Ray of Sunshine

Dear Family and Friends,

Ray got baptized yesterday! It was the perfect baptism. Everything went so smoothly and everyone felt the spirit so strongly that there was hardly a dry eye in the room. The baptism was held right before church and so lots of the members came and so did Ray's family/friends. Ray even bought a white shirt and a tie for the occasion! 

Hermana Mathis, Ray, Hermana Holloway

We got to teach while he was changing so we taught the Restoration. When we finished teaching there was just the right amount of time left to sing Joseph Smith's First Prayer. The spirit was so strong. I was teary eyed the whole time. He received the Holy Ghost right after during Sacrament meeting. He said he felt really good afterward. He said he knew it was what he needed to do.

Rays Baptism

In the Spanish ward that same day we played a piano duet of Called to Serve Him for the branch's first ever missionary farewell. It was great! The missionary (Felix Lopez) and his whole family spoke. Haha his dad had to translate for him, it's kind of become a joke that the first missionary in the Spanish branch doesn't even speak Spanish! It reminded me of my mission farewell and how excited I was to leave. I can't believe that was almost a year ago. 

Our investigator Jose was there and he loved church so much that he told his fellowshipper afterwards and then he called us this morning to tell us AGAIN just how much he loved it.  We also had several non-member friends come to church. What a great day!

This past week we had an interview with President. It was good, I really admire him, he's a good leader. We taught Jose and Ray several times, we also taught a new investigator named Fernando. We gave him a tour of the church. We taught some less-active members this week too. We even taught some members who live out on the beach. That was fun. 

Riding in the Rain

On Friday we had the brilliant idea to ride bikes to save miles. Haha, it rained the whole afternoon! I am so grateful for a nice warm apartment to go home to at night. Haha we just had to laugh, we were like, "didn't we just dry this carpet?! and now we're getting it all wet again!"

Soaked

On Monday we had family home evening with the Arguetas and Jose Garcia. We talked about the life and Atonement of Jesus Christ. No matter how much I study His life I could never feel like I've learned all there is to learn about his amazing sacrifice for us. He truly is the Savior of the world and he really does know us personally, as incomprehensible as that may seem.

I hope you all have a great week!

Con Amor,

Hermana Mathis