Baptism

This week was a little difficult as we were looking for the seminary and institute students (we had to try to contact all of them this week to get them to enroll), Sister Wilson started saying her goodbyes, the end of the transfer, etc. It was also a very great week, however, because our amazing convert got baptized, and we met a really great new investigator that came to her baptism as well as to church!

I got my transfer call...I will be staying in the same area, and am going to be serving with Sister Giles. I have been on trade offs with her before when I was in Sando, she is a good missionary. I will miss Sister Wilson, but it will be great to talk to her over email as I finish the rest of my mission. She will struggle as she goes home, but she will make it through and will grow from it. It will be a growing experience for me, too, as I lead out another area, but I know it will be great. The Lord knows when we need another experience to push us and help us grow. I'm grateful for such experiences.

I love you lots!

Sister Bratt

Rain and Floods

What a rainy stormy week this was! We got some big thunder and plenty of rain. Our church parking lot flooded completely on Friday as well as the yard creating a small lake. We were very blessed to have a car so that the rain didn't keep us inside or simply soaked through. We managed to keep dry for the most part, but the rain made it hard to find people to teach. People don't want to do anything when it rains, they stay inside and sleep. We did find a few people to teach, however. 

We were able to support the Grande sisters in the baptism of a wonderful family (Parents and 2 kids of baptism age) this Saturday, what a blessing to have found such a strong family! Now Sister Wilson and I are preparing for our investigator's baptism this coming weekend. That will be a great day! I am so honored to have been an instrument in the Lord's hands in helping her to get married and now baptized. That will definitely be a story to remember from my mission. 

Sister Wilson is going home really soon, a week from Wednesday, and I think it is only now starting to feel real for her. She will be saying a lot of goodbyes the next week and a half. I can't even imagine what that will be like, but before I know it that will be me. I just want to remain focused with the time that I have left. 4 months is a lot, but also not enough. I will truly miss all the people here, but I will be happy to be home. It is even harder for Sister Wilson, but I know she will get through it; she is one of the strongest people I know. I will miss her a lot when she leaves. It will be strange to think that so many of the missionaries I have been serving around my entire mission (including Sister Crompton) will be going home this transfer, plus even more the following transfer when Sister Herrick leaves. It will be strange when my group of Sisters will be the oldest in the mission. 

Give everyone my love!

Love,

Sister Bratt

Ooops -- Taxi Stand

I had an eventful day on Wednesday this week. Sister Wilson went to Tobago again, so it was Sister Duff and I. We went into Arima to meet our first appointment. Not knowing where he lived exactly, we parked and met him and then walked to his house. After our lesson we came back to where the car was parked only to find that the car wasn't there. Long story short, it was towed because I apparently parked along a part of the road reserved for Taxis to pick up passengers. I hadn't seen a sign saying no parking, but there was a sign further up the street indicating it to be a taxi stand. So, we ran around all day trying to get the car back. It was even more complicated because the day before we had realized that the insurance card wasn't in the car, so they requested a new one for us. But, we hadn't gotten it yet when the car got towed, so we had to go get that before they would release the car to us. Plus, we had to pay $500! (don't worry, that's in TT currency, but it is still close to 100 US) The mission was nice and paid for it, knowing it wasn't my fault. But that was definitely and adventure! 

Today we went hiking to a waterfall as a zone. It was really beautiful, and we had a good time. Then we got Wendy's afterward on our way home, since there isn't a Wendy's in our area. 

I hope you have a great week! 

Love you lots!

;"> Sister Bratt

A Wedding, The Fast and July 4th

Our week was very eventful with Zone Conference, leadership council, the wedding of our wonderful investigator and her fiance, and the fast. It was a great week though! It felt a little strange not being out teaching and in the normal swing of things, but Sunday was really nice. We were able to take two young ladies from our branch on splits, and they had a great time. They both want to serve missions, and one is even preparing her papers to be submitted. We want to take them every Sunday if we can, it was a great experience for them. They took us by some of their friends as well. The fast was very fruitful. We had 3 investigators at church, two for the first time, and we look forward to being able to follow up with more of our members on how their fasts went. I don't remember if I told you last week, but we were asked to fast with our members for help from the Lord in reaching our goal of 600 baptisms for the year. We are about half way so far, and just need to keep having faith, working hard, and getting our members involved to reach the goal. 

The wedding on Friday went very well! They looked very happy, and the bride looked beautiful. I'm glad you got to see the video, I guess I'm getting more brave, huh? I never would have sung a solo before...

Our 4th of July was nice. Some of our members through us a bbq complete with chicken, hamburgers, hot dogs, french fries, cheese cake, and apple pie. They also sang the national anthem for us! Haha! They were sweet to do that for us. 

Love,

Sister Bratt