Dear Friends and Family,
Thanks for your love, prayers, and support! This area and I really need it.
Insight from this morning: I have seen all over the scriptures that the difference between sin and righteousness is black and white, and the chasm between the righteous and the wicked is growing ever wider. Thinking of earthquakes and Lehi's dream, the river is growing ever wider and deeper. It is more difficult to repent and be baptized now than it ever has been, and those who fall away fall harder than ever before. I was reading 3 Nephi 28 and the footnotes in Matthew 10 and John 7:43 when I had this insight. But what I love most is that our job is to declare the truth clearly and without apology. (PMG 211)
This week Luisa got baptized, and since neither of her parents on members, she's technically a convert, but since she's been going to primary, we didn't really see it as our baptism either. As a result, we didn't ask anyone to preside and Bishop couldn't even make it. :/ We also left the baptism record in the car and they didn't use her second last name. Bishop said we might have to do it over again, and that was just the cherry on top of a terrible day for me. That night I knelt and asked Heavenly Father what we needed to do. Out of respect for the priesthood, we organized a rebaptism for Saturday even though it was inconvenient for everyone. I hate feeling like an inconvenience. Then Bishop did his research and everything was okay, so she just got confirmed and that was that. Lesson learned: always take everything seriously. I wish I could stop learning this lesson while simultaneously learning that I need to loosen up and laugh more. I'll figure it out though:)
Thanks again! Love you!
Hermana Sleight
Hermana Sleight
