Letter #3:

Beyond a shadow of a doubt

 

Monday, February 3, 2014

Everybody, 

Firstly, I wish to repent of not sharing a super awesome experience that is now two weeks old, but better late than never. We were eating dinner at an older couple's house that have two daughters that suffer from Downs syndrome. I use the word "suffer" very loosely because of what happens next. In the course of the conversation, we turned to the subject of Christ and were talking about him. With her eyes bright and her face beaming, the older of the two sisters stuttered, "that's my friend!" When she said these words, I felt a chill run down my spine at the surety that she uttered that statement. This woman, though destined to have a physically and mentally challenging life, knows without a shadow of a doubt the Jesus is the Christ and that he is our advocate with the Father. He is a friend to the friendless; our rock of salvation. Her testimony was so strong it was almost scary to be in the company of one who understood so much about the things that matter most. It made my testimony seem very small indeed. 

Now for this week, we have run into some baptismal barriers that has/might push their dates back. The one that we were going to have this Saturday has been moved, but just so that his uncle can come up from LA to perform the ordinance. The other has brought up some Word of Wisdom problems and he might have to wait until he gets them sorted out. But the Lord will provide a way for them to enter into the waters of baptism if it is their time. 

On that note, I also neglected to tell you all about our super awesome goal that we have set for the month of March: to have 50 convert baptisms. This will stretch us a bit, since we are averaging about 35 for the last few months. But we know that "...the field is white already to harvest; and lo, he that thrusteth in his sickle with his might, the same layeth up in store that he perisheth not, but bringeth salvation to his soul." It's super exciting and I can't wait to tell you how many we actually get, it's going to be epic! 

Love you all and hope that you have a stupendous week,

Elder Cox