December 10, 2012 {first baptism!}

Oie FAMILY!!

I would like to start this email off saying.... FINALLY!!!! I am super blessed! I had the absolute wonderful experience ever on Saturday the 8th of December 2012! I was able to perform a Restored Ordinance! I baptized Susan Jane Lee! Yep Lee! As in Whitney Lee KELLER nelson....:) it was great! I was super nervous! So nervous I had to dunk her 3 times because I messed up on the prayer once, and her hand didn’t go completely under water... I was oh so embarrassed.. But it is okay! It is done! And Susan was confirmed yesterday by my companion, and Susan is now a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints! How wonder it was! I baptized someone for the first time in my life, her last name is Lee, I baptized in the same font Elder Holland did when he served in my area, and spoke at the same podium he did! So cool! Susan is as happy as can be! And Elder Fingerle and I are as well! Now we need to find more people!

We do have another baptism on the 30th his month! A little girl named Erin, I think I already told you guys about her, but she is so ready to be baptized and she’s so excited! This week I have been really sick... I have a very nasty cold, cough, sore throat and headache, I've sat out for 3 days trying to get my strength back. It was nasty... i filled up a whole rubbish bin full of used tissues... haha I'll have to take a picture... but I am starting to feel a lot better and my enthusiasm is up again now that I finally witnessed a baptism and also was a part of it!

So that was the main bit of my week... i am very excited for Christmas! I will be skipping you guys on Christmas day. You’ll probably get an unexpected call from me, so if you see a huge random number calling you, that would be ME! So answer it this time!!

 I sure miss and love all of you so much! It’s going to be weird not being with you all for Christmas, but I know this is where I need to be for the 2 years serving our Lord and Savior. I learn so much every day, I’m still not that great at teaching, but I’m noticing all the little steps I’m taking to become a better teacher. So if you could keep that in your prayers for me, I’d be so grateful. I need to be a better teacher!

I love you all so much! I hope you have a wonderful Christmas!!

Cheers everybody!!