Thanks to my former companion missy Sister Henson, my title for this email has been the theme song of our week.. you will soon find out why... dun dun duuuun!
We had a pretty crazy week and even if I took all of the time in the world I would never be able to explain everrrythang. DONC ill just get started with the most important and go till the time runs out!
So Tuesday was a glorious day. After a fabulous district meeting with some mean chocolate cookies that I had to strap myself down to stop myself from eating 40, we went to go see Alphonsine, an investigator that we found knocking on doors about a month ago. We've been teaching her quite regularly and we decided that this was the time to set a baptismal date with her! However, when we got there we werent quite feeling it... and Sister Vance and I looked at eachother like "should we do it???" we both shrugged and decided to just continue with the lesson and we invited her to read the heading for 3 Néphi 11. She read... "The Father testifies of His Beloved Son—Christ appears and proclaims His Atonement—The people feel the wound marks in His hands and feet and side—They cry Hosanna—He sets forth the mode and manner of baptism—The spirit of contention is of the devil—Christ’s doctrine is that men should believe and be baptized and receive the Holy Ghost. About A.D. 34." As she pronounced the baptism words my soul was PIERCED. Then we asked her what she remarked about the introduction and she said BAPTISM and continued on talking about other things she remarked. Everytime she said the word baptism my heart was pierced again and I KNEW that I had to ask. Ive learned well to listen to that feeling and I asked. And of course she accepted. 19th of April. What a beautiful experience the Lord blessed me to have.
Two days later we taught her faith and repentance. She was so sincere and asked questions like, how do I know if God is speaking to me? how do I make restitution? how do I forgive my abusive ex-husband? Marie did an amazing job testifying of the atonement of Christ AND because we had given a lesson in RS on repentance a few days earlier we knew exactly where to find the answer to one of her questions. Its cool that Sister Vanaqer was inspired to ask us to teach on that subject and in turn it ended up helping an investigator!!!
On Friday we went over to teach her and her 17 year old daughter was there named.. JENNY :) Well she said she was interested too and ended up setting a baptismal date with her for the same day!! We then invited her to play ping pong with us the following even...
So on saturday she was anxiously awaiting us. We gave her and her mom and her cousin a tour of the church and then had a blast playing ping pong and eating crepes. The party was hoppin ha. There were so many investigators less actives and members. So fun. Definitely a hit. Of course we invtied them to church... and...
THEY CAME :) but they came in the middle of the first hour and everyone was in their respective classes. We didnt see them and they didnt call and they didnt know where to go so they left.. BOO. BUT Alphonsine came back for sacrament meeting!! (Which was SO FULL by the way thanks to the work of the members! I played my violin and so many people came out to support me as well. I was soo grateful. Thanks mom again for having me bring it!)
Well Im exhausted. Looking at the screen is so hard for me ha and time is short but Im so grateful for my mission. It kicks my rear end but Im growing and learning so much! Its crazy that Ive only got more or less 4 months to go. Im cherishing it. Not to mention my companion is just like the best thing that ever happened.
I love you all and GROS BISOUS
Soeur Kohlert
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