Hello all! I hope this email finds everyone in good health and feeling happy! Because Im feeling pretty happy! This last saturday I had my first baptism! Waho! He really did follow through! And I may have shed a tear or two out of sheer happiness for this kid :) I´m so proud of him! It was a beautiful baptism. We had two great talks and wonderful special musical number by one of the Tongan Elders here who is way cool and has a beautiful voice. So the other hermanas had two investigators who got baptized and me and my comp had one- Erick. The other two guys were baptized first and wow.... that was interesting. The same guy baptized both of them and...phew were they baptized hard... like really hard. The member literally smashed them into the water. I feel like baptism is already a kind of traumatizing event because Dominicans dont go swimming a lot (yes I know, weird, because they live on an island). But its true! So a lot of people are scared of getting dumped in the water. And one of the guys is like 70 yrs old or something so it was quite traumatizing for him. Poor guy. But Erick was baptized by a different member and that went a lot smoother, thankfully ;) It was all really great though. And Im just for happy for him. It was so cool to see get confirmed the next day in church and watch him stand up proudly as a new member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Its been quite the journey for Erick. If you all remember, he had a date back in November to be baptized but it fell. He´s been receiving the missionaries for about a year without any support from his family. They accepted his decision and let him do what he wanted but none of them are interested... really quite sad.. but that is why I am even more proud of him. He chose this all by himself and continues to be an amazing example for his family. The church is true!
In other news, transfers are coming up again. (time seriously flies). This Saturday we´ll get the call and Im kind of nervous! I might for real, leave this time! I´ve been here for awhile now and theres a really big chance I´ll leave! Im not really sure how I feel so Im trying not to think about it :)
Well thats all Ive got for today. Sorry its not much but i wanted to tell you all about the baptism! Hope all is well and everyone is still actively particpating in the Church and continuing to build your faith and testimony. Because a testimony is a continual process. You have to be actively doing things to build your faith and testimony or it will slowly begin to decrease and break down. I see it time and time again with inactives here. They think their faith is still strong and they still have all the knowledge they had when they first got baptized but in truth they dont. When it comes to testing that knowledge, they´ve forgotten all. Its very sad to see so don´t let this happen to your testimony! Continue to do those ¨primary answers¨. Pray. Study the scriptures, Go to Church, Keep the commandments, Go to the temple... We hear these things time and time again but that´s because they are the most important! ¨Through small things are great things brought to pass¨. Remember to do you part! Through these things, we can obtain eternal life and salvation- which is the greatest gift we can receive. Remember to act and not be acted upon.
Love you all!
always,
Hermana Dibble
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