We are seeing great growth in our little branch! We generally have 14-16 sisters in Relief Society and around 48-50 attending Sacrament meeting! If we get any bigger-and we will- we will need a bigger room to hold Relief Society in. And we need to bunch the baptisms up so we don't tie up every Saturday. That is weird I know but we need Temple Day once a week and doing a dinner for 50 after each baptism is difficult. And then we are having a Valentine's dance and Super Saturday in Relief Society, and a monthly movie at the church to bring investigators to, etc..We are having so much fun we don't know how to fit it all in.
The baptisms are beautiful! We are baptizing adults which will bring their families along eventually. Now we are busy assigning them Visiting and Home Teachers and assigning them to BE Visiting and Home Teachers. We are also holding a Family Night tomorrow for them to come to and see how it is done.
There is much to be done before a baptism. There is much to be done during a baptism. And there is much to be done after a baptism. It is great.
These are the kind of "pains" to have ! Our favorite of your holiday stories was about the BAPTIST football players - at the Baptist church near our San Diego home the foyer had a rack of phamplets with MULTIPLE different variations of the "Mormons Are A Cult" theme. One I remember was called "What To Say To Your Mormon Friends" !!!
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