25 de Junio 2008

So we just got done painting a room in a members house. Ha, I feel pretty ridiculous, all painty in the library at the college. But hey, gotta do email. I think that it would be way cool if you went to see Logan. I miss him a ton. He was definately one of my favorite companions. He and I didnt get to have any baptisms together but we worked our butts off, well at least he was until we got the car. :).
Enids baptism was awesome. We sang a special musical number. Ha, if you can imagine me singing a special musical number you will know how it went. I got it on video, so you'll get to see it someday. It was a little awkward though, she chose me to baptize her, and so I started walking down into the water. She was on the other side and started walking as well, then stopped, and ran back into the bathroom. So I just kindof stood there on the first step. There were some members in the bathroom who told me to wait there. So I waited, just standing there out of sight of everybody. She finally came back out, and slowly we went down into the font, and everything was smooth after that. We changed and the program ended. Afterwards we were talking and she told me why she had turned and gone back into the bathroom so quickly. But first I have to explain something else. She has seven children, but one of her oldest daughters died two years ago at age fourteen. Back to the story. When she entered the font she said that she felt the presence of God, and that her daughter was holding her hand as she was walking into the font, and when she looked at her daughter she nooded her head, as if to say she was doing the right thing. It was too much for her, so she ran back into the stall until she could catch her breath and put herself together. This next sunday her son, Erik, is going to be baptized as well. We were very blessed to have found this family to bring into the gospel.
I hope everything is going well at home. And that the boys recover from their games.
Love Elder Osterloh