BEST WEEK EVER!! (like every week...but still)
I'm just going to go straight to the highlight:
Magen was Baptized!! WOW!! Talk about perfect baptism!! I
don't think it could have gone better! It was seriously perfect!! Sister Dutson
and I just cried through the whole thing! Magens nonmember mom, grandma and
sister cam to support her and they cried through it all as well! The spirit was
tangible in that room! Two guys in the ward did an acoustic "When I am
baptized" right before we went to the font for the baptism and it was just
so perfect and beautiful! The dunk went great, even with her being 8 months
pregnant. Then when she came up out of
the water she just made the cutest noise ever.
It was like a laugh/cry, like she couldn't believe she finally was
baptized. That's when the water works started, haha Sister Dutson and I went
into the hall and just cried happy tears for a minute!
Then following the baptism, Hugh, her boyfriend and father
of the baby spoke about Magens example to him and how he is so excited to take
this path with her. He is member and is ready to be fully active in the church
with her and do what he needs to so they can be a family(: I can see them in the temple one day. making
their family eternal!! They see it too, which is so great! Magen completely
understand that baptism is just the beginning.
I am so excited and blessed to get to be apart of that and see their journey unfold.
Missions are wonderful! Moments like Magens baptism just
fill you right up to the top with real lasting joy. This is what a mission is all about. I have
such a testimony of the joy that Alma preaches about missionary work bringing.
It's not always easy, but it is ALWAYS worth it.
I love it here in Halifax! Being over the family ward and
ysa is SO much fun!!
The members here really understand their role as member
missionaries and it makes finding people to teach so easy! They make this work
progress!
Sister Dutson and I are seriously always laughing...and
remember how I said we are pretty similar...I don't think its been quiet once
since we met! haha its the BEST!! It's not even like having a companion, its
like being a missionary with my best friend!
We said goodbye to sister Champoux this week! She is headed
to Arizona! So I'm not feeling too bad for her (; I'm glad we got to be comps
with her for the short time we did! Shes great!! She'll do wonderful things
there!
To top this week off...remember Aelia...my 14 year old
investigator back in St.Johns??
Well, Aelia is now a member of the church as well!!! She
just got baptized!! I even got to skype her this week and talk to her about
it!!!
Life is oh so good!
Love love love you all!! Have a wonderful week full of
smiles and sunshine (:
xoxo Sista Hird
ps. if you're reading this and contemplating if you should
serve a mission...DO IT!! It will be the hardest thing you ever do, but it will
also be the best. I am learning and feeling
so many things I wouldn't be able to any other way!
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| Sister Hird, Magen, and Sister Dutson |
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| Sister Hird, Sister Champoux and Sister Dutson |
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