One down, hopefully many more to
go!!
This week was a very good week!!
This weekend Danielle was baptized!!
That is what this letter is going to
about because this has been the highlight of the mission so far! It was such a
great experience teaching her and seeing all the good that has come from it!
Danielle is awesome! For example, she came an hour early with Lily and the two
of us to pick out a baptism outfit and she said, "If we have some spare
time when this is done, before it starts can we go over Jacob 5? I don't
understand everything in there and I want to understand the symbolism!"
Most members just skip over things like that but not Danielle. When she was
reading through 2 Nephi she had a bible with her and would read every chapter
then compare it with the chapters in Isaiah that applied to them! I haven't
even done that! She is so solid! Great things are ahead for her!
Her family is all non-members, she
has a Dad who lives in San Francisco, and she lives with her mom and her older
brother here. We had met her mom once, but very briefly before the baptism. Danielle
called us last Tuesday and told us that not only was her mom ok with her
getting baptized but she wanted to come to it! Also, her brother had the same reaction!
But the best and coolest thing is she invited her Dad and he drove all the way
from San Francisco to see her get baptized! Not one of her family members have
ever had contact with the Church before, her mom even thought we were an
entirely different religion, but they were all super excited for her and they
all came and sat in the front row and really seemed to enjoy the service! Her
brother had to go to work before we got the pictures so he is not in them, but
her whole family was there!
The baptismal service was great! It
was pretty simple but it was good! About 40 people showed up to see it, about
10 were missionaries but there were a lot of people there to support her!
Between Me, Elder Bradley, and the Agardy family we did the entire program! It
was great! Elder Bradley baptized her and the spirit was in that room, it was
so strong! A lot of people said that it was one of the best baptisms they had
ever gone to! One of the best parts was the look in her eyes a little later
that day! We were having dinner with her family, the Agardy family, and another
family. As we were talking both Elder Bradley and I noticed that her eyes had
changed! They were super bright and full of light. We could tell that she was different now. It
was great to see that light of Christ in her eyes! She was confirmed yesterday
at church. She asked me to confirm her and I was very nervous! I had never done
anything like that before! But it went really well, the spirit was there and it
was also a very great experience! It was also nice to go to a ward where I
could just listen to the speakers! I love the branch, but that sacrament was
nice!
Now that she is baptized we need to
start getting some deaf people baptized, we have some potential investigators
that we are working to get a hold of. We have an appointment with a new one
tomorrow so hopefully we will have some new investigators soon!
There is nothing better in this
world then the gospel and the happiness it can bring!
Till next week,
Elder Banner
I realized that I have not sent any
pictures of this transfer so here is an email with some pictures!
I think most of these pictures are
self explanatory but I will give you the names of the people in the group pictures!
see picture 8392
Top: TJ Agardy, Sieta Agardy
(special needs, see below)
Middle: Elder Bradley, Elder Banner,
Telhri Agardy, Lily Agardy, Danielle De Alba, Danielles Mom and Dad (both non
members)
Bottom:
Zitry (pronounced Z3) Agardy
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