Week #67: A Baptism, A Wedding, and A Baptism (Families Can Be Together Forever)

"Baptism in Progress"

This week has been CRAZY AWESOME. Most of it was wedding and baptism
prep. And a lot of service as well! And then it all culminated on
Saturday with a baptism, a wedding, and transfer news!

Boyd's Baptism

The Boyds were baptized this week! It was amazing. We met with them every day this week and their dad came for their interviews and for the baptism. The Spirit was so strong- there were many tears cried.

And Brother Johnson invited BJ (the Boyds' dad) to be the one to
baptize Malaya in two years when she turns eight- which means we are going to teach and baptize him of course! It was pretty much the
coolest moment of my missionary life. And they were confirmed on
Sunday and so much of their family was there. It was incredible!








And Katrina got married! We spent a decent amount of time helping plan and decorate for the wedding- and it came out beautiful. They were so happy, and everything came together perfectly, and everyone was happy.

Katrina's mom, Paula, flew in from Arizona on Thursday so since then it's been wedding central. Paula was baptized in this ward not that long ago and then moved. So it's been so fun! And Katrina had her baptismal interview last night (we had ice cream) and she's getting
baptized today at 5!








We also had our mission tour this week- Elder Kopischke of the Seventy
came. It was pretty amazing! He talked a lot about being bold, but
genuine, and about caring about people and not numbers, about being
realistic with our goals and planning, and planning ahead. It was
pretty awesome! Definitely something to apply. They were so nice (him
and his wife). And it was so fun to see all of my old missionary
friends - it felt like a family reunion!

Picture from "Mama Hobbs"

Besides that, we did some service for other members, met with the
people we could with what time was left, and basically worked hard all
week. It's been exhausting in the best way. And Saturday night we got
transfer news- Sister Sitala is leaving to St Helens and I am staying
and training!! We're both pretty excited though Sister Sitala is
definitely sad to leave. It will be a lot of fun. This ward is
amazing!

I love you all, and I hope you have an incredible week!
Sister Jacobs