A wonderful day for Baptisms

The pictures above are (Left picture) Elder Williams, Dad (Kenton - Elder Anderson), and Elder Briggs. They taught Kennedy. Kennedy is in the next picture. Kennedy wanted Dad to baptized him.


The picture below and to the right is dinner at our apartment with Lula, far right, (she is investigating the church and from Ethopia, (she just committed to be baptized), She came to church today for the first time and came to dinner afterwards. Next to Lula is elder Peart, Elder Hicken, Dan, a new member , Milan (who was baptized November 21, 2009, (the same day as Kennedy, Sister Tate and Sister Wheeler, and Dad (Kenton) back right. The picture to the right is Elder Williams, Dad (Kenton) and Elder Briggs just before Kennedy's baptism on Nov. 21.


Below is the train that we took to go to Lubimer's baptism. First we walked to the Metro and across town to the Train station to get on the train. It was a very modern two story train. We enjoyed seeing the beautiful country side as we road together with about 15 people on the way to Lubimer's baptism. e came to dinner after going to Church for the first time. Ken is back at the left. We had a nice spiritual thought about the importance of eternal families and the purpose of temples.

Above I'm sitting in the train on our way to Lubimer's baptism. The train has two stories and was really nice.

The ride was smooth and it was great to be there with members of the branch and some of the young missionaries.

As Lubimer walked down into the river, two large white swans came swimming down the river and stopped right by the baptism. The Swans seemed to be signs from Heaven telling Lubimer and all of us how pleased Heavenly Father was. It was the most beautiful sight.

Lubimer said that the swans represented the two beautiful sister missionaries that taught him the gospel, Sister Austin and Sister Magidson, along with all the other people that had helped him. Dad and I were able to help teach Lubimer several times. We also helped him pack up his belongings and then visited him in his new cottage. We visited him at the hospital after he had hip surgery. He is a Kingdom Builder, a wonderful person who has a very gentle spirit. He use to be the Minister of Defense in the Czech Republic.

It was a great baptism. Lubimer is such a wonderful person. He's very thankful to have found the gospel and we are thankful to have an eternal friend.

Sister Anderson, Elder Erickson, Tonya, Elder Anderson and Elder Grimshaw. Next picture is Sister Wheeler with Diane who was baptized and Sister Tate

Picture at the left is: Elder Anderson, Sister Anderson, Tatyana, who is from Kashikstan and who was baptized November 7, 2009. Tatyana is an angel and said that her baptism day was the happiest day of her life. Next is Elder Erickson, and Elder Grimshaw. The pictures below is: Sister Anderson, Elder Erickson, Tatyana, Elder Anderson, who was asked to baptized Tatyana, and Elder Grimshaw.

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Below is Sister Wheeler, Diana, who was baptized on November 7, 2009, and Sister Tate. Diana is from Peru. She is expecting a baby on November 27. She's so thankful for the gospel.



The next picture below is a castle in Slovakia that we went to when we went to the Senior Missionary Convention in Slovakia. We had such a nice time.

Trencin Castle and Wonderful Baptisms

We've had a wonderful last few days. We were in Slovakia for a Couple's and Senior Missionary Conference. It was great. We were there with the three missionary couples in our mission. They were the Irwins, Robbins, and Alexanders. The senior sisters were Sister Richards and Sister Miller. We visited the Trencin Castle which was amazing. We were blessed to go to the site where the land of Slovakia was dedicated by President Deiter F. Uchtdorf for the preaching of the gospel. He dedicated it 12 May 2006. There was a very special feeling there. We read the dedicatary prayer for Slovakia and for the Czech Republic. Elder Russell M. Nelson rededicated the Czech Republic on 6 February 1991. Elder John A. Widtsoe dedicated Czechoslovakia.

He testified at one time according to some accounts: "Communism is the work of the devil. The Lord is using it to break down the hold of the Catholic and the Russian Orthodox churches; over the minds of men. When communism has completed it's task of breaking this hold, it will pass out of existence almost over night and then the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints will send missionaries by the hundreds into the Slavic lands of Europe including the mother lands of Russia." "There is more of the blood of Israel in western Russia than all the rest of Europe put together, and when the time comes to do missionary work there, the people will come into the church by the thousands while villages and towns will join the church in groups." "This mission (Czechoslavakian)is important because it is opening the door to the Slavic nations. This language is the key to all Slavic languages, and some of you in this room will be called to do missionary work in Russia." (There were eleven missionaries present with Dr. Widtsoe and Mission President President Arthur Gaeth.)

After our conference, we drove home from Slovakia so that we could be back to Prague for the baptism of Tanya and Diane who I (Sister Anderson) have been teaching. They were both so excited. Heavenly Father has blessed them to be prepared in their lives to find the gospel. We love them so much. They are great spirits of our Heavenly Father. They both said that their baptisms were the "Happiest Day of their lives."