Hello everyone! I hope y'all had an awesome week this
week. :)
The work is picking up! Thank goodness! :)
Still don't have a lot to talk about, but I think I have more than what I
had last week. :)
So, on Wednesday, we were out member tracting, and we ran
into this Catholic lady, Terri. At first, she was a little brash and
rude, quickly proclaiming that she was happily Catholic. We were all like
"That's awesome! Are you active in the Catholic church?" and
she responded yes, and then talked about her Irish heritage (SCORE!).
Obviously, we started talking. She soon after apologized for sounding so
rude, and she agreed to let us visit her later! And she agreed to try to
read a little bit of the Book of Mormon! Whoohoo! That was pretty
exciting. :) We also contacted a 12 year old girl, Taylor Babneau, who
wants to be baptized! How exciting is that?! So we're hoping to get
a hold of her parents and getting them involved too, because we know that
Brother Babneau for sure is less-active, and we think his wife isn't a
member. So it would be awesome if we could get them involved in the
discussions as well. :) We also met a Recent Convert named Sue Pierce,
and she's super sweet. :) She's getting ready to go to the temple soon!
Thursday through Saturday was sort of a blur. I finally got
the music I needed for the Williams baptism Thursday evening, and when I looked
over it, I think my eyes grew to the size of baseballs as I realized that the
notes were going to be too high for me. I was praying for a miracle (or,
more like I was praying for my mother who just automatically plays songs in a
key I can sing).
So, I was in panic mode, thinking "OH MY
GOODNESS!!! What am I going to do?!?! I'm not going to be able to
have this prepared by the day of the baptism!!! I have no one to play,
and I can't sing these notes!!" o_O
So the Holy Ghost prodded the back of my head to go see the
Hansens, who we had eaten with a couple of days before. I figured it was
at least a decent start-- Faith, the oldest daughter, can play the piano, so
off we went.
Thankfully, when we reached the house and asked Faith, she
agreed to play for us, and we starting running through. Turned out I
could barely hit the notes, but it was definitely out of my
range. Well, her dad, Brother Hansen, heard me screeching out the notes,
and was like "oh no! We are NOT killing your voice!" So
he comes over to the piano, tests out my vocal range, and then instructs me on
how to transpose my music to the key of C! MIRACLE!!!!!!!!!!
I was SO happy!!!
So I spent a lot of time on Friday and Saturday practicing
for the baptism. But we had some breaks-- we had Zone Meeting (where I received
revelation and rebuking as to how to make the last three months the best yet on
my mission), we had a High Priest social where a guy came to talk about the
different instruments used for bluegrass music (which was super cool--it was
really enjoyable), and we helped Sister Trumayne weed out her front yard.
But it all boiled down to Saturday, 4:30 PM, when Sister
Longhurst and I left our companions behind to go to Caldwell.
LOOK AT HOW BEAUTIFUL GARY, AMANDA, AND TIM LOOK!!!!!! :D
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| (ignore my closed eyes) |
Isn't it so exciting?! :D I'm so proud of them
all!!! The baptism went great, and it was a beautiful service. And
even President and Sister Cannon came to see it! :D And I was able to
sing my song well, and they all loved it. Thank goodness! Since
they were the ones that asked for that particular song. On the way home,
I almost cried--I could visualize them all going to the temple, dressed in
white, to be sealed as a family. They have come so far, and they will
continue to progress and grow. They are a little miracle family, and it
will take them far in the gospel.
On a last note, we got one new investigator Sunday.
Her name is Courtny Hauge. She has a friend how is on their mission right
now, and he sends her little reading assignments. But she doesn't always
understand what he sends her, so she wants our help in teaching her!
We're going to go see her this Saturday. :) We're really excited. :)
Anyways, that's it for this week. It's been crazy, but
it's been wonderful. I am so grateful for the time I had to teach the
Williams, and that I could serve them for their baptismal service. And
I'm grateful that they are on the path to return home to their Heavenly Father,
and that Heavenly Father has allowed me to be a part of their return home.
I love you all, and keep building your faith!
Love,
Sister Empey
(PS-- This is me and
Sister Osburn, my companion. :) Thought you might enjoy a picture. :) )
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