Dearest family and friends,
Our AWESOME
investigator Ken was baptized this weekend!! He has such great faith and
such a strong desire to follow Jesus Christ. We had an awesome
spiritual experience with him on Thursday.
One of the elders gave him a priesthood blessing because he was sick,
and afterwards he was just so happy and grateful. He asked if he could
say a prayer to thank Heavenly Father. He's the bomb.
Ken's baptism was interesting, to say the least. One of
our recent converts baptized him. It was his first time to baptize
someone so he was pretty nervous. Ken was nervous too, and the water was
freezing, and everyone was watching, and... Well, between saying the
prayer exactly right and making sure Ken was completely under the water,
it took five tries to get him properly baptized. FIVE. And the last
two, our recent convert held Ken under the water for a good ten seconds
just to make sure he got him under enough. Luckily Ken thought it was
pretty funny. We were laughing about it yesterday and he said, "People
kept asking if I was okay. I said yes, but inside I was thinking, I need
an oxygen tank!" Poor guy. But! The deed is done. Ken is baptized. And
he is so happy.
It's the best experience ever to see people grow in their
desire to follow Jesus Christ! Ken is from Thailand and didn't know
much about God before coming to Australia. But as he has learned, he has
had such a love for Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ and has such a
desire to follow them. His faith just shines!
I love you all! Keep smiling! :)
xo Sister Larsen
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