Hola familia!
Wade Daniel Woodrum is now the newest member in the Mankato Minnesota Ward! Saturday was such a special day. Me and Hermana Rawlins cleaned and got the font ready for the dip. Then we took pictures with Brother Woodrum and just took time to feel the spirit. His whole family was there to watch it happen and to feel the spirit of God. It was amazing to see everyone there that loves him and has supported him in this 6 week journey and change to his eternal salvation. President and Sister Forbes walked in the door and I was so surprised! They came to his baptism so that made it even more special!! The spirit was undeniable and I just felt a sense of joy unlike anything I have ever before felt! I couldn't stop smiling. As we sang the closing song tears came to my eyes as I saw Brother Woodrum's beaming face with his family beside him. I felt like a proud mama. Sunday after he received the Holy Ghost and he got up and bore his testimony. It was perfect!!! It was very precious because he had fasted for the courage to share his testimony in front of everyone so his family could hear it and sure enough he did it flawlessly!
Saturday after the baptism President and Sister Forbes offered to take us to dinner. If you don't know that is a huge deal! No one ever gets to do that so we felt very special. We got KFC because we didn't have a lot of time but it was so great to just spend some one on one time with them and get to know them. They are a lot more relaxed than the Clements haha we even laughed together:)
Yesterday we were teaching a girl named Lexi at her door step around 7:30pm and it was still like 85 90 degrees out and humid. We were teaching her the restoration and we got to Christ's life her on earth then all the sudden I see her eyes just start going back into her head and she starts loosing strength and her face was super white. So I reached out and grabbed her and asked if she was okay and gave no response. So then Hermana Rawlins grabbed her too and we were pretty much holding her helping her to the ground. I was just talking to her and telling her to breathe. (thank you life-guarding for the help) She was out for a little bit but just continued to take deep breathes with us and she was finally okay. She said she had been outside a lot that day and was probably dehydrated. It was kinda scary but we finished teaching the restoration sitting on the step and even set a date for her to be baptized!
Miranda is doing awesome. We taught her the plan of salvation this week and after we asked her to be baptized again. She couldn't say yes and feel good about it for some reason. So I asked her if we could all go into the living room and kneel and pray. We did and she asked the Lord for guidance. We sat there for about 2 minutes in silence as the Holy Spirit taught her. It was a very special and powerful experience. She felt a confirming answer form the spirit that she should be baptized on August 30th. I am so lucky to be apart of these experiences. The Lord is truly blessing us for our hard work. That is one thing I am learning is how to work and work and then work harder with diligence. The Lord blesses us as we give up selfish tendencies and give it all to him. Accepting his will and nothing else!
I love you all very much. I am so blessed to have you in my life. I hope you have a faith filled week. Don't forget to look for the tender mercies of the Lord they are all around us!
Love,
Hermana Pentelute
xoxoxo
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