Ok, I know I said last week was the best week of my whole mission, but I actually think this weekend was the best weekend of my whole life.
JEZIEL GOT BAPTIZED!!!🤩🥳😭😱😁 We were honestly a little worried because we know that the adversary tends to go absolutely feral the week of a baptism and mess things up. Thursday night, Jeziel comes up to us after English classes with the most frantic look on his face and tells us he needs to talk to the branch president on Friday. I was like ohhhh no, but we asked him how he was feeling about Saturday, and he says that he needs to be baptized more than ever, so that was a win. He met with President Kidd on Friday, everything is fine and there were no issues, but it was a jumpscare and a half.
Saturday was baptism day!!!🙌 He showed up 30 minutes early with his sister (who's an inactive member) and his mom. The baptism started, talks were given, and then Jeziel got baptized! Turns out the water was a little toasty and he wouldn't stop making jokes about baptism by fire and how he didn’t know his sins had to be burned out of him, but he's fine, just dramatic.🙄 It was super Spirit-filled though and he had tears in his eyes the whole time. We asked him afterwards how he felt and what he was thinking, and he said that he couldn't even begin to describe it and that he would never forget July 19th, 2025.
Sunday was INCREDIBLE. Jeziel's sister just had a baby, so she brought her to church so she could get a baby blessing, and it was the sweetest moment of my whole mission. The blessing was precious, but I literally could not stop crying the entire time because it's so cool to think of the impact that this one baptism can have. Jeziel just got baptized, and his sister, who hasn't come to church in 10+ years comes back and wants her daughter to be blessed. His mom who hasn't ever really liked the church came to his baptism and gave the sweetest testimony about the good that the church has done for him and how grateful she is for all the members and missionaries. His little niece is now going to grow up with these good influences around her and with the gospel as a part of her life. Jeziel came up to me after Sacrament and said that he's excited for his niece to go and be a missionary in 19 years and it's CRAZY to think about that. Because of one person, so many lives are going to be changed, and it was just such a special weekend. 😭
That was obviously the highlight of the week, but there were lots of other fun things!!
☆ Got to do interview trainings which were the funniest things ever and the sisters reallyyy got into it
☆ The Kidds took us to dinner with Jeziel, and I've decided I'm actually not going to leave the mission because it was so fun, and I love everyone here so much 🤗
☆ Blitzes with Sister Davenport and Sister Bank!
☆ A scorpion stung me on my lip while I was sleeping, and I've been looking like a Kardashian for about 4 days now 🦂💋
☆ Had interviews with the Colemans!!
My favorite verse from this week was 3 Nephi 22:10: "For the mountains shall depart and the hills be removed, but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee." 🤍
Love y'all and thanks for the prayers for Jeziel, they seriously worked. 💪
💙 Hna. Pursglove
My favorite verse from this week was 3 Nephi 22:10: "For the mountains shall depart and the hills be removed, but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee." 🤍
Love y'all and thanks for the prayers for Jeziel, they seriously worked. 💪
💙 Hna. Pursglove
Photographs Below :)
1. The man, the myth, the legend, JEZIEL🫶 (main photo above)
2. Funnest dinner of my whole life
3. Pretty sunset in the mountains😍🌄
4. Sista Bank pt. 2🤑
5. Sister Gabbard committing to her role as King Benjamin🦈
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