Zone Baptism

Here in France this week went by quickly, and wasn't all that exciting until the very end of the week. In the beginning, we just worked pretty hard contacting and teaching, we got to see quite a few less actives this week, which was good, plus our ami with a baptismal date twice, which is great, he lives in a smaller ville outside of Aix-en-Provence itself, so we don't always get to see him as much. The best part of the week, however, was that the Zone Leaders in our ville had a baptism!!

This wonderful couple that they had been teaching for only a month was very excited about the lessons, especially the wife. She expressed the desire strongly that she wished to be baptized, and so the ZLs fixed a date with her, actually for next weekend. However, last Monday, she told them that she actually remembered she would be out of town that Sunday, so they wouldn't have been able to do the confirmation. They talked about pushing it back, when she asked them, "Well, why can't we just do it this week?" They were hesitant to rush it, but she insisted strongly for this week. They said ok, if we can get all the lessons taught to you! The husband said he would take some more time, that he wasn't quite ready.

They managed to get them all taught, all the interviews happened, and all the paperwork filled out, in time for her to be baptized on Saturday and confirmed on Sunday! it was a beautiful baptism, and very exciting for us all, she's was so happy and joyful, especially on the Sunday after the confirmation. It also touched her husband so strongly he told Elder Nye, one of the Zone Leaders, that he wanted himself to be baptized in three weeks! All went super well, and they are so happy, her name is Sister Blondelle, even when they began teaching her for some weird reason they called them brother and sister Blondelle, and so now she's truly part of the family. It was incredible, and so happy for all of us. That basically sums up this week, so I hope everyone can have a great week of their own, and feel our Saviour's love! Au revoir!