Sister Kaia Kennedy: I WONDER IF JESUS HAD TO GET BAPTIZED 3 TIMES....December 5, 2016...Week 9

hello everyone!!

its been the BEST WEEK EVERRRRRR *sung in sponge bob voice*

Tichel'le (pronounced ti-chalet) got baptized!!!! Finally realized once we got the baptismal record that we've also been spelling her name wrong this whole time! hahah oh goodness, we need help! but that doesn't matter because she got baptized!!! it was honestly such a spiritual and sacred day. i can't even put into words what it was like! we had such a cute little turnout too! president and sister sainsbury were able to make it as well! i honestly just went through the day with tears in my eyes. this is what she has been longing for and the day had finally arrived! The service went so well! Sister Donnahue spoke on baptism and then we went to the font. interestingly enough, somehow the baptismal fount was only filled about knee high...hmmmm... so that was interesting ahahh... finally on the 3rd time they just layed her on the bottom of the fount and she finally went all the way under!! not matter how many times though, it took nothing away from that special moment of her coming out of the waters of baptism. Ahhh love her so much!! while she got dried off and dressed we passed out cards to everyone for them to write her a little note, which we gave her on sunday alongside some pictures from that day and a matching ctr ring both sistah terry and I have!!! love her so much! sistah terry then gave a talk about the Holy ghost which had us all in tears, as the Holy ghost testified of the truthfulness of her words. Brother Glenn then welcomed her to the branch, which had us just engulfed in the spirit, and just wow, what a special day it was. I will never forget that day, and the feeling that makes all of this so worth it!! While we were walking out, we passed by the picture of Jesus getting baptized by John the baptist, and after looking at it for a while I asked out loud, "I wonder if Jesus had to be baptized 3 times?" we all had a good laugh about that!

have been continued to be bashed but all is well because we are steadfast in Christ, standing shoulder to shoulder with Him at every door! but i will tell yall of a fun experience sistah terry and i had last monday night. we were let into this lady's house right away which should have been a sign, but we were blinded by hope! walked in, said a couple of things and then were pounced on. i had never heard someone call my religion a cult to my face before that day, so that was interesting. also we were told we're brainwashed. honestly i just love when people tell me what i believe. they then prayed for us before we left, and we were prayed for to be blessed to not be brainwashed and be put on the right path, all while the other person was speaking in tongues! my very first experience!! it was quite interesting if i do say so myself. just thought id let yall know that that happened, and it was very interesting. "and that's all i have to say about that". - forrest gump

yall! on friday we had a follow up training with everyone that left the mtc at the same time i did and i got to see the homies!!!! ahhh it was such a good reunion with sis winter!! love that girl so much!! felt like we had never said goodbye! pretty much had a mini photo shoot in front of the temple but who cares cause i got see the homies!! ahh that was such a good day! and not because we had chick fil a on the way home but that did add to it, just sayin!

spiritual experience of the week!

Something very interesting happened yesterday. I just had this weird feeling all morning, kind of just of sadness, for what purpose I dont know. While sitting in Sacrament having tears run down my face from the Spirit, I saw a family in our branch, the glenn's, crying as well. A thought came to mind, "Why do I feel like something bad is going to happen today involving that family and us." I pushed it aside and went through our classes. After church Sister Glenn asked us if we would like to go to this awesome Nativity exhibit in Montgomery today after church. Sister Terry and I were both so excited and said yes! We set the plans and they were going to pick us up at later that afternoon. Driving home, while passing an intersection, I had another thought, "What if The glenns and us were to get in a really bad car accident?" Again pushed it aside because I was just so excited that we were going. Finally Sister terry remembered that we would need a gator or LA going as well. when she got a text from ZL's confirming it, we had to sadly text Sister Glenn, saying we couldn't go. I was so bummed and a little upset that I had gotten my hopes up, when we got a text back from Sister Glenn saying that they also wouldn't be going due to a weird prompting she had been getting all day. It was then that my thoughts went from being upset to so full of gratitude. I then recalled all the promptings I had received that day as well and was so ashamed that I didn't listen, too blinded by my own desires. We then had dinner at the Glenn's instead and was so grateful for the discussion we had at dinner talking about spiritual promptings and how important it is for us to listen. I am so grateful for Sister Terry as well, for being that obedient missionary and following the prompting given to her to ask the Zl's if we could go. I don't know what would have happened and I'll never know, but I am so grateful for those brave enough to act upon the promptings of the Holy Ghost.

funny moment of the week:

had our very first tornado watch! sister winter got it pretty bad in mississippi but all we had was a watch. but freaked out none the less! pretty much put all our belongings in the bathtub before we left so that was fun cleaning that out when no tornado hit alex city! but it was pretty funny the night before when we got the phone call from the zone leaders that tornadoes were hitting all over the mission, we called the wetempka sisters, who get really scared really easily about tornadoes to just check and make sure they were alright. we were talking about what if one happened right now and what would we do and in the middle of my sentence i accidentally flung the phone against the wall and it broke apart, and ended the call immediately. we could just imagine the wetempka sisters freaking out thinking we had just died or something! after putting our phone back together, we got texts all like," ARE YALL ALRIGHT?!?!" hahah it was pretty funny just scared the wetempka sisters half to death no big deal. (for tornado warnings or when one hits the mission rule is the missionaries have to put on their bicycle helmet, get into the bathtub and put their mattress over them!)

thats all for this week folks! i love yall lots and hope that yall have a blessed week!!

love,

sister kennedy