hola!
this week has been awesome!!! its been such an exciting and very humbling week. we were able to witness gods hand at work here in the issaquah 1st ward!!
it all started a few weeks ago when we set a goal with our ward council of 4 baptisms in October. we had only one baptism month to date, and it was now Tuesday on the last week and we didnt even have anyone on date! there was just about no hope for us to be able to reach our goal in the ward. then tuesday we stoped by a potential investigator we had found a few weeks back. she opened the door and we set an appointment for that night and we talked to her for a second, then she just started to cry and slammed the door... we didnt know what to do after that. so that night we came back and found out that she had started to cry because that morning she got on her knees and prayed to god and told him that she was done and needed a change. then we came. it was an amazing lesson and we put her ondate for november 19th! after we left we looked at each other and were like "what were we thinking, that is our three people we need this week!!!!" so we went to our appointment the next day and invited them to be baptized on sunday after church, and they said yes and were really excited for it!! we tough them 2 times a day for everyday until they were baptized, and their baptism was a very special one. we baptized all three of them and then lisa, a recent converts, daughter ( who is now a child of record) the ward loved it. it was a very neat experience to baptize and confirm 4 people right there!! the ward absolutely loves them and is excited for this great miracle to happen. it was so neat for us because i really learned the importance of relying upon the lord. we were in a situation where most people in the ward had given up and lost hope in our goal, but we kept praying and searching and god placed three perfectly prepared souls in our path that were just waiting to be baptized. god knows his children and he wants them to come back to him, because of that when people are ready for the gospel in their lives he will make it possible for them to receive the blessings of the restored gospel. we didnt really have much to do with these baptisms this weekend. they had been prepared by the hand of the lord and he placed them in our path to show them the way to find the changes and the happiness that they want in their lives. it was a really humbling experience to be able to see gods hand guiding our work so his will will be accomplished!
i love this work so much. i hope you all have a great week
love you elder berry
