Monday, March 18th - Scotland/Ireland will forever have a piece of my heart

We had another amazing week.  We have been blessed to see so many miracles.  

We were able to stop by a woman who said to try by about 6 weeks ago.  She promptly let us in and we were able to teach her the Restoration.  At the beginning of the lesson she started by telling us she would never go to church, but as we continued teaching we just watched her heart soften as the Spirit touched her.  She told us at the end that she wanted to come to church and yesterday, she came!!!!  She really enjoyed it and I felt like I could just see her heart soften.  The Spirit is amazing!

We also taught our friend from China this week, finally!  She told us, "I just want to know if He is there."  She was able to come to church too!  She also read some of the Book of Mormon and prayed.

We were able to teach another woman and she accepted a baptismal date.  We also helped her move some things around her house and she was so grateful.  

I am so grateful for the many miracles we saw this week and I've seen in the last year and a half.

Well, this is it.  18 months later.  I don't have words to express the feelings in my heart.  I am so grateful for the chance that I've had to be a full time representative of Jesus Christ and to bear His name on my chest every single day.  I know that God truly is our loving Heavenly Father and that he cares about each one of us.  I know He wants us to be happy and the way we do that is by living the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  The Gospel brings peace.  It brings hope.  It brings joy.

I will be forever grateful and forever indebted to my Heavenly Father for the time I've had to serve Him in Scotland and Ireland.

I am a daughter of my Heavenly Father, who loves me and I love Him.

Scotland/Ireland will forever have a piece of my heart.

For the last time, Sister Baker

Monday, March 11, 2019

This week it rained...a lot!  We were soaked so many days, but we had fun with it!  A couple times we stopped avoiding walking through the puddles because our shoes were already soaked.  Funny of the week:  On one of these days while it was soaking we chapped into a lady that opened the door and her eyes went SO BIG at how wet we were.  She couldn't hide it.  She told us she wasn't interested and shut the door.  Sister Coffman and I walked away and busted up laughing at how horrified she was that we were that wet.

Unfortunately, our friend from Lithuania got really sick this week and couldn't meet with us.  Then he couldn't come to church because he had to make up time at work.  But he texted us and told us that he had been reading the Book of Mormon and that he is really interested to keep reading!

Our Chinese lady had a presentation to give for work yesterday, so she couldn't come to church either.  She has been keeping in contact with us though and hopefully we can teach her this week!

We were chapping this week and toward the end of the night a man opened the door and invited us in.  His sister was there, with his niece as well.  He sat and told us that God wasn't real, but his sister was very insistent.  She kept standing up for us and said the things we were doing were good.  As we kept talking and trying to share a little bit of doctrine she loved the things we were saying.  She gave us her address and said she would love for us to come by sometime and teach her 15 and 17 year old daughters.  What a miracle!  Hopefully we will be able to meet with them this week!

Yesterday it felt like all of my world collided.  Sister Coffman and I were greeting people as they came into church.  One YSA walked up to me and said, "Sister Baker, there's a man and a woman that want to talk to you outside."  So I walk outside and see Brooke and her uncle Les are in Cumbernauld (from her previous area - Perth).  They came to church.  It was so good to see them and to have them at church in Cumbernauld.  Then as we were waiting for church to start Ellie Cummings, a girl that went to Cottonwood, walked into the building!  She was there with her husband.  It was so strange to see someone else I knew and she was married!  Crazy.  I'm so grateful for all the people I know, whether it's Utah, Scotland, or Ireland.  I am grateful for the example of everyone around me and the love they show me.  I truly have been blessed.

Monday, March 4, 2019

This week FLEW by.  I can't believe how fast the time is going.  We had a really good week.  

We were able to meet again with the lady that we met with last week and talk a little bit about the Plan of Salvation.  She told us that she loves having us over and she always feels good with us there.

We found and taught a man from Lithuania.  He was so excited to be able to get the Book of Mormon in his language.  I love how many languages the Book of Mormon has been translated into.  The work is hastening!

Our Chinese friend had a really busy week, so we weren't able to meet with her, but we have been in contact with her all week and she said she really wants to come to church next Sunday!

MIRACLE:  We were chapping one night this week and I looked down and realized my badge was gone!  I got so sad and figured it was gone forever.  Sister Coffman and I retraced our steps and she thought that it would be in a parking lot we cut through.  Sure enough, in that exact parking lot was my badge.  I am grateful that God is aware of me (and everyone else) and the little things that matter to us.  To some, that is just a badge and a coincidence, but to me that was a manifestation of His love and how aware of us He is. 

I had my last zone conference this past week and I cried through the whole thing.  Departing missionaries give a final testimony and boy that was hard.  I have loved being a missionary.  I love representing Jesus Christ.  The Gospel brings so much joy.  I am so grateful for Scotland/Ireland and for my time here.  I have just a few more weeks to work as hard as I can.