Elder Corey Harris: A Funny Baptism Story

Monday, August 30, 2010

A Funny Baptism Story

its way crazy to think that riley is in middle school right now. that is sooo crazy! she'll like it though, it will continue to give her an extra challenge in schooling. so how has gabbys reading been going? i have been praying a lot about that.. oh so yesterday was an amazing day! i baptized a guy named Tim. hes a HUGE guy, about 6'2 or 3 and weighs 338 lbs! he has a lot of health and leg n knee problems, so i baptized him forward. but i had my companion in there with me to help since hes a big guy. so the first time i dunk him in the water and his head pops up. so i did it again one more time. people said it looked like i had jumped on top of him, like my shoulder and elbows were in his back and i nearly went under the water with him. (only like my whole body and half my face) so i was baptized with him, and then since hes so big there wasnt a jump suit that fit him so we had like a dress choir robe, that you'd see baptist singers wear or something, and while we were under the water his robes float up so my companion was struggling to shove his clothes under the water and he nearly jumped on him too. tim was under the water for like 4 or 5 seconds, it was so funny, we could not stop laughing! but yea im at 6 baptisms, and 5 more have a date right now. yesterday was awesome, a high councilman spoke at sacrament meeting and kind of rebuked the ward. basically saying its the missionaries job to teach, and not to go finding, and tracting all day. its the members job to find people for us to teach, the members need to be more missionary minded, etc.. it was awesome. everyone who has been baptized so far has been through missionary efforts though, so hopefully we can get the area even more rollin..
so how was treys farewell talk? what did he talk about? did he and bishop go on like a bro date to the temple the day before? and who was the other speaker? thats way cool that he had pres gillins play the same song, did he do it because it tied in with his talk as well? random questions i know.. so just let me know when your back online.. love ya

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About LDS Missionaries

The Church’s missionary program is one of its most recognized characteristics. Mormon missionaries can be seen on the streets of hundreds of major cities in the world as well as in thousands of smaller communities.
The missionary effort is based on the New Testament pattern of missionaries serving in pairs, teaching the gospel and baptizing believers in the name of Jesus Christ (see, for example, the work of Peter and John in the book of Acts).
More than 50,000 missionaries are serving missions for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at any one time. Most are young people under the age of 25, serving in nearly 350 missions throughout the world.
Missionaries can be single men between the ages of 19 and 25, single women over the age of 21 or retired couples. Missionaries work with a companion of the same gender during their mission, with the exception of couples, who work with their spouse. Single men serve missions for two years and single women serve missions for 18 months.
Missionaries receive their assignment from Church headquarters and are sent only to countries where governments allow the Church to operate. Missionaries do not request their area of assignment and do not know beforehand whether they will be required to learn a language.
Prior to going to their assigned area, missionaries spend a short period of time at one of 17 missionary training centers throughout the world. There they learn how to teach the gospel in an orderly and clear way and, if necessary, they begin to learn the language of the people they will be teaching. The largest training center is in Provo, Utah, with additional centers in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, England, Guatemala, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, the Philippines, Spain and South Korea.
Male missionaries are addressed with the title “Elder” and women are addressed with the title “Sister.”
A typical missionary day begins by waking at 6:30 a.m. for personal study. The day is spent proselytizing by following up on appointments, visiting homes or meeting people in the street or other public places. Missionaries end their day by 10:30 p.m.
In some parts of the world, missionaries are sent only to serve humanitarian or other specialized missions. Those missionaries do not proselytize.
Missionary work is voluntary. Missionaries fund their own missions — except for their transportation to and from their field of labor — and are not paid for their services.
Contacts with family and friends during this time of service are limited to letters and occasional phone calls to family at special times. Missionaries avoid entertainment, parties or other activities common to this age-group as long as they are on their missions, so they can focus entirely on the work of serving and of teaching others the gospel of Jesus Christ.
See http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/background-information/missionary-program