Thursday, January 24, 2013

"I understand why you invited me to be baptized so soon, it's the beginning of learning...not the end."

Amanda, Louie, Sister Casner & Sister Messer

Sister Messer looking fashionable in her sneakers

Hey Everyone!

 Well, transfer calls came quick last night and i'm super stoked...and super nervous! haha Sister Casner is staying in KW ward. I've been transfered to London, opening a new area, training and it's a BUS area! Public transportation say what? That'll bring me even more out of my comfort zone and help me to develop all sorts of new skills! So i'm really excited. Should be interesting, that's for sure!

   This week has been absolutely amazing! Sister Casner and I hit the standards of excellence set for our mission :) We had 3 investigators at church & 4 baptismal dates. Other key indicators you probably don't care much about but we've been so blessed and I was bummed to leave the ward! This ward is so great! Amanda called us on Thursday and said she had decided she wanted to be baptized! She's set for Feb. 3. Her and her fiance came to church yesterday and it was greeeeaaat! We're teaching them together this week. err i mean, sister casner will be teaching them this week. Ann, our other gator, came to church also. She's the one who lives with a member, is 75 and from Tennessee. We invited her to be baptized and she said she'd pray about it. Turns out the lesson in RS was about baptism and confirmation and it helped out a lot! Afterwards she said, "I understand why you invited me to be baptized so soon, it's the beginning of learning...not the end." The older members in the ward are amazed that she's come out to church cuz in the past she's been so close  minded about it all. Great things are happening! We also picked up 5 new gators this week. holla! One of them, Ken, his mom was a member and had 22 children. wow.

   We had a neat experience Sunday morning when we were doing our studies before church. It was snowing pretty heavy and we knew that Anne and her roommate have a hard time getting out when the weather is bad. So we prayed that the snow would stop so they could feel well and make it to church. We waited a few minutes and the sun came out, we gave them a call and they both said, "we're ready to go!" It was an awesome Sunday.

   Let's see, Viola not only has pneumonia but also Strep now...so that's made it hard for us to meet with her and really hard for her to come out to church but we re-set her with a bapt. date to work towards.

   This transfer has been one full of service. We've really tried to just go about doing good. It's produced so many blessings! The members are really trusting us it's been great.

Our Kitchener Ward District!
Have a wonderful week!

Love Sister Messer


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