True Red Neck

Hey everyone!
This week we went to a buffet place that me and Elder Carlson went to but this time it was infinitely better. We went with ChuanRen our new member and it was a hoot. My companion cracked an egg on his forehead. It shot egg everywhere. It was all over him. Then he had me crack one on my head with him for the camera. I did, but very gently, so there was no problem at all. It was hilarious. Then we karate chopped eggs open. That was really funny too because I actually failed on my egg, but my companion blew his all over the place. The whole experience was amazing and probably one of the funny P-days that I have had.


Because of time issues, today's email has to be short. Next week we will be having a long time investigator who I've been meeting with since I got here get baptized. He's amazing. We both feel that even though he didn't get to church this week (because his white shirt was dirty and he thought he had to wear it and a suit) he's ready and the Lord confirmed that opinion. I am so excited.

I helped a little girl, Lin2 Yu4 Xing1 get baptized yesterday, but I wasn't the one in the font. Because she is deathly afraid of water, I stood outside and coaxed her to progressively get more and more into the water. The spirit really told me what to say and how to help her, because her parents had tried to get her to be baptized so many times, but she is just deathly afraid of the water and they were frustrated and she was crying and all. I had a feeling to have them say a prayer and then we got everyone to leave and I suggested we give her a blessing of comfort. The parents were still impatient and frustrated and then I started to get her to kneel in the water and then slowly, very slowly start lowering her face into the water and all that. In the end, I had my hand under her head and we practiced immersing and then we finally did the prayer and I still had my hand under her head like we practiced and then helped her under at the end. It was a 2 hour thing, but I was really, really happy. The Lord really knows what He is doing because if she'd been in a different chapel, with a standard baptismal font, she wouldn't have been able to do it. As it was, it was a miracle that we got asked to come to the baptism and that they wanted us to witness. The Lord is setting everything up in the perfect way for each of his children. He will help you with all the things in your life. I know that is true.
Love,
Elder Siebert