Feimata's Baptism

Elder Randall was asked by Sahr Doe if he would baptize his wife.  Brother Doe has gone to BYU-Hawaii to go to school and was not able to do it himself.  They have been married for over two years and she has been investigating the church for about nine months.  She told me she was embarrassed at being the "oldest" investigator in her branch.  At first I did not understand because I could see the man on the left in the picture below and knew she was not older than he.  When she explained how long she has been an investigator, I explained who Brigham Young was and told her that he had investigated the Church for two years before he joined.

Here are the baptismal candidates for 22 September 2012

 

Elder Purcell is a missionary from Samoa who has been teaching Feimata.  She has had several missionaries teaching her.  Brother Turay, on the right, is a branch missionary assigned to Elder Purcell for one transfer.  He will leave to serve in the Ghana Khumasi Mission on 19 October.

Feimata bore a powerful testimony after her baptism.  Because she has taken time to investigate the Church, she knows well of the truthfulness of the gospel. She began by saying how grateful she was to Sahr for introducing her to the gospel and the Church.  She said, "He is the pillar and backbone of our home.  Without him, I would not have found the true Church.  this is a new beginning for me--the beginning of enduring to the end.  I pray to God that he will give me the strength to endure faithfully.  I know this is God's true church on earth."

She began by saying how grateful she was to Sahr for introducing her to the gospel and the Church.  She said, “He is the pillar and backbone of our home.  Without him, I would not have found the true Church.  This is a new beginning for me—the beginning of enduring to the end. I pray to God that he will give me the strength to endure faithfully.    I know this is God’s true church on earth.”