jordan 10.11.10

ok well this was the craziest week of my mission. so im going to start of with our investigator named tim. (and also poupinas baptism was on sat keep that in mind). tim is a regular at our family night and our institute on thurs. we have been teaching him for a few weeks now. he knows a lot about the gospel. and has read the standard works. he was just having a few issues with the preisthood. we helped him out with that. we got to know him so well he started to come on joint teach with us to other investigators and everything. so on thursday there was a greenie (a new missionary) sleeping at our house and i was going on exchanges with him the next day. so me and tim decided to play a little game. ha ha i am due for a little prank. so i told tim to be waiting by the mcdonalds at around 12 because we would be riding our bikes by there. i told tim to just speak in dutch and act like a golden investigator. and i also gave tim the greenies first name. Matius. and i said to say you saw him in a dream ar something. so the next day me and this poor greenie who has been in the land for 7 days were riding to an appointment and happend to go by the mcdonalds around 12 oclock. i said to the greenie. oh man i have a feeling we have to stop here the spirit is saying something. but we dont have much time. meanwhile tim is sitting outside on the mcdonalds table reading o book. i told the greenie who do you see we could talk to? and then i said what about this guy right here reading a book? go talk to him. he was to scared and said no. but i said go do it anyway. so he went over and started to talk to him in his best dutch. he said in dutch"how are you. we talk to people about jesus christ, do you believe in jesus christ?" tim said yeah. then we sat down and started to talk. the greenie was talking and asking him questions but couldnt really speak well and then he would turn to me and i would say anything. i made him say everything. so tim eventually kinda sais well if you cant speak dutch this has no point because i cant really speak english(he speaks perfect english) and tim also says well i can try to speak some english. then the greenie goes off telling him about some weird comparison that was totally confusing. meanwhile i am trying to not laugh and looking the other way with the biggest smile on my face. i dont know how tim didnt crack. then tim says. "wait i had adream last night and someone came to me and talked to me about god and his name was matius or something. and the greenie sais what! thats my name and pulls out his card and shows him his name. "we were ment to be here god lives god lives we were ment to talk to you today. and tim says"well what do i have to do?" greenie"well you have to take the lessons and come to church and then you can get baptized" he was so excited he couldnt hold it in. we set a baptismal date right on the spot when it was all done the greenie gets up and gives him the biggest hug. oh man it was so funny . so we left and he was speachless he didnt know what to say. he said he was about to cry. oh man i felt bad for a sec. he was on cloud nine all day. so later that day we met up with poupina for her baptismal interview. and tim calls and the greenie answers it . and poupina knowing who tim is heard the voice of tim on the phone and says isnt that tim? ha ha but the greenie didnt hear it. finally tim tells him it was just a joke. we were all on the groung dying. he was like man you got me good! it was so funny. so that night the greenie went home and i was with my normal comp. and we called tim to joke about it and talk about it. we had a good time . then right before we hung up the phone i read him the fellowship of the unashamed. and after that he said "i want to get baptized, i know its true, can i get baptized tomorrow with poupina'?" i thought he was joking. but he was serious. so i said to him let me call the bishop and the mission pres an ill call you back. i called them both and they were so happy. the said baptize him. so we told him he could and he said ok lets do this. the next day we met up with him to eat lunch. he said"last night after i told you i wanted to get baptized i was for sure about it. but then i went and sat in me bed and the spirit came over me and my skin started to glow and i felt the spirit in every fiber of my being." that just goes to show that you dont recieve your witness until after the trial of your faith. he told us "i found out what was holding me back from getting baptized, i was afraid to step into the dark and take a step, and it was also pride." since that day he has totally changed, especially the way he looks. he is so much happier and has a glow about him. he asked me to baptize him.
so that night was the day of the baptism. we were going to have a double baptism. it was around 6 oclock and we were waiting for poupina to show up. the baptism was at 7. we got a call from maggie and she said"yeah i just talked to poupina and she was crying and says she is not ready and now she wont pick up her phone." so we said well we cant do anything about it. we will just have to pray for her. we told maggie she still had to come because she was giving a talk. so at this time we were feeling pretty crappy. but still happy for tim. my comp and i were sick to our stomachs. 5 min later here comes poupina and maggie walking through the door laughing! they said ha ha we got you!!! the greenie was there and he was laughing so hard. they got us soo good.

so that night the service went well. elder crittenden baptized poupina and i baptized tim. it was so awesome! we also had like 6 investigators there watching. alina and her kids and her friend came, ananda came, melissa. it was a great night. i told ananda one of our investigators that she was next. then on sunday morning early we get a text message from ananda she said"you were right i am going to be the next one baptized i have been praying, reading, and crying all night long and i got an answer, a calmth came over me and i know its true. can i call you today?" so now we have a baptismal date with ananda and she will be getting baptized in 4 weeks!!. so on sunday we went to church and it was a super special day. i gave the holy ghost to poupina and my comp gave the holy ghost to tim. the bishop was so happy he was talking about tim and how he could be the next bishop. we talked with tim and he said he is going to go on a mission, he said im doing it for sure, all i gotta do is wait a year and pack my bags.
we had a great sunday. we talked to melissa(one of our investigators) and she said she knows she is going to get baptized, she just is waiting for a confirmation. we had an amazing lesson with her on friday. man ive been so spiritually tired and physically. but its been good. there is so much more to tell. alena cant wait for her next lesson. well thats about all i got thanks so much for everything love ya talk to ya next week