October 13 - Surprise? A Baptism!

Dear family and friends,

Hi!!! This week was absolute chaos and I loved it! You know why? 

We had a surprise baptism here in the Vacaville YSA ward! Among other things :) Her name is Emily McCurdy - she is 20 and has been investigating the church for about a year and decided on Tuesday she wanted to get baptized on Saturday! ?!?!!!?! Yay! She wanted it to be small so we kept it little like she wanted - only the Bishopric, her two good friends, her boyfriend and his parents, and us and two elders who witnessed. It ran so smoothly. It was the neatest thing. She went into the water and when she came up she was just SHINING. Her smile was so big. And the Spirit was so strong - it made me get goosebumps, in a good way :) I know this Church is true and provides the narrow gate needed to go back to Heavenly Father! 

Oh, and I got to sing at it, too: "A Child's Prayer" with her friend Kat. Random side note: I have actually sung quite a lot out here in church, at baptisms, at fire sides, etc. I just always forget to write about it haha. But it's fun, I love singing. 

Everything was super crazy this week - had a few doctor's appointments for Sis. Kwan's foot which has been hurting, had LOADS of meetings (the stake presidency here is awesome and we meet together often to discuss missionary work. It makes proselyting time a little harder though), ate lots of really odd Asian food, laughed a lot, had zone conference, slept like rocks, did a whole bunch of service, and proselyted in between. 

This week should be much calmer and we should be able to be more settled in our area.

I went over my General Conference notes and am just so grateful for living prophets! General Conference strengthened my testimony of the Savior. Helped remind me not to focus on the tiny things that don't matter, but to focus on the doctrine of Christ.

That's all this week! Oh!! I went on exchanges with Sister Reid this week and guess what I got?! A pomegranate!! This family we taught had a pomegranate tree! God loves me haha. Proof! He provided me with the opportunity to eat a pomegranate off the tree. So stinkin good.

I love you all, hope you have a wonderful week!

Love,

Sister Nikole Decker