In the end good wins!
I just had a very surreal missionary moment that made me so very happy. While I was serving in Vidor, Texas, the wards got split and so we got a new bishoprich. One of the counselors was a man named Chauncey Naylor. He and his wife are some of the most amazing people that I met while I was serving my mission. They are converts of about 10 years now and they are definitely going strong. While I was serving there Brother Naylor's daughter moved into our ward boundaries. The Naylors had told us that when she was younger she lived with them and had been baptized. Once she want back to live with her mom she had fallen away and was even bitter towards the Church. It was easy to see that it broke Brother Naylor's heart as he told us that his daughter wasn't even speaking to him anymore.
One day we randomly ended up tracting into his daughter's husband and he wasn't interested but he was nice enough. Turns out that they had moved in right next door to a member family where the mom had been a member all her life and the dad had been baptized about a year before (the Barados). Luckily the Barados had no idea about the situation and quickly became their friends. After leaving the area I later found out that, because of the friendship of the Barados, Brother Naylor's daughter had come around and was talking to him again.
So this leads me to the surreal moment. Today I saw a funny status that Sister Naylor had posted on the facebook so I started browsing her page. A few posts down she made a comment about how she was making lasagna for Greg's baptism!!! Turns out that Jenna ended up coming around, came back to church and now her husband is getting baptized! Yay! I am so happy for Jenna and Greg and also for the Naylors. Now their family is getting closer and closer to being complete and happy.
Receiving this news reminded me of the speech my friend Chris gave this week. He talked about honor and how when we honor those who have come before, the commitments we have made to others, and most importantly the commitments we have made to God our lives won't always be easy but in the end good will win. I love it when real life reminds me of the good in the world!
One day we randomly ended up tracting into his daughter's husband and he wasn't interested but he was nice enough. Turns out that they had moved in right next door to a member family where the mom had been a member all her life and the dad had been baptized about a year before (the Barados). Luckily the Barados had no idea about the situation and quickly became their friends. After leaving the area I later found out that, because of the friendship of the Barados, Brother Naylor's daughter had come around and was talking to him again.
So this leads me to the surreal moment. Today I saw a funny status that Sister Naylor had posted on the facebook so I started browsing her page. A few posts down she made a comment about how she was making lasagna for Greg's baptism!!! Turns out that Jenna ended up coming around, came back to church and now her husband is getting baptized! Yay! I am so happy for Jenna and Greg and also for the Naylors. Now their family is getting closer and closer to being complete and happy.
Receiving this news reminded me of the speech my friend Chris gave this week. He talked about honor and how when we honor those who have come before, the commitments we have made to others, and most importantly the commitments we have made to God our lives won't always be easy but in the end good will win. I love it when real life reminds me of the good in the world!