I know that I am doing a good thing. I must be, because things keep popping up, like speed bumps, in my path. So many things have happened already to delay or potentially derail me from the path to baptism that I have become a little paranoid and started trying to anticipate what can go wrong.
I sent my letter (to the First Presidency) to the Bishop on the 24th. Well this past Monday I started thinking (something I do too much sometimes) and was like, oh no! what if my papers got lost in the mail. This preoccupied me all day at work. So as soon as I got off work I called Bishop, and was like do we get any confirmation that Salt Lake has my papers once they are received? He said yes, but we haven't sent them yet. I hadn't realized it, but Bishop and Stake President had been very busy the week before with Youth Conference. My heart fell when I heard this.
See there are two Sisters I really want at my baptism (Hermana Schroeppel and Hermana Coleman), especially since none of my own family will be able to be there. They are the two who the Lord put in my path to make sure I was where I needed to be on that crucial night. Hermana Schroeppel went home last transfer (June 12th) and Hermana Coleman goes home on July 24th. I've been praying that things would move swiftly so that they could both be there. Hermana Schroeppel will be visiting Alabama right before Hermana Coleman goes home and when I found that out I was thinking, what a blessing, I'll be able to have them both here for my baptism (if things move swiftly). But now, it would take a miracle for things to happen that fast. From what I've been told, it usually takes 2-4 weeks to get an answer from the First Presidency and they haven't even received my papers yet. I am still praying that, if it be His will, the answer will come swiftly and I'll be able to have my baptism before they go home.
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