This week has been amazing because we had a baptism for a Lady named Rosa Chapman. She has a pretty cool story. She was taught by the missionaries about a year and a half ago and wanted to get baptized but couldn't because she wasn't married and had kids as well as expecting one more on the way. So she got put on the side till her situation was fixed and Elder Wardle and Elder Wood always tried to go back and see her but could never meet up with her. When I came Elder Wardle had stopped trying to knock on the door because he has never been able to meet with her. On an exchange with Elder Nield and I in our area I tried to knock on her door and got in to pray with a young man that was leaving soon but his father lived there and he only spoke Spanish. I gave the referral to the Spanish and later that week they went by and there was Rosa picking up her kids from being at there dads house. Met with her later that night and set a baptismal date with her and handed her back to us because she wanted her kids to be taught in English. She was then married to a military man and was being set in the right direction. Husband is interested in the Church as well and found out from his mom that he might have been baptized when he was 8 but he doesn't remember. Now she is baptized and her kids are on date and well as the husband if the records don't come. We have been waiting for over a week now for them. I love her family and am very excited to see what kind of stuff she will accomplish, God really wanted/wants her to be apart of his church.
We have another baptism lined up for next week as well for a lady named Jimmi Hunt. She is a single mother with two daughter in the home ages 15 and 7. The 7 yr old, Rosy, is the glue of that family. She is so spiritual and wants to be baptized so bad. She has a countdown on her ipod for her baptism rather than her birthday. They have gone through alot as a family and the mother struggled with alot of the things in the Word of Wisdom speaking about refraining from Coffee, Harmful drugs, Alcohol, Tea , and Tobacco (CHATT) but now that she has been able to over come alot of those problems with the help of God she and all of those around her have seen a dramatic change in her. There is less tension in the home and everyone gives her more respect and appreciation for doing so. In fact we were able to help them realize the blessing of prayer in their life. We talked about the days that they get to sit down as a family and offer a kneeling prayer together and the days that they don't and the day before they forgot to do so. They had an argument and the day after they did pray together and there was not tension in the home. When they connected the dotes they were like Oh my goodness, WOW, I never noticed that but I totally understand now. Now they are going to pray every night and every morning because they realize that the power of prayer is real and is amazing.
So my challenge to all that read this is to commit themselves to offer every night and every morning a kneeling prayer as a family. And I PROMISE YOU that things in your life WILL GO BETTER.
And now as I am writing this email we just got notice that someone that we just ate dinner with 17 hrs ago just died. We are teaching his daughter in whom he just got back after 18 yrs of searching for her from a divorce. The purposes of God will be shown forth only after the trial and effort of our faith are presented before the Lord our All Might God Matt 15: 22-28. May God bless his family and the works that he has done for them.
I leave these things with you in the name of Jesus Christ Amen.
Sincerely Elder Leonhardt
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