First Baptism!!!

What an awesome week! Oxnard is doing great. This weekend S. was

baptized, which was so awesome. It was such a great day. She comes

from a part member family, and everyone was so excited for her

baptism. Her mom, who is a returned missionary, and has a really

strong testimony, was so excited. It was so cute. She cried the whole

time. It was such a testimony of how the gospel brings families

together. It was an incredible experience to be a part of. S. has

such a strong testimony, and we were so excited to help her make this

step in her life. 

S's Baptism this weekend! It was AWESOME! She was baptized by her

brother, H., and it was such a cool day.

This next weekend, we will have the baptism of E.

Another awesome lady. She was going to get baptized this weekend, but

she had to be out of town. She is currently battling cancer, and going

through so much personally in her life, but she is so strong, so full

of charity, and such a good example to me of the kind of person I want

to be. She has learned to find strength and power through the

scriptures and prayer, and it has been neat to see her grow through

that. One really neat lesson happened this week when we taught her

about temples. She was so moved by knowing that her Mother and Father

would get a chance to take part in this gospel. More than that, with

her cancer, the doctors say that they have run out of options, and

they are not sure how long she will have left. She asked us if someone

would be able to take her name to the temple if she were to pass away

before she could make it to the temple, and when we told her that that

is what temples are all about, she was so moved, and touched. Who

knows what will happen in the next year, but I was so touched this

week about the power of temples, and knowing that no matter what, our

Heavenly Father will give us a chance. Especially for someone who is

trying to live so righteously. We are really excited for her baptism.

(But I don't think anyone is as excited as E. She keeps saying she

feels like a little girl and is giggling all the time thinking about

it. Precious!) Oxnard is full of miracles. Another awesome miracle we

saw this week was three of our less actives coming back to church.

They are meeting with bishop, and making all the necessary steps to

regain all of the blessings this gospel holds, and it is incredible to

see. They give me hope. They are so awesome! I love this work!

Sometimes the Young Women sticky note your car thinking you are the

English Elders. Oh well! We got some good laughs out of it!

My only complaint is that time is moving WAYYYY TOO FAST! I can't

believe it. I am just so grateful to be here, and am loving every

minute. Life is good. What can I say.

I hope you all have a great week.

Con Amor

Hermana Courtney Miller