WOLF PACK!
Oh my goodness gracious! i have so much i want to tell you! IT WAS THE BEST WEEK OF MY MISSION! June 24 2015 is now my favorite day in the world!
June 24 2015 .....OK so Tuesday night Cristian had his interview and he PASSED! but he's like i'm moving thursday morning and that's set. He had the ticket and everything. So we call president and we explain to him the situation that he is moving to New York (he thought he was moving to New Jersey. He's from Nicaragua so i cut him some slack). President was like get him baptized tomorrow before he leaves. soooooooo Tuesday night Hermana Johnson and I decide we will do EVERYTHING within our power to get him baptized Wednesday night. So we call him and say, "We actually can have your baptism tomorrow instead of thursday" and he was like, "I really want to but I'm so nervous and scared. I don't think i can do it." So i was like, "Cristian that is totally normal to feel that way. YOU ARE READY. Everyone is nervous but I promise you that when you come up out of the water tomorrow you will feel like a whole new person. You will be completely clean tomorrow from all of your sins." He didn't commit to it. My companion and I both felt really good about it so we went off faith! I have never had more faith in my life. I am terrible at having faith but now I can say when you want something to happen and you do everything in your power and let God do the rest- literally anything can happen! My companion is working on being more bold because she is just so nice and I'm working on not being so bold.... (It's hard in spanish to be nice.
I have like a whole different personality in Spanish. I'm quite a feisty person. WHO'D GUESS?) Anyway President told us to keep working with him.
We then get invited to go to City Hall with the Mayor... It was sooooo sweet! I hate government things and I was reminded why when we were there... IT'S SO BORING! So many people trying to say intelligent things. But hey look up Houston city meeting cause they took tons of pics. I don't know why anyone would ever suffer through those city meetings just for fun. but it made it better because the Mayor looked like Cynthia Haller so it turned out ok. and get this SHE NAMED JUNE 24 IN HOUSTON NATIONAL MORMON HELPING HANDS DAY!!! wooootttt whhhaoaoooo say what??? We have a day in Houston from all the service we did! We've been working a lot in the hoarder house lately and it's just hilarious! She's starting to warm up to me. She's like, "Well you're just a little humorist aren't ya." I found some EVERCLEAR- i guess it's this really strong alcohol and i was like DANNNGGG CLAUDIA WHAT YOU DOIN LADY?? gettin drunk are ya? don't worry she says she just feeds it to her orchids.
Back to Cristian! I was like let's just plan the whole baptism and have faith the Lord will work on Cristian's heart. So that's exactly what we did. We had a member filling up the font and the relief society president bringing treats. So we call President and he's like Cristian is ready just have the Zone Leader preside the meeting. SOOOO we keep planning and we have members texting him all day words of encouragement. We made some cookies... and I pulled a dad and ate about four of them because I was so nervous all day.. but we continued in faith that the Lord would provide the rest. So we get to the church.... ( i sort of felt like i was planning a really important surprise party it was fun) we set up the treats. Sorry mom- it wasn't up to your standard. We didn't have chalk boards saying what was what but it looked good! The AP's sent out a text and the whole mission was praying for him!
7 O'clock and we can't get a hold of him... I'M FREAKING OUT!!! everyone is here, the font is filled, the cookies the sandwiches people brought. THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE THERE! WE EVEN MADE PROGRAMS FOR HEAVENS SAKE! Me and my comp are in the back room praying out little heart out that he will come. I've never had so much faith in my life! 7:30 AND CRISTIAN SHOWS UP!!!! We are like, "How does your program look? do you like it?" and he said YES! HE WAS GETTING BAPTIZED! MOST MIRACLE BAPTISM EVER!!! IT WAS THE GREATEST THING EVER!!! He was nervous but afterwards he was like you were right, "I feel so content." The next morning he looks like a whole new man! i'm so happy for him!!! He's in New York and we have permission to talk to him! He contacted his bishop and he was so excited about him and Christian is so happy to have the family that this church provides anywhere you live. because all his fam lives in Nicaragua still! BEST DAY OF MY LIFE! NATIONAL MORMON DAY IN HOUSTON AND HIS BAPTISM!
SORRY NOT MUCH TIME LEFT! I'm cooking here in Houston! Literally feels like Jer Spice has me locked inside one of his orange chicken boxes. WELL I LOVE YOU ALL SOOOO MUCH! I LOVE THIS GOSPEL WITH ALL MY HEART!
BYYYYYEEEE
HERMANA WAGSTAFF
I guess I shook my finger at him one time because I was mad at him for drinking so he would always make fun of me for doing that.
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