different but she did and she didn't know how to respond so she just kept laughing! Then after she got confirmed on Sunday she called us a bit after church and wanted us to come over because she felt weird! She really just felt lighter and was worried something was wrong with her and she wan't being normal! It is always an amazing experience to see someone have everything washed away and start a new life following Christ! It reminds me of my covenants and how it should always feel when we take the sacrament, lighter and happier! It gives you a new perspective of the Atonement and the power it has for each of us!
Yesterday was absolutely amazing as well, since we had our Zone Conference where Elder and Sister Teh of the Seventy and President and Sister Burt came and spoke to us! It was absolutely phenomenal! We talked a lot about listening and following the spirit and a lot about why we are here serving missions! Elder Teh at the beginning of the meeting promised that all our questions we came with would be answered if we truly were engaged in the meeting and were waiting for the spirit to give us our answers! All of my questions were answered just as Elder Teh said they would be! I have a great amount of desire to go out and really make these last 3 weeks the best i can and work so hard! Thank you so much for the beautiful blessing you gave me! It was just what i needed to hear! It just goes to show me how amazing the spirit is and how it truly helps us so much to know exactly what we personally need, reminding me of the talk from conference, What Lack I Yet?
We had a very full and busy week and were able to see so many miracles! I can't wait to share them all with you next week! i am going to keep enduring strong and will do everything i can to make the end of my mission one to truly remember! : ) Love you all!
Love,
Sister Heaton
P.S. My companion Sister Bell, Titled this weeks email :) She's great!
Pictures:
Zone Conference
Karli's Baptism