Monday, November 26, 2018

Saturday was Alex's Baptism!  He was so excited for everything.  His family invited a lot of their family and friends.  It was great to see all of the support for him.  His Aunt and Grandma both had tears in their eyes after his baptism.  His foot only came up once.  After his mom said she couldn't wait for her own.  His parents should get their birth certificates back this week so they can apply for a marriage license.  It looks like they'll be baptized at the start of the new year!  

Alex loved it so much.  One of the members gave him a scripture bag and a quad.  He asked Elder Edwards if he could bear his testimony in church yesterday.  He came to church with his scripture bag and the quad he was given.  He's a great addition to the Branch.  

On Tuesday, Elder and Sister Edwards were kind enough to make us a LOVELY Thanksgiving dinner.  There were 7 of us there and yes, we had turkey.

This week Sister Cox and I decided to go visit one of the members in the Branch.  It took longer than anticipated and we ended up waiting a long time for a bus.  After we waiting at a shopping center where we saw a little less active lady (and when I say little I seriously mean no more than 4 and a half feet tall).  It was pouring rain and she told us that she had called for a taxi, but they couldn't be there for an hour.  She said she was just waiting in the shopping center for someone she knew to come along to help her to get a taxi.  So we took her groceries and helped her across the street to the taxi rink.  So this week I literally helped an old lady cross the street.  It was great to see God's hand in that.  Clearly, we had to wait at that members home and wait on the bus, so that we could be in the right place at the right time to help this lady. 

This week we saved two elders from starvation.  They didn't budget very well and all they've been eating is eggs and bacon for every meal.  After coordination meeting on Thursday our Branch Mission Leader gave us a bunch of frozen food, but gave none to the elders.  We decided to be nice and we donated our frozen food to them.  We're convinced we saved two lives.