Macey Gates: Sister Macey Gates // Week Seventeen

This week was SO good!:) We were able to go to the Redlands Temple! I didnt wanna leave haha it was so great. We piled a bunch of sisters in a plig rig and went. The lady that took us took us to Cafe Rio after and paid for us. It was the bestest day! I miss Cafe Rio haha So.........Guess what. I GOT MY STEAK!!!! oh my wordy it was so good. We went to chilis. yeah i pretty much just loved it so much. I thought youd be proud of me dad;) So this week has been so good like I said. On Valentines day we had 1 set appt cause no one wanted to meet with us so we went fishing. We met 4 other former investigators and picked them right back up:) Miracles. We are so excited to help them and bring them back to what they already know to be true. Vicente is getting baptized next week!!!! Yay we are so excited and he is excited to:) Everytime he always asks if he has to get baptized in cold water haha but we always say nahh we'll make it warm for ya;) So funny story. The Nalvartes signed up for dinner and they couldnt have us over cause they were going somewhere so they told us to come pick up up. It was right off the stove...We looked like two young weirdies with hot pans in both hands running down the street to our car cause the pots were so hot haha it was a sight. But it was so good. We are teaching Edgar, a former we found and we are going to try and help him have the faith to stop smoking. He wants to stop and be baptized he just doesnt have the faith. But we will help him:) He is a good person. And Alicia...She is so elect. If we are 1 min late she freaks out and calls to see if we are coming haha we taught the plan of salvation last night to her and i didnt quite understand what she was saying, so I just felt prompted to have her read on paragraph from the pamplet and she freaked out haha she was like this is the answer Ive been looking for for the longest time. Her daughter wants to be baptized so bad cause she wants to be like us. Alicia isnt married but has a boyfriend so we have to work with that and she isnt legally divorced from her husband soooo thats a problem but thats okay! Her family is totally against this but she said she doesnt care and wants it. I just love her:) I went with Hma Pfeil on sunday while our companions went to a meeting and we both just got done training we she just did im almost done but we really had to work together and i had to take the lead. It gave me alot of confidence in myself and also in the lord cause you really have to trust him when your put in that situation. So we went to a baptism and guess who had to play the piano... yah.. me... They told me 2 min before cause no one else could play and the songs i have never played them before but it went okay haha i was just sweating a little maydie gates;) haha and we did the first vision again, it was really cool. And Jesus actually came! So the second person we baptized was this little old lady so they had to lower the water after the first one and she did it sitting down. They had to do it 4 times and really really slow but luckily 2 elders were in the font helping. It really touched Jesus cause he really understood that you have to be all the way under water and how important it is. He said he's been thinking about baptism so that was SO cool. Then after we went and had Carne Asada with Hma Pfeil & Edwards and Elders Moyer and Dayley. Were not supposed to eat with the Elders but it was outside and it was the funnest thing. They taught us all these games in spanish like down by the banks and lots of other ones. I just love that family and carne asada:) Then Yesterday for Pday we went and played raquetball. SO FUN!!! we totally all sucked but we had so much fun. The people in the gym probably thought we were freaks but we have fun:) It was a good week and a good one with my comp. I definitely see the gift of tongues and the lords help in finding those to teach. I love my savior. And i love my family and friends:)! I hope you all have a great week!!

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