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Monday, February 9, 2015

Feb. 9, 2015 Letter Baptism update!


HiYa!
AAHHHHH!!!!!! EV HAD HER BABY!!!! (mom here: Ev is one of her best friends that just had her baby. She got married about a year ago and I sent her pictures) oh my goodness he is just about the most adorable thing AH! I am going to e-mail her and ask her why she hasn't written me! oh yeah... cuz she was having a baby... haha. anyway thanks so much for the pics I love them.


I've been writing in my grateful book you sent me! C: It's been fun. and I've had an extra amount of things to be grateful for this week! We've been meeting with our deaf investigators, Lilly and Mark regularly. Lilly is so ready to be baptized and was very sad that her baptism date wasn't until March 18th. We thought she would want to wait for her husband Mark to be ready but she just cant wait any longer! She basically said that she wants to bring others to the gospel but she can't be a disciple of Christ until she's baptized. She is so cool!! Ah! She's awesome and Mark is awesome. He just has a harder time understanding things since he doesn't have a religious background. He hasn't been praying either but our last Lesson we finally helped him understand who God is. That he has a body like us, but that it's perfect and that He is the Father of our souls and He wants us to talk to Him and etc. after that you could see a light bulb go on and we're sure his praying will go better C:

Andrew is Marks very good friend. He has his date set for March 25th a week after Mark (Lilly's is on the 20th of Feb!) Andrew just loves! What we teach him. He couldn't wait to learn about Joseph Smith and is diligently reading the children's picture BOM we gave him. We taught Andrew at lilly and marks house to help them remember what they had learned before and Bishop Dewey a guy who went on a signing mission and knows sign because his brother is deaf was able to be there with us in person! He lives quite far away in Ayre and so usually we skype, but he was in Edinburgh so he came over! He's awesome and has been just so helpful. We have to give Lilly mark and andrew the children's BOM since english isn't their first language. Usually people who sign have the reading ability of that of a 4th grader. They just don't use words like 'review' or 'benefit'. they just say 'go over again' or 'it's good for you' , if you see what I mean so a regular BOM doesn't really do it because they wouldn't understand it. Anyway Andrew is great but his mum has told him that the Mormons are bad and that we take peoples money so he was very conflicted at church. We had a wee lesson with him though and told him that no one in the church gets paid and that we're not out to get people's money. He felt better after that and said he would tell his mom and pray for himself to know if Joseph Smith was a prophet. He's so cool!

They are just about the most patient people ever! We are just not very good at signing yet but they understand and say 'it's ok, you'll get better. Step by step' haha they're fantastic! 

We also had a Zone Interview Training up in Dundee ( about an hr away). I was awesome to be able to drive through the country and then be in a big city. The building were beautiful! And it was a good time! 

Anyway I hope your week goes good and that those missionaries are grateful for all you do for them mommy! Your the best! Your packages make me happy C:

If you're looking for anything to study Mosiah ch4and 5 are really good! Kind Benjamin is awesome!
 
Love 
Sister McBride
 

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