Soeur Spencer ~ Tahiti 2017-2018: Week 60, et on s'aime bien!!

Dear Family and Friends,

Baptism for Damas! Since November we have been working with Damas. He followed the lessons but wasn't convinced that he needed to be baptized or even needed to change his habits. So we put him on standby, and I was pretty sure that I wouldn't see him baptized before the end of my mission. But he decided start coming to church with his wife. He even came to a family's baptism, and thanks to his continual efforts to be in holy places, he ended up being very touched by the spirit and accepted to be baptized. The ward has been working with this couple for more than a year, doing service projects, bringing them dinners, driving them to all the activities, and last Saturday was the rewarding moment of truth when he was baptized. I felt the joy of his Rebirth, at his baptism. He wept openly and hugged the baptiser for a minute. I am so thankful for the example of ward members who never gave up! and for the new things ahead for Damas and his wife Dorris. (She's been harrassing him for a temple marriage for the last 5 months haha)

I found that 3 Nephi 12:2 explains our 3 amis and their changes this week. We engaged 3 of our amis, preparing for baptism to change significant aspects of their lives. And, like it says in 3 Nephi 12:2, they were humble enough to accept and God has promised them that they will be washed of all their sins.

On the hard work side, we had 2 long days of Door to Door Contacting, with some success at Taravao. We found the french people hang out spot, and got a lot of cold "leave this street" comments, but one nice man named Robert did want to talk to us. Too bad he actually just wanted to debate about how Aliens wrote the Bible and blew up Sodom and Gomorrah with a nuclear bomb.