Worth the Long Wait

This week we baptized José and his daughter, Vitória. José has known the church for a long time now. Almost his whole family was baptized previously, except him and his daughter who was 7 years old when the others were baptized. In the past, José didn´t want to be baptized, but things have changed for him.

The hardest part was baptizing Vitória. She has an extreme fear of water. She would always tell us she didn´t want to be baptized and would run away from us, even until the night of the baptism, haha. With lots of prayer and fasting, she was able to go to the church, change into her baptism clothes and go to the font. Little by little she got used to the water. It took about 30 minutes for her to get all the way into the water. We even asked a Young Woman to come into the water to help Vitória feel more comfortable, haha! She had the best feeling of relief after she was baptized!

Love,

Elder Olsen

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