Baptism

Beautiful Baptism Day

Practicing for the Baptism



This is my new Dirndl

This week was a good week! Sister Mittleman and I met with a lady this week. She told us about her experience of receiving a priesthood blessing. She is not a member, but wants to be. She comes to church all the time and decided a few weeks ago that she needed some extra support. She went up to the bishop at church and asked him for a blessing. She said that there were things in the blessing that were said that no one knew about but her. She said that she could really feel God's love for her. I love hearing stories about priesthood blessings and the comfort and peace that they can really give, even people who do not believe in the same faith.

This week I was also able to participate in a baptism! A man the Elders have been working with decided to get baptized. He is a really cool guy. He decided to turn his whole life around. He wanted to make things right again. After meeting with the Elders for a few months and learning more about the doctrine of Christ, he made the decision to get baptized. Elder Clarke and I played music at his baptism. Baptism is something that I think gets a little overlooked in today’s society. Baptism is truly a new beginning. It is a promise to God that one is willing to change them and turn their life into what God would want it to be. It is the first step to helping us achieve eternal life. Through baptism, we can live with our families forever :)

Sorry the letter is a little short today! But I love you all and I hope that you have a wonderful week!

Sister Reed 

*Mom’s note: I asked Summer to tell me a little bit more about Manuel’s conversion story and here is what she wrote…(It’s a beautiful story)

The Elders found Manuel on the street a few months ago. They started meeting with him. When they found him, he had nothing. He had been trying to find work for the last five years and was really struggling to get by. He has also experienced a lot of tragedy in his family. He lost his brother (due to alcohol poisoning... I think) but he said that he felt something different when he started meeting with the elders. When they taught him about prayer, he decided to put it to the test. He prayed that he would be able to find work... the next day; he went out searching and found work. A few days later, the elders asked him to stop smoking... his only concern was the money that he spent on the pack that he had. Our GML bought the whole pack from him (it is expensive here) and he hasn’t smoked since that day... he was sooo excited for his baptism. :)