My Family!
I don't have much time, but I just wanted to write and tell you all that I love you and I'm excited to see your faces on Sunday :) Jon's baptism was on Sunday! I attached some pictures of his big day and also a picture of a cute, young family that we have been teaching for a while. Next up- I want to see them dressed in white as well :) Jon's baptism went very smoothly.
I am so happy and full of gratitude right now!!!! I was reading my first journal of when I met Jon back with Sister Tylka. I distinctly remember meeting Jon because I saw him walking towards us and I had been telling myself that I was going to stop him (I was only 3 weeks out so it still made me nervous and uncomfortable at that point). I gathered up courage and stopped him from walking and told him who we were and asked him what it would mean to him to know that we have a prophet on the earth today. He stood there in silence and then said, "That was a strange way to start a conversation" . Haha. But he stood there and listened thankfully! And we were able to teach him about prophets and a little about the restoration for about 15 minutes and set a return appointment! I've been thinking about that experience, and I've concluded that if someone's heart is prepared for the message, then it won't matter what the initial approach is or if it comes out awkward, because they will be able to recognize the spirit of the message that we share. Sister Tylka and I taught Jon for 3 months and then one day his phone line wouldn't go through and he had never given us his address. So we tried phoning him for about 3 weeks but it was clear that his phone was not in use anymore. I thought maybe he had blocked our number or something. But I remember Sister Tylka and I felt unsettled that we had lost contact with him because his testimony was really growing strong and he just seemed so ready for the gospel. So we had prayed hard that we would get in contact with him again. Pericodically I would trying phoning his number, in hopes that he got it settled, but nothing ever came of it. Then, like I told you, 5 months later, Sister Passey and I ran into him in town!!! Turns out he still wanted to be taught and he had dropped and broke his phone so he lost all his contacts and had to get a new one.
Anyways, fast forward to this week, and he is now baptised! :) He's amazing. It's really evident the relationship that he has gained with Heavenly Father. Any little doubt or nervousness he would have leading up to his baptism, he would pray about it and turn to the scriptures to find the answers and peace he was looking for and he always got it and would report back to us on it. He knows the church is true and has developed a strong habit of studying the scritpures and praying daily which I know will bless his life so much because of his desires to do it so diligently. He is going to really build the kingdom with the faith and desires that he has. I am so grateful the Lord allowed a situation for us to get in contact with him again!!!!! The baptism was a huge turn out- we had about 50 people (less actives, investigators, and members) there. We had made invitations early on and really focused on inviting everyone we possibly could. It worked out well. It was a GREAT day. Teaching the restored gospel to people and helping them to see the truth makes me so happy :)
Talk to you on Sunday!
Love,
Sister Knab
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