Samir and Julieta were baptized!!!

Samir and Julieta were baptized!!!!! Yeah!

That was such an awesome experience. They both were so prepared to draw closer to their Savior. Samir was baptized, confirmed and then given the Aaronic priesthood. Then he baptized his Mom, Julieta. Oh my goodness when she came up from the water she started moving her arms up and down fist bumping in the air and clapping. It was hilarious, she was so happy. She just kept giving us hugs afterwards too. What a blessing both of those are. Samir's son also wants to get baptized. He comes back from Mexico soon. So we'll have to talk with him about it. He's 11. And his dad would be able to baptize him as well!!

We have had so many amazing experiences this week.

One thing Hermana Bennett and I have noticed is the members are one of the most amazing tools we can use during lessons. We had Hermana Tovar (a convert) come with us to teach this lady Elena. Elena is catholic but isn't super sure which church is the right one because there are so many of them. Especially, in Brownsville. We gave her a lesson on the restoration. She thought it was amazing that Joseph Smith saw Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father. She said she has the same question he had when he was younger. Then Hermana Tovar went off. She explained how she was catholic but always felt like something was missing. Her testimony brought the spirit so strongly. Elena really connected with her. She wants us to come back too.

Then right after that we had a lesson with Lupita. We finally got in contact with her. We had Hermano and Hermana Lopez come with us. We only got three sentences in the whole entire lesson. Hermano Lopez talked like the whole entire time. He explained so much about how the Book of Mormon was written and the ancient Americans. Then he brought up who founded the Catholic church because pope is not mentioned in the Bible a single time. It was so awesome. Lupita agreed with everything he said too. She can't come to church because she has work. They promised her so many blessing if she finds a way to change her work schedule. Another great lesson with the members!!! The spirit was so strong too!!!!

I get so happy when people can feel the spirit when we teach them. We had a fast and testimony meeting this past Sunday. There were so many awesome testimonies shared. It was an awesome Sacrament meeting. I love Brownsville!!!!!

I love all of you also!
Hope you've been having a great week and enjoying the last few days of summer before the school year starts.
Open your mouth and tell everyone that Jesus loves them!!!
Stay 2 Legit 2 Quit

~Hermana Darling~