This week was, oof yeah, hot stuff. Even better than last week. We had the baptism of Zoila. I´ve never met a woman as elect as Zoila.
When we found her she told us that her son and spouse had passed away so we pulled a classic missionary and testified of eternal families and how we have to make covenants with God in order to achieve them and she accepted a baptismal date and told us that she felt very suddenly inexplicably happy and we did too so we all started crying tears of joy right there in the doorway. Normally when we set baptismal dates with people, we have to keep resetting goals because they need more time but with Zoila she got baptized on the first date we set with her and I´ve never met someone more ready. She's freakin 81 years old and walks to church every Sunday without us even having to remind her (and she lives significantly far from the chapel, like Hna Ruiz and I wouldn't make that walk and we´re young and called of God). She told us that one time she was walking to church and almost got hit by a car but she felt a hand push her out of the way but there was nobody there.
When we found her she told us that her son and spouse had passed away so we pulled a classic missionary and testified of eternal families and how we have to make covenants with God in order to achieve them and she accepted a baptismal date and told us that she felt very suddenly inexplicably happy and we did too so we all started crying tears of joy right there in the doorway. Normally when we set baptismal dates with people, we have to keep resetting goals because they need more time but with Zoila she got baptized on the first date we set with her and I´ve never met someone more ready. She's freakin 81 years old and walks to church every Sunday without us even having to remind her (and she lives significantly far from the chapel, like Hna Ruiz and I wouldn't make that walk and we´re young and called of God). She told us that one time she was walking to church and almost got hit by a car but she felt a hand push her out of the way but there was nobody there.
Also I´ll never forget when we shared the first vision and she gasped when we said ¨This is my Beloved Son, hear him!¨ and now she has the first vision memorized.
Basically I am just so full of joy and love that I got to meet Zoila and that's all I have to say. Also HUH. Tomorrow I complete 6 months of my mission. That's one third! That's so crazy. Also today is the first day that I can say ¨A year from today I´ll not be here¨ and that's even more crazy to think cause I still feel like I just got here.
That's all, thanks bye love you all.
Hermana Tolman
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| This is me with one of Zoila's grandkids who has special needs. He loves when we come to visit |
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