Baptisms Shamu Style - The Weekly Email

Hello everyone! Great news, Marie-Rose and Kena's baptism went off great and without a hitch! I got to baptize Kena (the big tall Wallisian in the photo) and when I did we splashed a ton of water out of the font and got the front row of chairs wet! According to my companion it was hilarious, I was more focused on getting him back out of the water! They were then confirmed yesterday and have been fired up ever since. We even took them out to a lesson with us last night and it was fantastic. They'll be super strong converts and great members, and we'll always be "their missionaries" as they like to call us. 

In other news, the mission is sitting at 126 baptisms for the month. New Caledonia is set to break our record of baptisms in one month. We have 10 so far, and the record is 14 and there are 4-5 planned for this weekend in the North zone, and Mont Dore in our zone should have at least 1 if not 3 more this month, so it's looking great. It's been a crazy month, just Saturday is an example of how miraculous it's been. This Saturday after our baptism we went to a baptism in Mont Dore, then we went to an appointment with a new investigator, and she and her daughter especially, but basically the whole family was riveted during our lesson on the Restoration and were excited to come to church as soon as they can. They'll be solid investigators. Then we went to a lesson with some inactives we've been working with, Tumoana and Sasaou, and they told us that they've decided to give up all of their word of wisdom problems, to make a huge effort to read the scriptures and pray together, to come to church, and to get Tumoana to Tahiti in order to work out his divorce. They've been doing some of those things, but rarely consistently, but now they're 100% committed and it feels different too when we talk to them, they're so much happier and more motivated. I don't know what changed, but it just shows that the gospel works miracles, and we should never give up on people. 

That's about all for this week, love you all!

Elder Miner

Marie-Rose and Kena before their baptism.

Contacting, jam-session style.