Do you all remember our Investigator Bill Williams that
we have been teaching for a while? Well he is getting Baptized this
weekend! We went over last week to Bills house and we went over the
Baptism Questions with Bill and he Didn't want to answer the Questions
because right before i came, the other sisters had already went over
them with him and so he didn't want to do them again, but that was over
10 weeks ago so Sister Standing and i were a little worried because we
didn't know if he really was ready to be baptized. So we asked Bill why
do you want to get Baptized? This is what he said: " It is kind of a
selfish reason but i know that if i have enough faith, the Lord will
help heal my back. Whether by it healing completely, or just by having
the strength to do the things that he wants me to do."(Bill has a
horrible back, he got injured in the marines and had back surgery and
they accidently cut a cord in his back that has really limited his
movement. He can"t sit in church for more than an hour. he can't walk
very well, he has to use a cane, and he sits in this chair at home
almost all day, every day, he even has to sleep in this chair it is
really sad because he is only 50 years old too.) We also asked Bill how
has your Faith grown since the missionaries have been teaching him? he
told us that he has felt it grow so much and that the day that the
sisters found him 9 months ago was on a really hard day because he had
just lost his dog. They shared a message with him and he felt the spirit
so strongly. Missionaries have been teaching him since. He also said
that he cannot deny the truthfulness of the church because of the way he
feels every single time we come and teach him and every time he reads
the book of mormon, and comes to church. It is so cool! Bill is so
excited and he is going to get baptized in a pool instead of a
baptisimal font because he is so big and they are going to baptize him
forward instead of backwards which is going to be awesome!
We are really Excited for Bill this weekend! we have been praying a
lot that his faith WILL make him whole and we know that all things are
possible through our Savior Jesus Christ! And we can't wait to see what
happens! His faith is sooo strong!
Things are soooo good in Yakima! i love being a
missionary because you get to see the change that people go through and
you get to see their faith grow in our Savior Jesus Christ. it makes you
so happy!
I hope everyone has a wonderful Easter when you can
think more about out wonderful Savior, Jesus Christ and the amazing
Gifts that he has given us!
I love you all! Love, Sister Lindmeir
Ps funny story i went downstairs at night to grab
something and i see tons of bubbles spurting out of the dishwasher and
they were all over the floor!!!! i tell sister Standing to come
downstairs and she says oh no!!! not again!!! she accidently put dish
washing soap into the dish washer instead of Dish washer soap. it was
soooooo funny and she actually did it once before. it took a while to
clean up but it was the funniest thing i have ever seen! :)
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