June 12,"Building the Kingdom"

This past week, I have been falling more and more in love with Pace! I am excited to see where this area will go, it has so much potential! Sister Lewis and I have been able to meet some really cool individuals along the way so we are looking forward to see where those take us! The Lord is in the details and we are working hard to let Him use us as He needs!

So some updates on the people of Pace: We are teaching two men named Shy and Anotonio that the sisters found. They are really cool individuals and we are hoping that as we continue to read and pray with them, they will start to feel the desire to really know these things are true!

Chelsea is an investigator that we are teaching that is engaged to a LA. She wants to be baptized so badly but her living and financial situation is making that difficult right now. We taught her about the temple and families and she bore such a powerful testimony of the temple because of her past experience of losing a baby and wanting to see that baby again! My mission has over and over again reinforced my gratitude towards the things I have grown up knowing but never really appreciated since I never had to do without that knowledge. Being here for the past 13 months has really opened my eyes!

We had Elder Uceda from the 70 come and speak to us at Half Mission Conference and then again at Stake Conference! He was such an inspiring speaker and I learned so much from Him. He really focused on us doing all we can to have the people we teach pray, read the BOM, and come to church. He promised that we could "find less and convert more" by thinking about, praying for, and planning more intently for the people the Lord has already given us. He also talked about how we are not here to baptize everything that moves but build the kingdom of God by making disciples of the Lord, rather than just teaching and baptizing! I am so grateful for inspired servants of the Lord that direct this work! 

Love yall!

Sister Baker