This week has been a really busy week. We had a total of 7 baptisms this
weekend breaking the mission record for the number of baptisms in a week by a
companionship. We are going to have dinner with the mission president and his
wife sometime in the next couple of weeks and our picture is going to be put on
display at the mission office. It was a really good experience. I'm glad I have
had some of the experiences I have had. I have attached some pictures of the
baptisms we had this weekend. The Baptism we had on Saturday was Blake. Both his parents are less active
members and he really wanted to get baptized when we tracted into him. So he
was really excited to be baptized and his baptism went really well. Then on
Sunday we had the baptism of
Sandy and 5 of her kids. She has 3 more kids but they are under the age of 8.
It was a really good experience. We tracted into Sandy and she said that the
night before we knocked on her door she was praying for what she needed to do
with her life. The next morning we tracted 3 houses and her house was the 3rd
one that we tracted. She said we answered her prayers when two guys knocked on
her door with smiling faces. So it was a good experience teacher her and all of
her kids up to the point of being baptized. This is going to be a rememberable
baptism for me. I baptized 2 of the kids and 2 other members in the ward who
fellowshipped them baptized the others. The kids names are Tyrone, Liam,
Tahlia, Melanie, and Jackson. So I baptized Tahlia, and Liam. I was really
nervous doing this for the first time. I had to baptize Tahlia 4 times because
her dress would not go under the water. She had to end up tying the dress in a
knot so it wouldn't go to the top of the water. But eventually we got it worked
out and she was baptized. The mission president and AP's came to the Baptisms
and he said it was the biggest baptism he has had so far in the 2 years he has
been mission president. There were 141+ people attending the baptism.
Usually only about 20-30 people attend a baptism, but the whole ward wanted to
support the great family. The ward said that they never have had a baptism that
big. There were heaps of refreshments and the ward has a really good time.
I will never forget this baptism or this family. The coolest part of
being on a mission is that I will have a connection with this family forever.
It was a really good experience. I will never forget it. So my whole week was
spent preparing these people for their baptism. And this week we have no
investigators with a baptism date, so we are going to try and set at least one
more this week. Our teaching pool is once again low so this next week we are
going to be doing lots of finding. I miss you all and I hope you all have a
good week this week.
Love,Elder Kyler Powelson
