Yesterday we were not allowed to leave our home because of the ice on the roads. Let me tell you the difference between the cold in Texas and the Cold in Utah. Utah has salt and Texas doesn't. The roads are so terrible, or it snows so little, that everything was shutdown yesterday. So Sister Hixson and I had to really use our imaginations to figure out what we were going to do on Monday. So that was kind of mind numbing being stuck inside all day when you are so use to being outside all day.
The Nashville Tribute Band!!!!!
They came to Frisco and we got to see them!!!!! They are the most amazing musically talented artists and their new album 'Redeemer' is amazing!1! They are known by nearly every missionary today because we are actually allowed to listen to their music. We got to pray with them (all the missionaries present) before they started and it was beautiful. THEN THEY CALLED ALL THE MISSIONARIES UP ON STAGE AND HE HANDED ME A MIKE AND WE ALL SANG WITH THEM! AHHHHHHHHHH! It was so incredible, the Spirit was there and It was the spiritual boost I needed for that week.
Stress, so much stress when it came to the 2 wonderful baptisms that we had Friday and Saturday. One was for a 9 year old boy who is an amazing child and a blessing to be around. He is the son of a recent convert that was baptized 6 months ago, who is also incredible. Then there was a 15 year old boy who is in a part member family who we love so much. They truly are choice spirits because there was some opposition in preparing for their baptisms, though mainly with the 15 year old. We were teaching a lesson, then he starts to get nervous and shake and we all feel something wrong, like the house was being watched. So we asked the father for a priesthood blessing and we were able to continue with the lesson. It was powerful to me to see that Satan really is working hard in trying make us never return to live in the presence of our loving Heavenly Father again and wants us to be miserable like him.
I think I will end my newsletter with my testimony:
I'm just so grateful for the knowledge of The Plan of Happiness that Heavenly Father has for us and to know that we have divine potential and that we truly are choice spirits in getting to live in this time and age. I love all that the Book of Mormon has taught me now that I'm actually trying to read it with real intent. I love my family and I love my friends. I'm thankful I get to serve a mission and I get to serve my fellow Children of God and to see the happiness they gain when they come to know of the power of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This really is God's Kingdom and I'm glad I get to help build it.
I love y'all and wish the best for you and I'm not going to say stay warm because that seriously does nothing to improve the warmth of a person out in the cold -_-
believe me I know.
The cold isn't bothering me anyway,
Sister Baker
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