Letters from Kelsey - 24

Friends, Romans (well technically Americans), countrymen lend me your ear,

I hope you all had a fantastic Memorial Day weekend. We were blessed to have a baptism this weekend of Paula Cantillano. We were blessed beyond belief with a huge support from the ward for her baptism. In the past baptisms have been on Sundays- but we have been counselled to change this to Saturdays so that the investigator could then be confirmed the next day in Sacrament meeting, because of this we have had a rough time getting the ward culture to change to accept these Saturday baptisms. We have been working hard to serve the ward and been working on getting the know the ward members so they will be more willing and have more of a desire to support us and help us out; and this weekend we (I hope) saw a sign of things to come and that we will continue to have such a great support from the ward. Other than that I think that this week was just a normal week, it probably went by the fastest of all the weeks this transfer. Now on to Investigator Weekly:

Raul: Well... he was supposed to get baptized last weekend but... didn't happen. He was supposed to have his interview on Thursday. So we were waiting at the church with a member because we were going review some stuff before the interview but he didn't show up so we called him and he said he couldn't make it. We then asked him when he wanted to do his interview before Saturday and he said he didn't want to get baptized this weekend anymore. He wouldn't tell us why not but I have a feeling it was because of this wife. As I have said she doesn't like us or the church at all... it's a hard situation. We are going to keep working with him and we have some awesome members who are going to help us out, so I will keep y'all updated!

Blanca: She is a new and we have only had one lesson with her but she is pretty cool. She is from El Salvador and we found out that her cousins are members and one of her cousins even served a mission in Chile. She has a cute little 3 year old- Kevin- and she seems pretty honest which is always good. I think she will be pretty solid and I'm excited to keep working with her.

Sadly... that's about it for now. We have been working hard to find news but people just aren't there for their return appointments or they won't give us the time of day to sent up an appointment. We did find an inactive member this week that we are excited to work with and hopefully re-activate. We are also working with the members in our area and helping them learn and receive the full blessing of the Gospel, like working toward the temple and receiving their Patriarchal Blessings. We are also trying to edify them in our lessons and teaching them a little bit more in depth doctrine, which I love because it makes me want to study topics more too! Well that's about it for this week... I hope that everything this going well with y'all! I hope the Lord continues to bless you and your families. I know that families can be together forever and it brings me joy to be able to share that with people everyday- whether or not they accept it, want to learn more, or even listen, every time I bear testimony of that eternal truth my heart gets a little lighter. May the Lord bless you all.

Love always,
Sister Kelsey Berg