today i witnessed something beautiful. my friend from china, hong ye, was baptized. last semester i was her visiting teacher, and i have watched her grow as she has taken the missionary discussions, read the book of mormon, and gone to church for the past seven months.
i found out last sunday that she was getting baptized, and i immediately ran up there and congratulated her. it has been a long road for her, especially being raised in china, being chinese, and having only been in the states for seven months.
tonight, i watched her as we sang the hymns ("nearer my God, to Thee" and "i know that my Redeemer lives"). she kept smiling, as though she could hardly keep the joy and happiness inside and wanted to share it with the world.
it is moments like this that make me more impatient than ever to serve a mission--and to be able to share this happiness, this good news, this opportunity of salvation, with others! just a few more weeks and they will send my papers in...
on a related note, this is my third dear friend that has been baptized in the three years i have been at byu--one from mexico, one from korea, and now one from china. pretty good for being at byu, eh?
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