May 23, 2006

  • From a letter dated May 15, 2006:
    Never put a period where God puts a comma (Gracie Allen). 



    Dear family, friends, and fellow xangans,

    You will have to wait one more week for Part Three of the "Apostasy and
    Restoration" because today is transfer Monday and things are crazy in the
    office.  Besides, I have other things I need to write about today.

    A week ago I had my first baptism.  It was amazing.  And you could tell it meant
    so much to her.  She wrote the most beautiful letter to the missionaries who
    taught her- Myself, Elder Mancuso, and Elder Haslam.  She has been so happy.  I
    had been teaching Maria for 5 weeks.  I had gotten very close to her; in fact,
    she considers Elder Mancuso and I her "adopted" sons.

    The work she and we put into preparing for her baptism made the baptism that
    much more meaningful.  It was by far the most powerful baptism I’ve ever been
    to, and several people made that same comment to me.  I did sent out a lot of
    letters with specifics about the baptism, so I won't repeat myself here.

    That's all I have time for this week.  Take Care,

    Elder Embree