KEN's Baptism

This week was great, all culminating with KEN's baptism.

It started with meeting a referral from the Embassy housing, so we went over for dinner to a member's house, and they had a friend, TRA, with them. She's had experiences from miscarriages and being told they're in hell, to abusive parents, and she has a lot of questions.  After hearing more about our church, she said she feels like she's been a 'closet Mormon' her whole life. Everything she disagrees with her church, she agrees with our church. The family was wonderful in helping teach, even the 16 year old son. This coming week we're excited to meet her husband too.

We met a guy last Saturday who called immediately to take us out for dinner that night who is really interested. He seems Mormon already, the most important thing to him is family, and he really likes our stance on families. We feel like we're running into a lot of potential around here.

KEN's baptism went well. A less active Nigerian showed up that Elder Bell and Weight brought, and he bore a great testimony about baptism, and after the ordinance KEN bore a powerful testimony about God and his life. He knows and understands how important this is in his life. He's so excited to be baptized.  It was an incredible experience for all of us, and we're so happy for him. I can see a great future in the church for him, receiving callings and magnifying them. I've only known him for 15 days, but I know that he has received a manifestation from God that this is true, and that he will be a great member in this church.

These experiences and even the smaller ones that we have every day are just adding to my testimony that this is true. We see miracles daily in this church. I know that this church is the way to find the eternal happiness we're all searching for.

Elder Franchina