Melbourne Mission Moments
I love being a missionary. Seriously.
I am so grateful to be here!
On Monday we went to the city with
our Zone and went to the Eureka Sky Deck. It is so fun to be that high up and
be able to see all of the city! I love the missionaries in our zone. We had a
lot of fun. One fun thing we did was Sister Burton wrote down the name of the
longest village in Wales and then we were recording everyone trying to say it.
I learned how to say it! The village is called
"Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwch-llantysiliogogogoch" No
joke. That's really how it's spelled. Crazy right?
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Monday night we went to see L and the
kids and we had FHE with them and another family in the ward. It was really
good! L is so excited about doing it every week with her kids.
On Wednesday morning we had Zone
Meeting. You know me, I love meetings. We have new zone leaders and they are so
great! They gave some awesome training. The mission is going to be focusing a
lot on finding families to teach. As we were being trained on this, I was
thinking about how grateful I am to be able to teach L and her family. The
other thing that I really loved was that they talked about faith and miracles.
That is something I have actually been studying a lot lately. Over and over in
the scriptures it tells us that miracles are a result of our faith. I am really
trying to increase my faith so that I can continue to be blessed with miracles.
They shared a quote by Elder Holland where he says to "." I have kind of adopted that as a motto for
myself.
Wednesday night we had dinner with
some members and had a typical Aussie dinner. They do a meat pie and then put
mashed potatoes on top. Aussies are obsessed with their pies.
Thursday evening we had dinner with C's
family and then went through the baptismal interview questions with C so he
would be ready for his interview on Friday. He is such a smart boy. Basically
everything we have taught him or told him, he remembers it. Not only does he
remember it but he can repeat it back to you pretty much verbatim. He was so
cute. He just kept saying how excited he was to get baptized.
Friday afternoon we went tracting for
a few hours and it was terrible. Haha, not a single person gave us the time of
day even to tell them who we are. I think normally I would have felt down
and discouraged after it but this day I just found the whole thing kind of
comical. The very last house that we knocked on the lady opened the door, took
one look at us and just slammed the door. At this point I just lost it and could
not stop laughing. I think it was one of those situations that you can either
laugh or you can cry. Like Sister Hinckley, "I choose to laugh."
Saturday was the best day ever! In
the morning L and two of her kids got baptized. Their baptism went perfectly!
There were so many people from the ward who came and supported them. The chapel
was full! As I watched them get baptized, I just felt overwhelmed with joy. I
kept thinking of D&C 18:15-16. My joy was great. Then as if three
baptisms in the morning wasn't enough, in the afternoon C got baptized. His
baptism was also wonderful. He was SO happy. And it was really awesome to see
how much of their family who are either non-members or inactive came. Such a
good day!
C was confirmed at his baptism on
Saturday and then L and her kids got confirmed on Sunday in sacrament meeting.
L was so happy after she was given the Holy Ghost. She leaned over and
whispered to me, "You're right. You can't describe the way this feels.
This is amazing." It was so sweet to hear her say that.
Last night we went to an Easter
musical fireside which was really good. They sang some of my very favourite
songs about the Savior. The song that touched me the most is one that I
actually have never heard before called "Peace I Leave with You." It
was so beautiful. I'll have to find out who it is by so you can hear it. It was
so beautiful.
Having four baptisms this week was so
incredible. I am so grateful to be able to assist Heavenly Father in this work.
It is such a blessing. I love in Alma 43:45 where it talks about how they were
successful because they were inspired by a better cause. What better cause
could I be inspired by right now than to be able to bring people unto Christ?
This morning I read in Alma 56 about how the stripling warriors talked about
how their mothers had taught them. I am so grateful for parents who have taught
me the right way and who so unfailingly support me.
Love y'all heaps!
Sister Baker
P.S.
Yes, the member's house where we saw
the kangaroos—they do live "out in the country." But in Australia
they say, "out bush."
I am so excited to watch conference
here next weekend! I love it!
Phillip- I love you. Keep working
hard. I know that Heavenly Father has you in Patio for a reason. Haha I
can never remember the name of your area so I just call it Patio. Oh cool
story, we got off the train in the city and there was a man there who needed
help getting directions. He spoke Spanish so the Elders called Sister B over.
(She speaks Spanish because they lived in Spain for 18 months.) Well it turns
out that the man was from Peru! He was in Australia dropping his daughter off
who is going to University here. Sister B introduced us as missionaries and
before she could even say the name of the church, he said it. He has met
missionaries heaps of times in Peru. We didn't have too long to talk to him
after we helped him figure out where he was going because he needed to catch
his train but hopefully he remember the nice missionaries who helped him in
Australia and he will listen to missionaries when he gets back to Peru! Keep
working hard! I love you!
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