Guess what?! AMANDA got baptized!

Hey everyone!

Look!  Someone passed up a life-changing opportunity!  Poor little pass a long card!

Caught in the rain!

Us with cute Celeste 

Maria's on the right

Amanda's baptism (Sister Casner sent me this)

   Guess what?! AMANDA got baptized! Remember her? We worked with her my whole transfer in Kitchener/Waterloo and we set her for the 3rd right before i left. It KILLS not being able to stay in an area long enough to see the people you teach get baptized :( I've been moving so frequently now that it's hard to whitewash, get things rolling and see a baptism in one transfer. Aw well. I'm super excited she got baptized! Just wish i could've been there. Story of my life! It's ok, i was reading in Alma 29 today when he's talking about how he wishes he were an angel so he could declare the gospel to everyone with the trump of God and when he sees his brethren come unto the Lord he's filled with joy because he was an instrument in His hands in helping some soul to repentance. It does bring a lot of joy, the icing on the cake is being there for the baptism. But in the long run it doesn't matter...GOOD NEWS of the week: We've been working a lot with Maria and she's getting so close to baptism! She's now living the Word of Wisdom and is the cutest lady i've taught. Her and her son, James are a hoot. They've been so faithful coming out to church and they're starting to get fellowshipped better. Keep her in your prayers! She is so close.

   We've been getting the buses down. It's been really cold the past couple of weeks and a few days ago it poured and melted all the snow and we were walking in our down coats and got absolutely soaked. It was one of those classic moments when the car drives past you and splashes into a big puddle. It made for some good laughs. We still had no idea which bus came by and we were standing there trying to figure it out and one started to come out of the distance so we ran to the stop and the driver stopped and all we said was, "we don't know what we're doing!" and he just laughed and said, "get in." and he drove us to the stop we really needed to be at. The driver and the one other man that was on the bus had both talked to elders in the area before and so we told them how we were new in town. It's cool how many people you meet that have either talked to missionaries before or have had friends that were members etc.

   There's a young women in the ward that has brain cancer and she's supposed to pass away any day now. Her mom lives in a different town but has come to stay with her for the past week or so. She invited us to come see her on Tuesday so we went over and talked to her and what not. Her name is Celeste Templeman. She has a facebook page you all should check out.

   Last night we treked all over southwest london looking for a referral we received from a member. After finding the family (we have an appt this week!) We decided to start walking back until we saw a bus. We were only about a 3 min. bus ride away from our apt when we saw the bus come so we got on thinking we'd get off at the bottom of the hill. Well, a few minutes later we realized we were on a different route than we thought. It still took us to where we needed to go but 1.5 hrs later. haha we rode the bus all over London and talked to people who got on and off. Quite the night. Sometimes we think we know what we're doing only to find out that we don't. Sister De Groot also dropped her wallet on the bus a few days ago. We found it on the same bus an hour later but no one had stolen it! haha

   So all is well, we're trying to work with the gators we've found and we had a couple of less-active members come out to church yesterday! That was exciting. The ward is great, still trying to get to know all the members and what not.

Talk to ya soon!

Sister Messer