Well, Cat was baptized!!! It was the craziest week trying to make it
all work. She had an interview Monday night, but she didn't pass. So
we tried to meet with her on Tuesday to help resolve concerns but she
had to cancel. Wednesday I was on exchanges with another Elder in my
district and we were able to meet with Cat that night and we helped
her resolve her concerns and we felt she was pretty solid for baptism
so we set up an interview for Thursday. (note: we normally try to have
interviews a week before the baptism for exactly these reasons, to
make sure they are ready for baptism) we wanted to meet before the
interview though and make sure she was clear on some things. While we
were meeting she felt overwhelmed and started crying saying that she
was disappointed in us. She felt like she was ready and felt that we
thought that she wasn't. So she went home that night without being
interviewed and as far as we knew she wasn't getting baptized. I felt
like she was ready though and that we should still try to make it
happen. So we asked if we could meet on Friday to talk to her about
making it work still, and she agreed. She ended up feeling sick that
night though so she couldn't meet. It is now Friday night and we were
going to try to have an interview that night so she could be baptized
the next day, but she couldn't do it. We wondered if we could have the
interview the same day as the baptism. I still felt like it could
happen. So we called our zone leaders to see if it was possible. They
called President Chambers and told him the situation. He said to go
ahead and go for it. We then set up with Cat to meet the next morning
before she went to work so she could be interviewed. We talked with
her for a few minutes to see if she still wanted to do it and she
ended up saying she would. So we had the interview and she passed.
Then she texted us a couple times while she was at work letting us
know she was still kind of questioning it so we met with her after she
got home and helped her feel more comfortable with it and then at 6pm
she was baptized :) It was an amazing experience. She asked me to
baptize her and she had the husband of the fellowship family confirm
her. We got permission to do the confirmation at that time rather than
in Sacrament meeting the next week like they normally do. So it was
really cool. She has a lot of support and a lot of people that care
about her. She was also able to attend the Ogden Temple re-dedication
the next day which was also great.
So that basically sums up my week
right there. The re-dedication was amazing. It's the first one I have
ever been a part of. We got to go to one of the three sessions. Malia
will be getting baptized in October most likely. Her parents are going
through a divorce so its being pushed back a bit, but it will still
happen. An Elder in my district died this week. For a total of about
30 seconds I guess. He was called to serve in the Denmark mission but
he came home for medical reasons after a period of longer than a year.
He is still a missionary though so he serves with the set of Elders in
my district that cover his Stake from 9am to 9pm. He has tests and
stuff throughout the week and it was during that that he was "dead"
for a short period. Thought I'd share :) he is doing good now, they
still are trying to find out what he has. Things are going well though
and I am excited for the future. I hope you all have a great week!
Love you all!
-Elder McKinney
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