Mission Possible Brisbane

  The training wheels come off. We have been out officially for three months.  The first 2 1/2 months the spirit was with us so strongly.  I am not saying that we don't still feel the spirit helping us but it as if the Lord has said, I am taking of the training wheels, you know how to do this.  We are getting somewhat used to missionary life.  I know that that every senior couple will have their own experiences and feel directed on how they can best serve.  It has been a little bit like being on the role as a substitute in that each day is different.  We may have a crazy week with appoints with the missionaries to be at almost every day and other time there might be only two appointments a week. We are learning to deal with this by having a list of things to do each week that doesn't involve working with the sisters.  That being said it is still our favorite thing to do - that of being apart of missionary discussions. We have been visiting a list ...

 Our First Baptism We are just leaving the chapel where we attended the first baptism where we were with the sisters when they issued a baptismal challenge and the person said yes. This young man is from Papua New Guinea (PNG). His name is Raphael.  He has been working in Rockhampton for a couple of years and started coming to church fairly regularly for the past year. He has been taught by many missionaries, but it took the right missionary and the right time to ask him again when he wanted to be baptized. The missionary inspired to ask him was our sweet Chinese missionary, Sister Gao. He was ready.  He had friends in the ward and was being fellowshipped.  He was reluctant to join because he was raised Catholic and didn't want to disappoint his single parent mother.  Sister Gao told Raph about her conversion story and the challenge of meeting the disapproval of her Buddhist parents. It wasn't easy but her parents have seen the good changes she has made in her l...