Hello,
This week we helped our branch mission leader
with his chicken houses. We didn't have to pick up any dead ones this time so
that was nice. We did have a wonderful baptism on Sunday. Edith King was
baptized April 22, 2012. She is the funniest lady that I have ever met. She
was baptized by a man in the branch named Brother Melton. Brother Melton is
probably the funniest man that I have ever met. Together you get the cutest
little old couple that you ever did meet. We're pretty sure that they have a
secret crush on one another but won't admit to it. Edith gave him a big hug in
the font after she came up out of the water. It was so awesome! Another note
to add is that Edith is deathly afraid of water. She nearly drown when she was
a child and has had a severe fear of going under water ever since. She was a
trooper. I felt her nervousness as I watched her hands shake in Brother
Melton's. Then, as soon as he finished the prayer, the shaking stopped. Then
before you knew it she and Brother Melton were hugging and everyone had a smile
across their face. I think that my favorite part of the day was not necessarily
the baptism itself but the Gospel Essentials class that was held just a few
hours before. Edith answered one of the questions asked by the teacher, and
then proceeded to expound on why she knew it was true. The lesson was about the
Church of Jesus Christ in former days. She bore a powerful testimony of her
conversion to the gospel. Of her whole testimony, the part I enjoyed the most
was hearing her say, "I feel like I have been a Mormon all my life; guess it was
just in my heart and I didn't know it." I LOVE those kinds of experiences.
They provide you with a spirit that is unparalleled. Being a missionary is one
of the greatest gifts that I have ever been given.
Other than the baptism, nothing really too
exciting around here. The Branch Clerk jokingly said that he is kind of upset
with us because of all of the records he has to create. He said that it is the
best problem he has ever encountered since being the clerk. Don't worry, there
are more still to come. We have 9 dates scheduled with another 4 to be set this
week. I have never felt more apart of the Lord's work than I do now.
Tell Jake congrats for me. I understand his not
waiting for me to be home. That is awesome. Tell him that he will have to wait
a little while to be invited to my wedding. That won't be for a long time.
Betcha he'll have a kid before I get hitched. Anywho...so I got a call today
from the mission office informing me that you'll be getting my departure papers
soon. Please do not let me know when you get them or what they say. Tell
Shannon that she is a turd for not writing me for a while now, but I'm glad that
she liked the card. It's the least that I could do. Tell Patrick that he is a
player (baseball and ladies man) and he'll have to show me some of his skills
when I get home. Tell Ryan that he's a punk and I miss his guts.
Much love,
Elder Michael McNinch
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