Happy
Father's Day Bart Babes!!!!!!!! My siblings and I are so lucky to have the
funniest, kindest, wisest, and most lovable dad in the world! I hope you get
spoiled rotten today:) Hopefully my card gets there soon! I love you and
appreciate you so much Dad!
Heavenly
Father has been blessing us with so many miracles every day. President Back
invited us to expect a miracle every day because its true that if we work for
one and expect God to deliver, He does!
Our
investigator, Paul, accepted a baptismal date of July 5th! He still has quite a
bit to learn, but we are going to do everything we can to help him be ready by
then. He has great faith, and we have seen his faith grow and his countenance
change just in the couple months we have been teaching him and he has been
reading the BOM. Same with Patrice. They just seem brighter and happier since
they have received the spirit and the gospel in their lives! The gospel really does
change people in such a good way. It's so cool!
We
are excited about a few investigators and potential investigators. We have a
new investigator this week. Her name is Susan. She lives near us and she is in
her 50's. She is super sweet and has a lot of good questions, which is great.
She is reading the BOM so we pray that she will come to find that it is true
and accept the gospel at this time.
Patrice
is still doing great, and preparing for baptism on the 1st! She has been doing
great with not smoking, especially since she received a priesthood blessing.
This
week, President allowed us to attend Mittagong Branch's youth temple baptisms
trip! It was so cool to be in the baptistery with just our little branch, but
we had enough people to do baptisms and confirmations on our own! Many members
brought their own family names to be baptized for, including Tony Magick, a
recent convert, for his first time! It was so wonderful to feel refreshed by
the spirit in there. Man, I have missed being in the temple! We were also able
to pick up a white baptism dress for Patrice at the distribution center:))))))
On
the way home from the temple, we visited Brother Jackson in the hospital. He
recently had a quadruple heart bypass surgery that went well, and he seemed to
be recovering well. Then on Monday, he had another stroke after all that. I was
so shocked to see that he couldn't even really talk, write, or communicate. He
was in tears when we visited him with the Burgoynes and Tony Magick. In the
midst of struggling to communicate, Sister Sumaribos shows him a picture of
Jesus Christ in a pamphlet. He just grabbed it, put it to his heart, and
started sobbing. It was so sad but so inspiring that he was still looking to
His Savior for peace and relief. In that moment, I really felt The Savior's
love for Brother Jackson. Jesus Christ is the hope that helps us know that we
can make it through anything, and that everything will be alright in the end as
long as we are on His side. I'll never forget that experience.
I
have been contemplating how grateful I am to have the gospel in my life and in
my family. It is such a blessing. I am so grateful to have the privilege to
share this with everyone we meet! Have a great week everyone! And always choose
The Savior!
Love,
Sister
Pace
Pics:
Branch
Temple Baptisms trip at the Sydney Australia Temple! The temple is about 10
minutes into the Sydney North Mission:
My fairly accurate depiction of Sister Sumaribos:
A girl we met at the temple who served in the Philippines:
Brother Jackson:
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