HELLO FAMILY AND FRIENDS!!! not sure how often my blog is being updated so i'm including you in this email.... but feel free to check out other weeks at www.dallininindiana.blogspot.com
OK, this could be the biggest post EVER! Or one that includes the most information/stories!
OK, lets start with the Pictures!
This week we were so blessed to have a baptism, we baptised a little girl named Alea! Her family is so great, and I've really become good friends with them, and it's been great to help them get over a few things that were holding them back from coming to church and to help Alea get baptized! I was able to give her the Gift of the Holy Ghost! It was so cool to be apart of that. It completed one of my goals for my mission: to find, teach, and Baptize all in 6 weeks! It was so great to help this family become active again, and help Alea be baptized!
We had 2 lessons with them this week, and one of the lessons we were coming home and I see these little beady eyes on the side of the road.... OPOSSUM! I have made a vow early on in my mission that if I ever had the chance to kill an opossum on side of the road/roadway, I'd take them out. They are super creepy! SO as we approach this animal, I have not yet discovered what it is, but we are driving toward it, and instead of running across the street, it runs away from us! Stupid animal! all i had to do was line it up with the drive side tires and then...... THUMP THUMP!! :) This was the night where my District Leader was with me, he came on exchange to perform Alea's baptismal interview.... So I'm driving see this opossum, and hit it, and am waiting to see if he's going to get mad at me for hitting it.... or what his reaction would be.... so I'm sitting there kind of cringing to see what is going to happen next and he starts laughing uncontrollably, and makes us turn around and take pictures! I didn't have my camera so i can't add any to this email, but needless to say it was awesome! We had a BIG Laugh, and a journal entry for sure!
OK, on a more serious note, we met a lady a few weeks ago on the street and she expressed some interest in getting closer to God, she then showed us her arms.... She's a cutter, and slices open her wrists in order to take away some of the emotional pain she's feeling.... kind of scary! We a few days ago we get a call from her... and she leaves us a voicemail, in the message she's crying, and going on and on about how she feels, and how she wants to feel better, how she needs help, and wants us to show her that we can help her... She said she wanted to die, and was so lonely, but then said no, i don't want to die.... The phone went silent, and then we heard "here i go." We were only a few blocks away from her house, and we took off on foot that direction... We called her back and got through, I calmly asked if she'd hurt herself, and she said she'd cut her wrist open, and needed help... We walked a little faster now. We called a member and had him meet us at her house. We got in and her arm was cut, but by this point wasn't bleeding and may have only needed a few stitches to keep it together.... I applied some pressure to her arm, while my companion and the member gave her a blessing of comfort... We calmed her down and got her permission to call for some help. Police, and Ambulance arrive, and take her away to get medical attention.... We filled out a report, and have not been back since... but are hopefully going to go by today and see how she's doing... Crazy right!?
Cool story number 3.
We were driving in a neighboring town, and saw a little old lady tossing logs into the back of a truck. We didn't have any appointments so we stopped to offer some help which we were glad she allowed us to. There was a man there also using a big log splitter to split up the remains of an old tree. These stumps were HUGE!! The man was in his 60's maybe, and had had a stroke, so his right side was useless... His arm was in a sling, and his leg was in a brace. He had about a 50 word vocabulary, but he was so strong! He used his left arm to wrangle the logs into place and then hold them with his good leg, and pull down the hydraulic press... We stayed there for several hours in our white shirts and suit pants to help them! SO MUCH FUN! It took the 2.5 of us to get the logs into place and help get them split. We were in the right place at the right time, and it was so much fun to help out strangers and to split wood! I explained I've missed out on the wood work this year while being here so it was good to be there and be able to help!
See a SUPER busy week, a fun week, and kind of a crazy week! But so many blessings came from this week, and we are excited to have another baptism this Weekend too!
His name is Danny, and he's so great! He's been ready for baptism for a while, and is excited to get wet, and make that covenant with God.
Well I've got to run I'm running out of time here in the library!
Love you all, Remember God loves you and Will answer your prayers
Love Elder Rees
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