Season 15 Episode 5-6: Deborah is a Member
Hello Friends & Family,
A bit of recap is due.....
Deborah was baptised last saturday!!! She was someone I taught just over a year ago in Lake Elsinore,
I didn't know about her baptism but then the missionaries teaching her called me and told me that she
had requested that I speak at her baptism. I was absolutely amazed that she remembered me out of all
the missionaries she had been with. Most of the missionaries who had taught her were still in the mission
(a few had gone home) and they also attended. There was a missionary fleet in the congregation and it
was a very special service!
I got transfer news, I will be going back to Riverside, however I will not be doing ASL work. Instead
I will be assisting Elder Rallision in his videographer role for the mission. I also will be one of the few
missionaries piloting instagram in our mission. We will be in the Canyon Crest area.
Funny story, Bryan Smith is one of my favorite people in this mission. He is one of the Deaf Young men
at the branch. Recently he has been attending our ASL socials, last thursday he happened to be cleaning
his shoe in the middle of the meeting. I got his attention and asked if he wanted to see an even better
shoe and proceeded to show him my broken missionary shoe. He then replied with "that shoe will soon
be mine". Not thinking too heavily about it, I laughed it off and he said that he needed to go to the bathroom
and signed out of the meeting. I continued to talk with other people when Elder Robinson called my name
from behind me and said "Someone is here to see you".
I turned around (we were in the stake center's FHC) and found Bryan with a bike helmet on asking for my
shoe. Quite surprised, I obliged and gave it to him! He proceeded to run out of the church with my shoe.
I ran after and eventually got it back. He had left the meeting, and biked to the church so that he could
steal my shoe.
Elder Campbell and I met Anthony and Chris this week. They are a couple who has met with the
missionaries for a long time, but haven't recenlty due to the pandemic. When we went around to
check in on Formers, we knocked on their door. They opened and were quite surprised that we were in
fact able to go outdoors. We asked if they would like to meet another time, but they only wanted to meet
if we could meet indoors, luckily we also had approval to do that! In our meeting (about a week later)
Anthony shared a long story about his previous experience with the missionaries and also his service
in the army. It was a fantastic story of repentance, and just as I was asking "Where is this story going?"
in my head, he finished with this line.
"Anyway, that's how I know the Book of Mormon is true"
What a fantastic phrase for missionaries to hear!