Week 14

Hey family!!!

Oh my goodness this week was amazing!! Where do I even begin?! Well I guess I'll start with AMIR GOT BAPTIZED!!!!!!!! He came to us Monday night at family home evening and asked us a few questions about baptism and I was getting kinda nervous, BUT, then he said he doesn't want to wait till the 19th and he wanted to get baptized this week!!!!

I was so excited!!! So we met with him everyday this week to finish everything we needed to teach him, and answer any questions he had! It was funny when he asked us very specific questions about the law of chastity and sister Carroll would just look at me hahaha! I was so excited all week!!!! He is amazing!! And on Thursday when we met with him we talked about testimonies and he totally bore his testimony!!!!

It was so amazing and spiritual!! His baptism was AMAZING!!!!! A great turn out! A lot of members came especially for how last minute it was!!! Ahh I wish you could have been there!! When he got the Holy Ghost he was just smiling ear to ear!!!!

We met a guy Desmond! He's from Africa and he is so cool! We were a little nervous at first with where our lessons would go cause he didn't seem super interested the first time we met him! But we invited him to church and he came! And get this!!!!!! We have a member in our church named Osarro, (he has been a member for almost a year I think! He was baptized in Italy... I think, but moved here) and him and

Desmond were friends IN AFRICA!!!! They went to church together in Africa!!! And haven't seen each other or heard from each other since Osarro left! And Desmond walked in and was so happy and was like what the!!!! And they were talking and sis Carroll and I were like what???!

Haha so we talked to Desmond about it this week and he said that he knows this church is for him and he already feels like a member haha!!

We just have to work of the word of wisdom with him! He really likes beer! And he smelled like weed when we met with him... And he actually asked about the word of wisdom and he agreed to stop drinking and he didn't say anything about smoking so I said, "Desmond I have to ask you a question.. Do you smoke?" And he smiled and looked down and he said, "Baka my sista, I'm not gonna lie to ya, ya I do" hahaha but he promised he would work on it and said he would call every time he felt like he wanted to drink or smoke! AND THEN!!! At church after Amir was confirmed and received the Holy Ghost... He leaned over and asked "how long does it take for someone to get baptized?" And we talked about it and he wants to get baptized!!!!! We set a date for March 26!!!!!! How exciting!!!

Hopefully we can figure out the whole word of wisdom thing by then! He said he knows that with our help he can do it! So wish us luck!!!

And I met this awesome guy Samson and I met him on the street! And it turned out he used to meet with missionaries in France but when he moved to Germany he lost contact with them! He left Africa when he was 15, all by himself! He has moved all around with a couple guys he has met! His family is Muslim, but he said he is not because he doesn't like how they act and he hasn't prayed in 3 years!  We met with him and he said that he believes in God sometimes, but not other days. We told him that God is our Heavenly Father and loves him and stuff like that and asked him to read the Book of Mormon and pray that night and we met with him on Thursday, later that week, and he said that he believes in God and that he has felt better and happier since he prayed! And that he never can sleep and since he started praying again he can sleep better and sleeps all through the night! Isn't that cool!!!

So it's crazy how much God is really in charge of our schedule haha!!! We had such a busy week and all of our days were so full like each lesson an hour apart!! But people would always cancel but because of them we were in the perfect place for other people!! Like we met Abu

and Julius!! And ran into three investigators we couldn't get a hold of!!! Then the next day we were going by on a less active and she wasn't super happy but then Abu CALLED US!!!! And said his class got canceled and he wants to meet so we did and it was an amazing lesson!!

He is awesome!! And loves God so much!! He's actually a Muslim but said he feels something different about our church and said he would change but it's a big decision so he has to pray!!! We didn't even ask him to pray yet! And we taught him how to pray the correct way and without your forehead on the ground and he said he would pray like

that!!

And we met with Ardalon and he is so interesting!!! I don't know what to think about him! He believes a little part of every religion haha!! And just what he thinks is so strange but all his beliefs kinda don't go together! Like he believes God is a ball of energy but he also said he's seen gods hand... So we will work on that!! haha ...and when we were leaving

he said he had a weird question and asked if our church has a problem with weed and we said yes, but he wants to live our doctrine so he will stop for 40 days! So that's cool I guess!!!

On a less spiritual note.. Stinky cheese is real!! Like really real and really stinky!!!! A girl in the young women's was having a birthday party at the church and they asked if the missionaries could come and we did and there was food and they had yummy bread with a bunch of different kinds of cheese and I obviously picked up the wrong

one!!! Cause I go to eat it and it smelled like the grossest, sweatiest, nastiest stinky feet ever!!!!! Like a fat old man who wears no socks and sits out in the sun all day and doesn't shower!! Think of the stinkiest feet you have ever smelled and multiply it by 10!!! It was that bad but it was already by my mouth so I had to take a bite and tasted just like it smelled!!!! I tired my hardest to eat it but I couldn't! Like it was bad!!! And I already wasn't super hungry cause we went to a bakery and I got a little food there! So it was twice as bad! So I payed elder Shelly €5 to eat it for me hahahah!!

This part is for jace haha! I was teaching Amir about families and he asked to see a picture of my family and he said Jace looks like Leonardo Decaprio!! So that's cool! I don't see it, but I think that's a pretty good complement!!

So, I accidentally contacted a crazy homeless man! hahaha His name is Mark and he was super nice to me, but turns out he's actually crazy and I gave him a Book of Mormon and there was a card with the elders number on it.... hahahaha and they got a call from him and he was in the hospital and wanted them to come visit and they did! He says he trained in France in special fighting ring and learned to kill people.... But don't worry he called and said he doesn't need any help anymore cause he "found his ying to his yang" haha so we are all good!!!!

That's going to be fun!!! I'm so happy for jace! That will be so fun for him to spend a week with his brother!!! And that's fun for the rest of you too!!! Have so much fun in Provo with everyone!! Send me a bunch of pictures okay!!! That sucks about the hole boxes thing though!! If I was home I would totally help!!!

Joanna is great!! Adorable as ever!! I have another video so I'll send it to you!!!! She is my favorite person to visit!!! I feel bad cause Schwester Wohlgamuth can't walk very well so Joanna can't get out much so we go over at least once a week!! And she wants to get baptized but is afraid to get her face wet so we are trying to work on that too!!

Well sorry this email is so long!! But I love you so much and miss you like crazy!! I'll talk you soon!!!

Love sister baker

This is our friends!!!  He is deaf and signs to us on the bus!!!!  He's so cool!!!!
 I try to read his signs but he signs soon fast!!!!!!  He always tells us we are beautiful though!!!  😊

Amir's Baptism!!!!