The Baptism

Okay so you have all asked about the baptism well, here we go. So we had committed Myles about 1 1/2 weeks before his actual day. All he said was, Well i guess the sooner the better. So March 1st was set. Everything we taught him after that he accepted. We had a lesson on the priesthood and he had a blessing by President Quinton because we were at there home doing a Family home Evening, and the spirit was so strong, it ended in two grown men crying. Things were amazing. We just were trying to meet with him as much as possible and help in anyways that we could. So as we taught him, one night we told our member no worries because we are just going to watch the Restoration and answer any questions he has. So we get there, and his dad and brother are just leaving and we go up to teach him. Well we walk in and he is acting really weird. We sit down and he just starts shooting off really weird questions. So we are like, lets open with prayer. What his dad and brother had been doing was sharing lots of anti-mormon literature was him. and wow, it wasn't the lesson we expected at all. Myles has had a rough life anyways, and to have this pushed on him was really hard for him. We told him not to trust it and that we personally wouldn't trust anything that wasn't from LDS.org. and he did something i didn't expect him to do, he said, "so you are telling me these are lies" and we said we didn't know what was on them but we wouldn't trust it, and then he threw the papers behind him on the floor. It was reassuring that he still had faith in what we were teaching. We talked with him for a while, and then asked if he was still planning on saturday and he said, I will have to get back to you, we set an appt for friday and left with a prayer. Our member helped bear her testimony we apologized for the rough lesson. Well we started a fast that night, we were really worried. (oh yah sis D. stole the literature and we ripped it up when we got home). So the next day we went over there he said that his dad had called 3 times trying to see what his decision was. We showed him part of Special Witnesses of the apostles testifying of the all different principles. we added our testimonies, and the first question he asked that night was. What did you do with the papers? we told him and asked if he wanted them back he commented no. He then asked why would we want him to be a member of our church. Sister Ferguson said because we love you, and he said what? everybody who tells me that has backstabbed me. And I shared that it was a commandment to love, love the Lord, love they neighbor. He was quiet, and he said, I am going to trust you now, but so help me if you have told me wrong, You should know I haven't trusted anyone in 2 years. And he said I guess I will do it, tomorrow at 3:00 then. It was music to my ears. hehe. however he wasn't perfectly okay, but he was going to do it. He just said I am going to make a lot of people mad. And so Saturday we made the appropriate arrangements and we got ready for it. We called just to see how he was doing, and he said he had already had 4 calls that morning trying to tell him to back out. He finally showed up at the church and we asked if he had any questions, he just said "yah, but I asked them all this morning, i have been praying the whole time." So we took pictures, and waited for everyone to arrive. President and Sister Morgan were there, and so was every missionary in Regina. Plus a great turn out from the ward. Also his mom and dad were there, and his daughter and her husband. The service was amazing. The spirit was so strong, between President Quinton talking having a musical number and having the baptism take place. It was amazing. We then stood up to talk while he was changing. and as we taught the restoration of the gospel, me and his mom locked eyes and she sat there and nodded as I talked about families. She agreed pretty well with everything we said. and when the service was over she came up and gave all 3 of us a big hug and said, "I am glad he met such nice people as you." It was amazing. She was one of them that had called that morning discouraging Myles. I know the spirit touches hearts, and that it really can change lives. Its not us as missionaries. As I bore my testimony when Myles came back my eyes filled up with tears and all I could think was, How great shall be your Joy. And it was. It was an amazing day. He was confirmed the next day and I saw his countenance change, he just seemed....softer. As we talked about the baptism he said he was grateful for how it went, and that his daughter who doesn't believe in God was actually asking questions, and he was excited to just be there to answer them.
He is going to be an example to his family, and I know that he will be a great asset in the Kingdom of our Father because he has great faith. And I know that he fits in well. I know that I was blessed to be a part of this opportunity, and that I really am grateful to see how gospel changes lives for the better, and we are just small instruments in the hands of our Father in Heaven.

Thank you all for what you do for me. I am truly blessed to be so supported. There are some out here that aren't supported at all. One is from Tonga, and I admire him greatly, his family disowned him when he came out because they didn't want him to go on a mission. He came and didn't hear from them for the first 10-11 months of his mission, and he got a letter from his family for Christmas which brought a huge smile to his face. And I was blessed on many sides of getting to hear from everybody as much as I do, and that I did feel support from my family. I love you all. Take care, and know that we are very blessed.

Love, Sister North