Sergio Granados was my last baptism before leaving Ascarate. His wife, Irma, was there and the service was beautiful. He looked to peaceful and clean as he came up out of the water. He just kept saying, "Gracias- gracias." He's eager for his wife and daughter to be baptized so they can go to the temple and have an eternal family.
My new companion is awesome! She is Hermana Oliphant, 25, from Bountiful, Utah. She put her career as an editor for Utah Business Magazine on hold to come out on a mission and serve the Lord. She speaks French, English, and Spanish, and her Grandparents are Scottish, so she can do a spot-on Scottish accent. Look her up, Aisley Oliphant - she wrote some of the articles for MormonTemples.org. :)
Transmountain Ward is FULL of miracles. In the first week, we found 5 new investigators, 3 of which are part of the same family, and one of which is the daughter of a less-active member. Her name is Jessica and she's had the lessons before. She's very sweet and how we found her was a miracle: we went to dinner with a member we didn't know, Hermana Armendariz. She not only fed us and gave us a referral, she CONTACTED the referral with us that same hour! It was awesome. The member testified powerfully about the Restored Gospel, Joseph Smith, and the Book of Mormon. The less-active mom admitted that she still believed in it all, and we committed her and her daughter, Jessica to come to church!
Another miracle we saw this week was that Debbie and Joe, who are less active and Joe's a recent convert, got so excited about starting their family history and going to the Temple that Debbie agreed to invite her fanatical Presbyterian friend to have a family home evening with us to learn how to do HER family history. :)
Miracles happen every day! Tune in next week for a more detailed letter and milagros. :)
Love, love, love,
Hermana Smurthwaite
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