October 13, 2014
Dear Family & Friends,
This week was full of emotions.
It's been hard, but a miracle happened, and I had my first baptism!!!!
This is a picture of little Ezequiel. His sisters are all members of the
church, but his parents are not. We've been teaching him for a long time.
Every time we talk about baptism, he runs away or says no, no, no!! He's been
to church many times and to the activities, but every time we asked him to be
baptized, he would say, NO WAY.
On Wednesday, the assistants came,
and we talked as a zone about the goals we want for our areas--about baptism
and our purpose here as missionaries. They really got us excited and pumped up.
So... later walking down the street,
we ran into one of the sisters of Ezekiel. We said, "Hey, Mica! Are
you excited for the baptism of Ezekiel this weekend?" We don't know
where it came from, but we had confidence and faith that he'd be
baptized. Mica, of course, has been wanting him to be baptized for awhile
and said, "This weekend??" And we said, "Yeah!" and of
course, she got super excited. Later that night, we ran over to their
house and Mica said, "Hey, Ezekiel are you ready for your baptism this
weekend?" Ezekiel looked at us super confused, and we just said,
"Yeah, Ezekiel, we have everything ready for you! The clothes, the cake,
don't worry. Do you wanna be baptized this weekend?" and then he
said, "Okay!" ha, ha! awww! It was the best!!
It was a special day...not easy...but
a wonderful experience to be apart of. It made me so so happy! :) I
love this family very much and I am so proud of little Ezekiel and his decision
to be baptized.
This week was a really hard week for
me, but I can see through miracles like this that Heavenly Father truly loves
me. He truly loves his children and is always there. Thank you all
for the support of me and especially for the prayers of my family. I love
you!!
Love,
Hermana Pukahi
 |
| Little Ezekiel |
 |
| Ezequiel Y Alberto |
 |
| Ezequiel's family at his baptism. |
