Marriage, Baptism, Gardens, Spikeball, Zone Conference, Interviews, Exchange, Mangos, The Atonement! (Week #95)

(This is last weeks email i didnt have time to send out) Sorry for the long title.. couldnt think of anything creative so I just put literally anything I did this week in the title. I've been losing more and more motivation to look for good email titles.. and write my emails.. We'll see how this goes I don't have a lot to say this week. Next week will be better. I'll just give a very brief explanation of all the titles up above Marriage: Saturday one of our members got married. Everyone was waiting for them to show up at the reception and when they showed up everyone got hype. As they got closer to the doors I felt the spirit more and more. Marriage is so so important and so sacred. I loved that feeling! Baptism!: one of our friends was baptised along with another kid that turned 8 at the church... it wasn't organised well but we figured it out wrote up a program and it was good! Felt the spirit so strong again Gardens: we went to these crazy gardens today. There was so so much peace there and I wish I could've left and gotten some private time. Again, the spirit was so wonderful thinking of the beautiful creations of God Which brings us to the next point Spikeball!: we brought spikeball and played in the gardens. It was super chill but super fun Zone Conference: don't have lots to say except for the fact that it was banger. Definitely gave me some motivation I needed Interviews: super hype next morning we went to the office and the other zone was supposed to come at 9 but they weren't informed so we showed up and elder odenusi and I were the only ones there. Which means we got some extra time to talk to président. I got to ask some fun questions and pick his mind a lil Exchange: with hendy! Got me turnt. We had a sleepover that got lit. You'd think we'd do dumb stuff but like no cap we literally just studied (yes we stayed up late I confess) but we were talking about doctrine and rhe church for hours. It was so fun and edifying Also that night we downed tons of mangos.. mango season is too hype Now the Atonement. God is so good. The atonement is so deep. I love him so much. Please pray to God and thank him for the atonement! I'll add one final thing. On Saturday, we had. Lesson with a woman That has gone through more than I could even explain here. Death of family, kids, husband, loss of job, almost loss of an eye, all the money she ever made down the drain, everything, gone. She was seriously depressed and still is a depressed. HOWEVER, she told us that when we're around and whenever she goes to church, she forgets a little about all of her problems. Now we've been talking to this woman about baptism for quite some time now but she told us not to rush her, and that it would come. Despite that, I felt a strong impression to talk about baptism and the gift of the holy ghost. I felt bad because I didn't wanna bug her but the impression came back again. I opened my mouth not knowing in advance what I would say. I told her "Sister Valerie. The reason you feel like your depression leaves you when you meet with us and come to church, is because you are feeling the Holy Ghost. The Spirit is Love, Joy, Peace, Longsuffering, Gentleness, Goodness, Faith (galatians 5:22) these feelings are the opposite of what you feel when you're depressed. The Spirit is literally fighting your depression " I then told her that if she was willing to be baptized she would receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. Which means if she was worthy, she could have these feelings with her at all times. Which means that there would ALWAYS be someone alongside her fighting her depression. I couldn't however talk about all of that without bringing up the atonement. I let her know that Jesus came to earth to feel all of her pains. She's not alone. She will always have the Savior on her team. She started to feel the Spirit and during the closing prayer she started bawling... it was such a beautiful moment. Now I'm writing this as an addition to this email (future Elder Ducker here) sister Valerie has taken a baptismal date for May 27th. She's happier than ever. I know that this church is the church of Jesus Christ. I KNOW it is true. Jesus did suffer for all of our sins. Ok I love you all . Bye!