Chelsea's Baptism!
All these sisters will be going home.
Mission Selfie!
First Snow of the season.
They found a QT in Des Moines!
Mission tour with Elder & Sister Cardon.
With Sister Murphy!
With Sister Pratt. They will be rooming together at BYU in January!
Well Hey there
This week was soo full of blessings that i am not even sure where to begin. I will give some highlights.
So on Thursday I was on exchanges with Sister Pratt... SO MUCH FUN!!!! I can't wait to live with her. haha We most;y did some finding the whole day but it was still so great. The lessons we did teach were great and we just flowed off of each other really well. i think we would've been too much of a powerhouse companionship if we were ever to serve together. haha But while we were finding we decided to go check up on that guy named Brad I was telling you all about last week. the one who invited us over for Thanksgiving and told us to bring The Book of Mormon. So we stopped by and he didn't have time right then but he rearranged his schedule so that we could come back later that night. We asked him if there was a reason why he was waiting until thanksgiving to get The Book of Mormon and he said no, so we gave him one! So at our appointment that night we didn't have a whole lot of time but we taught the 1st vision and more about The Book of Mormon. It was SO COOL! The spirit was so strong and he was just hungering after it. I am not really sure how to describe it but it was such a special experience. We invited him to be baptized once the Lord answered his prayers confirming the truth and he accepted! He was just elated and excited almost as if he had been waiting to hear this his whole life! We set up another appointment to meet on Sunday night. So we met with him last night and taught him the rest of the restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ and taught him about prophets,the great apostasy, and again the 1st vision and Book of Mormon. The spirit was even stronger this time! We had two members with us there also so that was a great fellowship. They invited him to come sit by them at church on Sunday and he was more than thrilled. He told us he is going to read The Book of Mormon by Thanksgiving. We also set a baptismal date with him for Dec. 3rd. He accepted. That is also my last day here in Ames so i am really hoping and praying that it will happen. I just felt so humbled and blessed to have met Brad and be teaching him. He is amazing. And to be instrumental in his conversion this way is just so humbling. I am so grateful.
On Friday we were blessed with the presence of Elder Craig A. Cardon of the Seventy and his wife at our Mission Tour. It was a really great meeting and full of the spirit. I learned a lot. We also had Stake Conference this week where Elder Gregory A. Schwitzer of the Seventy was present and he gave some really inspired instruction as well! It was so great!
THEN, on Saturday was Chelsea's baptism!!! It was such a special day!! Her family was able to come down from Minnesota and support her and there were 12 nonmembers at the service. So it turned out wonderful!! There weren't even enough seats because so many people showed up! It was great!!!
All in all, I just feel so blessed and humbled. I am so grateful to be serving the Lord in this way. It is the most rewarding work i have ever participated in. I know with all of my heart and by the power of the Holy Ghost that The Book of Mormon is the word of God. There is so much power that comes from it. Everyone should just read it:)
Love you!
Sister Halee Rogers
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