running as the baptismal font fills up. But just as the servants of
King Lamoni, there is often times something waiting at the waters
edge.
25 But Ammon said unto him: Nay, but I will be thy servant. Therefore
Ammon became a servant to king Lamoni. And it came to pass that he was
set among other servants to watch the flocks of Lamoni, according to
the custom of the Lamanites.
26 And after he had been in the service of the king three days, as he
was with the Lamanitish servants going forth with their flocks to the
place of water, which was called the water of Sebus, and all the
Lamanites drive their flocks hither, that they may have water--
27 Therefore, as Ammon and the servants of the king were driving forth
their flocks to this place of water, behold, a certain number of the
Lamanites, who had been with their flocks to water, stood and
scattered the flocks of Ammon and the servants of the king, and they
scattered them insomuch that they fled many ways.
Just like the Lamanites, the adversary is always trying to stop the
work of God. One thing that is for sure though is that Heavenly Father
will ALWAYS win. This is His work and He is in charge, and that is the
great lesson that I learned this week as we were preparing Ivonne and
her kids for their baptism.
Monday, Ivonne called us. She had pulled something in her back and she
was stuck on the floor and couldn't move. We ran over to her house to
find her facedown and she was in a lot of pain. She asked us to help
her move because she didn't want to go to a doctor since it is so
expensive. As we moved her, she just screamed in pain (good thing we
had CNA Christensen who has experience with moving people), but we
eventually got her up. Seeing the state that she was in, we realized
that if it was serious, she wouldn't be able to be baptized. We also
realized that because she was feeling bad, we wouldn't be able to
teach her and her kids the rest of the lessons in time. We knew that
anything was possible and that with God everything could work out, but
we didn't know what to do.
We left her house feeling confused and stressed and so we began to
pray to know if we should continue forward with the baptism for that
Friday or if we should postpone it. We asked Heavenly Father for a
clear answer so that we could know exactly what He would have us do.
Throughout the whole day, nothing came and we felt the same as we had
at her house.
We got home that night and decided that maybe still not knowing what
to do was an answer to our prayers, and that we were supposed to
postpone things. So we began calling members of the ward to let them
know. As we were doing so, our mission president randomly texted us
asking about Ivonne and if she was still going to be baptized on
Friday. We let him know the situation and told him we didn't know if
it would still be happening and he responded saying,
"Plan on it. She will be better by Friday. Remember who is always at
the water. Assure her that she will be ready."
We knew right then that Heavenly Father was answering our prayer and
in a very direct way. We both just cried and felt a huge burden
lifted. We called everyone back and told them we would be moving
forward with the baptism.
The next day we went to Ivonne's house and talked to her about
everything. She has such incredible faith.. More than we had. She told
us that despite everything, she knew she would still be getting
baptized on Friday and that is was just Satan.
After that, things still came up and we still had a lot to do with
them, but throughout it all we felt so much peace and we knew that it
was the Lord's will.
Friday night came and it was probably one of the best days of my life.
Ivonne, Stefanie, Eloy, and Eliana were all baptized and two days
later, they received the Holy Ghost. It was so special.
Out here, I have continuous confirmations as I have the opportunity to
see miracles everyday. The church is true!
Love,
Hermana Rupp
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