Elder Caden Kapp: Last Mission Baptisms

This was a great week to lead up to finishing a mission. The best day was by far Sunday and all that happened that day. But overall the entire week was great. So let's get into this second-to-last email.

We'll start with a miracle. Sunday we were planning on having three baptisms because Tanisha went out bush. Well, she came back. We were able to teach her everything and get her prepared for Sunday which was the first big miracle of the week.

The greatest day though is Sunday. So we wake up and get ready. Before we leave to make sure everyone is getting ready for their baptisms, we get a call from Maryanne saying their car is out of fuel and they don't have a way to get Jamika to her baptism. That is trial number one in the morning. Trial number two is when we were praying to leave the flat, someone threw a rock through our window at our flat. So we call the Elders, and they rush over and bring us duct tape so we tape a plastic lid to the window and call it good. After that though, everything was perfect. Tim came in clutch and helped Jamika and her family get to church. We go over to Angelo, Natalie, and Tanisha and they are up and ready to go. So we head to church and the whole of Muglabore shows up for the baptism. Like everyone! Then to add to that, all our friends, new members and returning members just came to church on their own. They just kept coming in. It was the most I've had at church before, it was crazy. Then we had the baptism service, everyone got changed and we watched the baptisms of our four friends. Gary Bird, Clifford Tilmouth, and President Schwalgar confirmed them. It was such a good experience.

Sorry for the long paragraph but the baptism was awesome. Such a great end to a mission. These families are the best, can't wait to see them go to the temple and progress in the church.

Other things that happened this week were we went on two exchanges with the two town companionships. The first one Elder Summers came to our area with me. It was a good exchange. We got to teach Kerry and his family which was a huge miracle because his wife and daughter aren't members. And we saw our other friends preparing them for their baptisms on Sunday. Then the second exchange I went with Elder Keller to his area. The exchange was good, we spent a lot of time getting things ready for the baptism. We had to break into the senior couple's flat to get the baptism clothes and spent way too much time making the programs. But we got it done. Oh, I also spent some fun time with a drunk guy so that was just the best. Overall the exchanges were great.

Throughout the week we've been able to teach a lot of part members families and members to help them progress in the church. The work has been going absolutely amazing and it's been great to be part of it. Definitely going to miss it.

Other things that happened this week:

We got to rock out with Kerry. The Todd River is flowing! (They say if you see it flow twice then you're never leaving Alice) We went to the Alice Springs Street Christmas carnival and found a bunch of people to teach there. And we had lots of "fun" little reactions with drunks.

Spiritual Thought:

"It does not matter what our personal struggles are—whether they are disease or prolonged loneliness or suffering the temptations and tests of the adversary—the Good Shepherd is there." By Elder Hugo Montoya

I love this quote because sometimes we can feel too far gone or out of God's reach. But if the Good Shepherd really does love his sheep, He'll do all He can to bring them back to his fold.

Love you all. Thank you for everything and all the support this far. One more email to go and then I'm home.