This week was pretty good! Life is
always good when you're a missionary. I mean, moments might suck, but overall,
things are always good. :)
On Tuesday we got to go and do
baptisms for the dead with our recent convert Doris and her daughter Valentina.
I miss the temple!!! Although we couldn't actually participate in the proxy
baptism, we got to go and be there with them. The Orlando baptistery is
BEAUTIFUL! I loved being able to go sit in the temple for a little while and
feel the spirit. The Temple is such a special place and I just love it. Doris
did the baptism for her mom and grandma. She kept telling us on the drive
there, today is my mothers baptism day. Today my mom is going to get baptized.
It was really cool. She was very emotional for the baptism. What a special
experience it was. My testimony of Family History has really grown this week. I
had absolutely no idea (and still don't really understand) how to do family
history before my mission. However, seeing how special it was for Doris to do
that baptism for her mom just made me realize how important family history
is. +
This week was also Zone
Conference so that was amazing! The main focus was on Our purpose as
missionaries. During the Assistants training they asked if anyone would be
willing to share why they came on a mission. Honestly, this was completely involuntary, but my hand shot up. I came on a mission because Since I was 6 years
old I have known that families can be together forever. I want to share that
with every person that I can. So this week I tried to be better about
remembering why I in specific came out on my mission. It changed the way I
worked so much. It made the long days of knocking that much easier because it
was personal. I urgently wanted to share the message that I came here to
share.
We often forget that huge
blessing in our church. Families are eternal. It was the message of the week.
First with Doris going to the temple for her family, me remembering MY purpose
for being here, as well as the lesson in relief society on Sunday which was
about family history, and making your home a place for a family. Families are
essential to our Heavenly Father's plan. I am grateful for the restored
gospel because with it, we received the Authority to seal families.
Les quiero muchÃsima!
Com mucho amor,
Hermana Kent
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| Chasing some cute ducklings |
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| Zone Conference! They catered with Chick-Fil-A for lunch:) |
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| A less active and his "pet" alligator named Coco |
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| Selfie in front of this cool steamboat |
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| Temple trip with Doris |
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| We had to wait in our car for about an hour because it was raining so hard the roads were flooding |
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