February 9, 2012

Dear Family,

Things are going really well, one of our investigators was baptized last week! She is such a wonderful lady, and has a solid testimony. Her baptism went without a hitch...kind of...well there was a lot of rust in the water from the unused water tanks, (not many baptisms recently I wager) so the water was a disgusting brown color...but that didn't phase her, she was still extatic about being dressed up in white like an angel. It was a great experience.

Another investigator came to see our baptism, but wasn't able to make it to church the next day. He was up all night thinking about the baptism, and so when it came time to come to church he was exhausted and had a headache. Hopefully that was the spirit working within him, agitating his soul. Every soul aches for repentance, this much I know.

Our friend from Nigeria is doing really well, he almost clapped a couple times at church after some peoples' testimonies. He really liked the testimony of the ex-drug dealer we spent Christmas with. I love that man, what an amazing person.

(Elephant on our way to Petawawa)

We had a strong lesson with the Nigerian, and we were able to teach him about the importance of him connecting with God. He is so ready, he just needs to accept him. I am most sure he will be the next one to be baptized in our area.

We have a baptism is this friday! We've stopped by this investiagor lately just to say hi, because the Nigerian lives in the same building. He is going to be an apostle one day, he's been having some major opposition from the adversary in the form of bad dreams and darkness. The sisters shared with him the details of the first vision, and how Joseph Smith was nearly destroyed by Satan before God and Christ came, and he just starting crying. He recognizes truth. Which is the essence of spirituality, the ability to recognize truth. He is one of my favorite investigators.

(parliament)

We also visited a family that I had seen on splits about a year ago. It was a miracle now that I look at it, a year ago I visited a family for half an hour, a less active, part member family. Since then, the parents have actually gotten married and have another child on the way--now they are ready to receive the gospel and return to church--that's what she told us yesterday, it was a miracle. Had I not remembered they would have never been visited. The stake president was with us as well, we go on splits with him often.

Well that's all for this week folks, sorry I was late this week, we have zone conference and zone activity today and tomorrow.

Peace be the journey,

Elder Holm (1)