this week ended soooo good! Mo was baptized last night!



Elder raikes is next to me- he baptized mo. He also serves in the brampton 1st ward. Elder silva is on the end- he serves in the spanish ward but him and elder mejia, his comp, got to know Mo and so mo loves elder silva. So we're all just one, big happy family.

Hey everyone!

Well, this week ended soooo good! Mo was baptized last night! He looked so good afterwards with the white shirt I got him and tie. He loved it! He kept saying thank you and was smiling and super happy. What have I told you about Mo? Well, he's had a really tough past. He's 37 (doesn't look like, eh?) and when younger he was treated really bad by terrorist groups in Sri Lanka. After moving to Canada, that stuff really has bothered him. Then after seeing a doctor, he told him to find things that make him happy and get involved with that. Right after that's when we found him by the temple. He had been going to a nearby Catholic church and had learned a little bit about Christ from that I guess. But after spending time at the temple and church every day to get away from a bad home environment (his family supports the terrorist stuff) we've been able to teach him a lot and he's found a lot of peace. Anyways, he's sooo excited and we're really excited for him too! The ward is supporting him and he's getting some great fellowshippers.

You want a detailed day? Well, the only things that are consistent is get up at 6:30, exercise til 7, get ready until 8, personly study til 9, comp study til 10 and then out all day until 9pm. We have appointments that we schedule, tract, street contact and have lunch and dinner within that time. It's always different!

Fathers Day- the ward gave the dads cake and icecream, and we tried to explain to a member why we don't get to call home on fathers day- only mothers day. haha but it was great.

Samantha isn't set for baptism- she won't commit. Her mom is in Nigeria and I think she's afraid to do anything (we're not quite sure about her desire to get baptized) we're meeting again tonight- hopefully something miraculous will come forth :) As for Natalie in Nobleton- cancelled again.  But her cousin- we call him Gpa, his name is Arul, he committed for baptism the end of July, but we have a lot work to do with him. Last week Sathri came to church and wanted to pay tithing- we explained to him he doesn't need to pay but he insisted- we taught him this week and he committed for July8. His father may be interested too- they're also from Sri Lanka. We're excited about him!

I think you're right about sikh men never cutting their hair under their turbans- but those are the really committed ones. Nagra- who comes to church told us he cut his hair because it gets really hot. Makes sense!

We've been hearing a lot about the 1st stake in India being formed- we saw a picture from the church news article and sister anushya knew a few of the people! Our bishop told us a few weeks ago about all the happening. she'll be excited to get the newspaper about it though!

Lots of good things happening as we strive to be obedient! I've learned that a mission is like a lifetime experience in 18 months. You get discouraged, good things happen, you learn to rely on the Lord, you find out that obedience is key and so much more. The exact same things happen throughout life- with trials and having to learn that keeping the commandments is the only way to live with God again...profound, eh? hahah totally kidding. But transfers are this Sunday- we'll see what happens!

Love and miss ya!

Sister Messer

a picture from last week's zone conference here in Brampton. That's the church i go to multiple times a week! This is the Sudbury, Barry and Brampton zones. Can you find me???i have my eyes shut! haha go fig.