Abraham's Baptism
September 9, 2017
this week was a great one! We had our first baptism as a companionship this change and we couldn't be happier! It is such a blessing to be a part of the conversion process of oneself. Abraham is such a great guy and has made some major changes in his life and it is simply amazing to see the progress and the testimony he has over these months that we have taught him. It just shows that anyone can change that is willing to change. We simply just need a desire to change and the Lord will help us. Obviously its not going to be easy but I know that if we are truly willing to do it all for the Lord, He will bless us with things that we didn't think were possible to accomplish. One of my most favorite things about a baptism of a convert is hearing their testimony afterwards. Abraham was telling us that he loves this gospel and he truly has felt a change in his life and he feels something different about himself. He said when he came up out of the water he really felt like a new man. I can testify that that is exactly the reason for baptism. The opportunity to start new again even though we may have many years under our belt. What an opportunity!!!! What a blessing it is!! And every week we have the same exact opportunity when we take the santa cena (Holy dinner/sacrament). We are so underserving but surely our Heavenly Father loves us soooo much. I am so humbled to be apart of this great work. That really was the best thing ever to see Abraham make this covenant with our Heavenly Father.
This week was also full of much more experiences. Unfortunately this week was also filled with heartache with other famileis (families).. It absolutely kills me to drop someone.. We are thinking about doing that because we don't see any progress and man that is the absolute worst!! Ugh... But I have felt more of a love for the people here. Seeing the change in others and in my life makes it hard to let people make their own decisions. But agency is what we fought for before this life! I feel like a parent having these feelings of letting people go do their own thing and just left with my companion to be sad together hahah I was telling my companion that and we just laughed because it is kind of true... I love all of you so much. Keep at it. Never give up! A testimony is so fragile. Never let temptation get the bet of us. I love you!
Elder Reynolds
Ambato Zone Conference
"We will be the Lord's Missionaries to bring the world His truth"
~Army of Helaman
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