Family,
This has been a tough week, I'm not going to lie! But it's been a learning experience. Thanks for the letters and emails, it always relieves stress. It's crazy to hear all the things that are going on at home and I hope and pray everyone's job is secure. I know the Lord has his hand in all we do and if we have faith and trust in him things will work out.
So the baptism that was scheduled on Saturday didn't happen. She had her interview on Tuesday and everything was good, but her father is anti-Mormon and basically forced her to go to a Mormonism class at another Christian church named Canyon Ridge on Wednesday. I guess they talked a lot about Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon and told a lot of lies to her. We thought she was solid in her testimony but that class brought up a lot of confusion and she doubted things we had taught. So the baptism was cancelled and she hasn't been talking to us much. But we have an appointment with her on Thursday so we're going to be answering a lot of questions and helping her find the truth that she is looking for. It was a tough time for us but I know everything will work out. There's a reason that Satan is trying so hard to get her away from the church, and it's because the church is true and he knows it. Every person that is preparing for baptism has an increase in challenges presented by the adversary. They are on neutral ground at that time and have not yet committed to serve Christ for the rest of their lives, so Satan does all he can to push them away from the truth. I've already seen this so much on my mission but nothing like I saw this week. Faith and prayer is the best thing we can do at this time, but for the good news, Sarah set her baptism date for the 26th of this month so we are looking forward to that. But she is in the singles ward and this next transfer we are giving that ward over to the sisters. We will still be able to go to the baptism though. Transfers are next Monday and I'm expecting some big changes here--after an interview with President Black I had on Saturday, but I'll know next Monday. haha
I pray for all of you every day and hope this next week goes well. Thanks again for everything and I'll talk to you later.
PS. This is a story done about our missionarys and our mission on the Las Vegas News 8. Search for it on the internet and search "Mormon" and it'll come up.
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