Gary's baptism and the big 20


Hello everyone! 

This week was so great and full of miracles! God is so good and I am just so happy! 

THE GOOD STUFF:
GARY WAS BAPTIZED! This Saturday was such a sweet day! We showed up early to Gary's baptism and he was already there ready and waiting! He was SO excited and was dancing around in the church before it started. The baptism went great and the spirit was so strong. Gary was just glowing the next day in sacrament and couldn't stop smiling. All the members just took him right in and it was just beautiful. 

I have been studying a lot about faith recently and I love the story of Peter in Mathew 14 when he walks on the water. When Peter sees Christ he exercises his faith and begins to walk on the water. But once he sees the waves and the wind he gets scared and begins to sink. Immediately Christ reaches out his hand and saves him. Life is hard. And sometimes we feel like our faith is wavering and we feel like we are drowning. But we have the hope that Christ is always, always waiting to reach out his hand to save us. He's so much closer than we think. I want to challenge all of you to find ways this Christmas season to reach out to Christ and put your faith in him. Take that step forward and trust him! LIGHT THE WORLD! 

THE FUN STUFF:
So today I hit the big 20! Me and my comp celebrated by going to the Teleferico! It's this little car ski lift thing that takes you up to the top of the mountain. There is a statue of Christ at the top and you can see all of Puerto Plata and it is SO beautiful! 

Con mucho amor,
Hermana Kmetzsch 


Gary's Baptism!



The statue of Christ


The view of Puerto Plata from the top of the Teleferico :)


Celebrating the B-day with a pina-colada :)

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