We Have a Baptism Date!

Hello Everyone,

Okay so we had some major blessings happened on Wednesday! In my apartment we have 2 sets of elders but only have one car to share. So every over day one of the sets gets the car! Wednesday the other boys had the car… so Elder Campbell and I got dropped off that the church. We usually do some Facebook finding! So as we’re Facebook finding and I get a strong prompting to text this guy named Patrick! 

We have met with him before but his wife got into anti and told him that it’s either the church or his family.😭 This all went down back in October, and we desperately tried to get in contact with his wife so that we could answer any of her concerns and so that she could get to know us for who we really are and not what satan puts on the internet! 

Even with that she still wouldn’t meet or talk to us. So we had to stop teaching Patrick for his family situation! Well back to that prompting I felt, I ended up texting him happy holidays and that I hope everything’s going good with him and his family! He instantly texted me back, telling that he has been going though a really tough time and that he was debating trying to contact us again! He told me that it was a complete answer to his prayers and that he wanted to meet with us that night at the church! 

I told him that we would love to see him again! We decided that we should teach Patrick the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I felt that I should get some scriptures prepared if needed! When he showed up we took him into the relief society room with the white board and then he told us that he has had a feeling of darkness come over him ever since he stopped talking to us. He said, everytime he has been in the church he has felt that he is being healed from all the hatred and torment from the real world! He told us about how he has been to countless other churches in Tennessee and that he has never felt the spirit testify to him more than at our church! 

After that I feel really prompted to testify to him how much God loves him and wants to help him and his family! I honestly can’t take any credit for what I told him because I was talking straight from the spirit! He told us that he knows that our church is what he needs in his life! Then I testify to him again about the Gospel of Jesus Christ and what we need to do to come closer to Him and to be blessed!

I then read Luke 1:37 “For with god nothing shall be impossible” after reading that he began to cry! I know at that point he could feel the spirit so strongly! After he finished he said “are you guys feeling what I’m feeling right now?” after he said that the spirit came rushing over us! I looked at him and said “do you want to have this feeling with you always Patrick?” And then on the white board we had written up there 5 points- Faith, Repentance, Baptism, Gift of the Holy Ghosts, and enduring to the end! I told him that when we are Baptized we get to have the Holy Ghost with us always… as long as we do what we know is right! After he said when can I get it? 

I asked him if he would be baptized on the 26 of December and he excepted the invitation! He gave me a huge hug and said “I want you to baptize me, God is telling me that you need to baptize me!” Such an amazing experience! After we finished He asked if we could go into the chapel and pray! He wanted to give it and it was such a heart warming prayer! I know that he is now at peace with himself and I’m so blessed to get the opportunity to teach Heavenly Father’s children, Such an honor! 

Every morning when I get to put my name tag on it just reminds me how lucky I really am to be a servant of our Father in Heaven! Later that night I got a text from Patrick that said “Good news Brother, I talked to my girl and she had a complete change of heart and wants to start joining me in lessons! Life is good…if you remember before she was the one that got into anti and refused to let him meet with us! We have been given so many blessing! Its been a good week:)

PS I sent my wildlife pics for Logan 

Love you guys!

Elder Ehrhart