Miracles!

Hey Everybody!

 

So today we had concillio with President so this letter might be a little short... We got to go to WORK! ha ha But anyway, this week was really good! Mom, your advice was great, but it came about a week late. haha So at the start of last week we decided we had to change some things up. We were knocking A TON of doors and werent seeing too much success from it so we decided to just contact in the street and teach as many lessons as we could in the street! We killed it! We worked really hard, and although we didnt find too many people to teach, we saw so many miracles! And the Lord definately blessed us at the end of the week! Honestly my testimony keeps getting stronger in the fact that if we are obedient and do the best we can, the Lord is going to work miracles and bless us! So now lets talk about the blessings! :)

 

This week were able to see the BAPTISM of Ivan! It was incredible! Such an incredible stroy! So Ivan has been working like crazy! The past couple weeks we have only been able to talk to him 1 time, 2 times if we were lucky! SO this past week we finished teaching him everything and we started talking to him about his fetcha for Saturday and he said he really wanted to and he felt like he was ready, but he wasnt sure if his work was going to let him and on top of that, a job came up in the Islands that he took and the company could call him at any moment and he would have to get up and go right then. SO we said a pray and we came to the point that if God really wanted him to be baptized this weekend he would provide a way for it to happen. So anyway, Friday night we were walking through the street contacting people and we saw him eating with his wife, Miracle! He saw us and came up to us and said, I want to get baptized this weekend! The company called me and I need to leave on Monday! The only thing was that he also had to finish up his other work adn either work all day Saturday or all day Sunday. So we had a problem... We werent sure when we were goingdo the baptism... We thought maybe right after church and then we could confirm him as well, but the bishop said he needed to be confirmed in sacrament meeting so we were thinking alright then we will do it before sacrament meeting but there was other meetings we couldnt get around so we thought we were done, that was it... BUT, Miracle! Ivan called us and said that one of his friends was going to take the morning shift Sunday morning so he could take Saturday off and then come get confirmed and leave right after. So we planned it! But then we had another problem. He still had to have his interview with our district leader... Wait, Miracle! Our district leader was on intercambios with other pair of missionaries here in Badalona. (This part is crazy to me, they had inicialy planned the intercambio for the beginning of the week, but our district leader woke up a little sick so the rescheduled it... Miracle!) So, Friday night we called like all the members and invited all of them, we were super scared that no one was going come, but little did we know that there were activities planned in the church Saturday morning so there were a bunch of people there! Miracle! So we got the baptism and we went to open the closet to the baptismal clothes but I forgot the keys... Good one! Just so happened that the hermana in charge of the baptismal clothes was there. I asked her if by chance she had he keys and she told us, wow thats wierd I usually dont bring them but out of casuallity I brought them today... Yeah... Miracle! Well to end it all. He was baptized and came to church on Sunday to be confirmed. He also then bore his incredible testimony in the meeting! Maybe it doesnt sound that great, but I literally saw the hand of the Lord in the baptism. When he was baptized, I was reminded of what he told us the Thursday before, "If the Lord wants me to be baptized this weekend, then it will happen." Well, I know the Lord wanted it to happen. I know this is his work. We are only here to help everything come to pass. It was amazing!

 

Well other than that... Like I said, lots of hard work and lessons in the street. Nothing else really beats a baptism right! haha Welll maybe one thing... I used a Bide for the first time today! haha If you dont know what it is then look it up online! All I can say is man, those things leave you CLEAN! haha It was an unforgettable experience! haha

 

Love you guys lots!

 

Elder Carrigan