August 16

Hey Family!

Thanks for all your emails! Its sounds like you are all having a great, if not busy summer! Same with me! Haha! I had some really great learning experiences this week. Scout Ceriani was baptized on friday which was great. (ps, scout is a girl!) So I will tell you a little about what happened there. Scout has been going to church her whole life, but her parents never had her baptized when she was 8, so we tought her, and gae her a date. But that family is INSANELY busy so we could only teach maybe twice a week. and since we didn't have that much time, we found ourselves just teaching her the lessons (simply) and we weren't really teachign her. Anyways, its a few days before her baptism, and she asks if she is excited and she says "no"...so we didn't know what to do, we asked why, and we just didn't feel good about the situation. So the night before her interview we decide to fast for her so she can be excited. (we didn't want her to have a negative experience for her baptism, because that is NOT what the gospel is about!) ANYWAYS! We decide to fast, her interview is at 2, and we go and teach her at one, and it wasn't feeling right, I didn't feel very good about it, but she got her interview, and he said she was good. But I still wasn't feeling good. I reflected on why I didn't feel good, and I realized that we used the excuse, "well she is 9" WAY to much, and we almost pushed the date on her. It was almost like I wanted it because I wanted it, not because the Lord wanted it to happen. So we are still fasting, and we decide to pray about it. And at this time, before I prayed I was now dead set AGAINST her being baptized on the 12th, I was refusing, because like I said, it didn't feel right! But then I prayed...and the word "Tomorrow" came to my head. I pushed the thought away thinking it was just me because I wanted to have a baptism every weekend in august, and I kept praying, I prayed SUPER hard, because I finally humbled myself and put the lord before me, I wanted to do what HE wanted. And when I finally submitted myself to God, the 12th came to my head again, and I was confused because I didn't know why I would have to go through SO MUCH for nothing to change, and then the story of Abraham came to my head, and I realized that I just had to be "willing to sacrifice" and put the Lord first. So that night we talked with the family and scout to make sure she was good, and it was perfect. It just worked out perfectly. ...I don't really know if I explained this story well, just know that it was a HUGE learning experience and it was really good for me to experience! I hope it was good to read! Basically, the moral of the story is to put your trust in the lord COMPLETLY, and to always put him first, because when you do that, he will make things work out the way the need to!

Another exciting thing that happened was we started to teach Katies husband James! He wants to know if its true, but he doesn't want to give up his lifestlye. But I am VERY excited to teach him! I have SUCH a love for marines and military members. I love working with them!

Anyways, I am running out of time, but it has been a good week. I love you all so much! Oh, just letting you know, transfers were today and Sister Cluff and I are staying together in our area. I'm excited because we know how each other work, and I love this area. But this will be a LONG time to be with the same person! But it should be really good! Okay, well I love you!

Have a good week!

-Sister Lee-