Missionary work in Iceland is referred to as slow. To put that in perspective there has not been a baptism in the Selfoss Branch since July 2007 until April 18 while we were at Grandpa's funeral. Because Unndis speaks English as her native language (she was born and raised in the USA) we were asked to teach her along with our full-time Elders. In the beginning there was definitely more of an interest in one particular Elder, but because of good members who fellowshipped her and her desire to be apart of all the activities she grew to want to know why everyone was like they were and what it was that she was feeling. She attended every Church meeting and YW's meetings and Seminary for 3+ months and when she decided she wanted to be baptized her mother said No (she is 17). We encouraged her to just keep living the Gospel and her mother would see the difference it was making in her life and let her be baptised. It worked and after attending all General Conference Sessions her mother said she could be baptized. She is now one of our great member missionaries. We were then also blessed to have our second baptism on April 23. Isak is a single man in his 30's. He read the entire Bible and Book of Mormon in English even though his native language is Icelandic. Again the members fellowshipped and participated in the teaching so that he too felt the Spirit and wanted to be baptized once he could give up smoking. It is exciting to see how the Spirit touches the hearts of these good people and they desire to enjoy all the blessings of the Gospel.
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8 years ago
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That is wonderful. We are hopefully going to have 2 baptisms this Month. A nine year old boy of a less-active family, and an African American woman that hears the missionaries as if everything now makes since. That will make 3 for our ward this year and when James clears somethings up, he will make 4. Only one more to make our ward goal of 5. Making a ward mission plan has really worked. When we set the goal of 5, I thought it was wishful thinking. We had had one in the year and a half we had lived here. But we made a plan and set goals with key indicators. Showing our faith that the Lord will help us find his elect. We had two Baptisms before the end of the year. This is a wonderful work to be a part of.
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