Wednesday, December 10, 2008

"I know that my family will be together forever too"

We completed the Mori Family this past weekend with the baptism of their oldest daughter Vanessa. She is 14 years old and for the longest time didn't want anything to do with the church or even the Elders that were teaching her parents. She was going to the Jehovah Witnesses for the longest time and was actually getting ready to be baptized there. Our first couple of days in the area we focused a lot with her and I remember our first visit with her after the baptism of her parents. She ready with her in the Book of Mormon and taught her the importance of Baptism by Priesthood Power and the spirit whispered to her that this is what she needs to do. We felt impressed to challenge her to get baptized the 6th of December and she accepted. The baptismal service went extremely well even though the water in the font was really chilly. Like I always say, my favorite part of the service is when the baptismal candidate has the chance to bear their testimony. Vanessa bore her testimony about the family and how she new that her family is going to be together forever. To myself I was thinking, "I know that my family will be together forever too".

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