Saturday, January 27, 2018

P-Day #77 - Baptism Date Set, Barn Burnt Down and It's Still Cold....


This week has been a little different…

We have been helping a member family clean up after their barn burned down. They think a chipmunk got into the electrical panel and chewed it up. We have been making a lot of progress and have been able to help build temporary holdings for the remaining animals. They lost over 100 sheep and 20 chickens. Our faith has been strengthened as we watched this family look at the ruins and say it’s going to be OK. I guess they will just have to build another barn and raise some more sheep. They didn't focus on what was destroyed but rather they looked to the future. It’s been an honor to help and serve them through this trial. When we have a deep understanding of the Gospel and when we have a deep understanding of spiritual knowledge, we are able to look beyond the physical aspect of life and realize that these things are temporary.



We also have been meeting with our investigator and we set him with a baptismal date. He is what we call a golden investigator. It’s awesome to teach someone who was pretty much a member for their life and then they are practically jumping in to the font to be baptized.  He was the one that suggested the baptism day and our lesson with him started out with "So what are you doing on February the 10th?" We said nothing as of right now and then he asked if he could have his baptism on that day. We were hoping for February 3rd and as we talked a little more circumstances came up for him that he had to move it to the Third. All we could do was look up to the sky and think our Heavenly Father loves us, as he always has. 


We also have been receiving a lot of referrals this week and we are looking forward to contacting them this week.

Love You Mom and Dad and Remember...

I Pray for you every night & day!

Elder Perry
Owen Sound Ward
Barrie Stake
Canada Toronto Mission

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