Glowing!!

We had 2 baptisms this weekend!! One was Alicia, 16, and was GLOWINGduring the after party. And it was super spiritual. That was myfirst German baptism that I was able to witness. It sounds cool inGerman :) Then last night we had a baptism of little Megan, 9, andwas also glowing like sunshine. It always brings me back to mine andhow much joy, peace, and love I felt on that beautiful day and I willadmit I get a little teary eyed every time I see them hit the waterand come back out. It truly is a sacred ordinance :) Yesterday wasfast Sunday and it was amazing. All of the hardships and trials thatwe have had, yesterday made it completely worth it all. Sister Niemanand I began our fast around 2 pm on Saturday (for various reasons).Everything that we fasted for I think came true!! Heavenly Fatherknows us and knows what to do in the exact moment. We specificallyfasted and prayed for new people to come to church. We arrive thereand we see 2 people we have heard about and always wanted them theshow up and they were there so of course we sat by them :) Omega(from Los Angeles) and Sue Ellen (who has been living in Germany thepast 11 years but is from the states). The Spirit was so strongduring the testimony meeting and then I recognized someone get up thatwe haven't seen or heard of for awhile. Sister Parris!! An inactivewhos husband is looking into the church (we've taught before too)!!She got up and bore her testimony and talked about if it wasn't forthe missionaries her testimony wouldn't be as strong. AHH!!! Myinsides and heart were bursting with love :) We were able to teachthem during church one of the lessons and we asked Hunter Parris to bebaptized with proper authority from someone holding the priesthood andhe agreed :) The Spirit was so strong!!! AHHH!!! I love this workand I love helping people. I love my Savior and I love HeavenlyFather because without either of them, we couldn't do this work..Omega is going through a divorce right now and she has two little onesand is just a hoot to be around!! She is so much fun and loves tolaugh. She has been friends with one of the families in the ward, theRobinsons (BTW= their house is pretty much a castle!!) and she hasbeen to church twice. She needs help right now so yesterday duringour appointment I was able to tell her my testimony of how the gospelhelped me. She was crying, I was crying, and the Spirit was sostrong.. She agreed to accept the Book of Mormon and to read and prayabout it. I know that book is true with my whole heart. It can helpyou in everyway possible. I asked her to give it a chance and I askanyone reading this to give it a chance too. I truly saved my lifeand I love every word. This week we (Sister Nieman and I, ElderGarlick, and Elder Crosby) are going to the temple on Tuesday!! Andthen I got on a spilt with Sister Römer for a day in a half. I don'tknow if I am ready for that one but we'll see how it goes!! Tschüss!!
~Sister Tuschling