Dear Family,
Thanks so much for your email with everyone writing in it, even
Parker! I'm the luckiest girl alive! I have a family that has been
supporting me since day 1. I seriously cannot thank you enough for all
that you've given me. I cannot thank my Heavenly Father enough.
This week has definitely been a learning experience for me. I've
learned that God has prepared people right now to hear the gospel.
"The field is white already to harvest." That doesn't mean I have to
wait to see baptisms in 4 months. People are ready right now. We've
been teaching a lot of people and focusing on those who aren't ready
to be baptized or don't want to be baptized right now but maybe later.
We've had experiences with people that want to be baptized but then
they are persuaded by the world otherwise. We've been praying about
who we need to focus on and who is ready for baptism. Our prayers were
answered and we've found a couple of families this week who have that
sincere desire to change and be baptized.
We had a miracle last night. We had a long day and we honestly didn't
know who the last person we should try before we returned home. We
decided to see if this lady that we met a week ago was home. We found
her trying to find a home of a less-active member. Last night she
graciously let us into her home and tried to get her 2 kids to listen
as well. She speaks English really well, especially for it being her
3rd language. She's from Haiti and is fluent in French and Creole.
There's actually a lot of diversity in Guymon from people working at
Seaboard. Anyway, we taught her the message of the restoration and she
believed all that we had said about Joseph Smith. She believed that
he had a lot of faith to see Heavenly Father and Christ. When the
spirit was strong, we invited her to be baptized on the 12th of
September. She was blown away how fast it was and she wouldn't be
ready by then. We testified to her about baptism and we would help her
achieve that goal. We told her to pray and ask God if that was the
right time for her to be baptized. She said that she knew God would
answer her. She was more comfortable praying in her native language.
So we all kneeled down and she prayed a sincere prayer full of faith
asking if she should be baptized on September 12th. Even though we
were called to speak Spanish and not Creole, we were able to feel the
spirit so strong and have the gift of tongues. I can't explain it
because I didn't know exactly when she said, but I knew enough what
her intent was through the spirit. We asked her how she felt and she
really wanted to be baptized.
There are so many miracles I've seen this week! I know every day there
are miracles happening in our lives.
I love you so much!
Hermana Webb
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