Carly Helton (Sister Helton): "This could be really good for my life" 12-9-2015

This week has been so great!

Last week, we met a guy on the Square from Mexico. This week we called him to help him get in touch with the missionaries. When we called him the biggest miracle happened.

A little background before I keep going: the guy shared with us that he feels organized religion does more harm than it does good. He doesn't have any Christian background and he really likes Buddhist meditation and philosophies.

So when we called him on Saturday, we weren't exactly sure how everything would go but we just asked him if he had been able to start reading the Book of Mormon. He said he has and that he had read up to chapter 8 in 1 Nephi.

He kind of paused and then said, "Sisters, it's really interesting. Every time I read, I feel like something is telling me they love me over and over again. I really want to learn more about your religion. I think this could be really good for my life."

Sister Howard and I almost cried. This week one of our investigators had to postpone her baptism for a few weeks and this other guy we'd been working with dropped us so we had been a little sad and we had been praying so much for God to put someone prepared to receive his gospel in our path.

Jennifer

Another highlight of the week was Jennifer's baptism!!! Sister Linares and I taught her together all last transfer because she had met her on Temple Square just a few days before we became companions.

Her baptism was in Provo so we had to take the Trax and than get on the Frontrunner to Provo and than take a bus to BYU campus and then find the building where her baptism was.

It was probably the most stressful day of my mission. We missed the Frontrunner so we ended up waiting for 45 minutes until the next one came, so therefore we missed to bus going to BYU campus, and by pure luck, had this super sweet RM from Jennifer's ward pick us up and help us find the building she got baptized in.

Everything worked out even though we were 30 minutes late. They waited for us to come. It was so sweet to be able to see a baptism. The spirit was just so strong and really helped remind me of the importance of making covenants and how real they are. The spirit there was just undeniable.

Oh, I got to watch the Christmas devotional. We didn't go to the Conference Center though because we went last year so this year we'll get to see the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas concert instead!! I think it's next week or the week after. Anyways, I loved Linda K. Burton's talk. Actually, all the talks were amazing.

We met this super cute family who told us that their Christmas tradition is to not watch the Christmas devotional on the weekend it is broadcast, but they watch it on Christmas Eve. I thought it was a pretty cute idea.

Love you so much!

Sister Helton