First Baptism!

Wow what a fun week! I´ll start from the beginning. 3 days before the baptism we made the program with Gina. We asked her who wanted to baptize her and she chose my companion Elder Cranford. Then she chose me to confirm her...in front of the whole ward in sacrament meeting! Whew were my knees shaking! It went really well though. I asked my companion if I messed up afterwards and he said I didn´t so thats good! Anyway, the baptism was on Saturday at 2:30 and it will be such a special memory for me the rest of my life. After she was baptized she shared her testimony and I´ve never been hit so hard with such a simple short testimony. When I heard her say she knew Joseph Smith saw God the Father and The Son, I was overcome with the spirit. I´ve never felt so happy for someone else. I feel so grateful to be able to be an instrument in the Lords hands. Now Gina has taken the first step to living with her family and her Heavenly Father for eternity and I was blessed enough to be part of it. Yesterday after church, Elder Cranford and I went to Gina´s house and ate with her family. We asked her if she had any questions for us, and she did. She had some questions about feeling the spirit. She said "You have explained that the spirit is a really soft feeling that is hard to feel, but I think I felt something different yesterday. How do you feel the spirit Elder Langston?" It caught me a little off guard but she had already asked me that question in the past so I had some time to think about it. I explained how I felt at her baptism the day before. I explained at times I feel like crying because I´m so happy and sometimes its a rushing sensation that runs down my whole body. After I said that, she said "That! That is what I felt yesterday!" That gave me the best feeling ever because earlier that day when I confirmed her, I remembered blessing her with the ability to recognize the feelings of the spirit and to understand them. Clearly Heavenly Father knew what I needed to say and He told me through the spirit. This week got me thinking a lot. I thought about how my life was just a few months ago. I could walk down the street without being yelled at, called names, or having hands put in my face. And then I thought about the baptism and how I get to share the most beautiful message with people here and help them get back to Heavenly Father. Its so worth it and I´m so happy to be here. I want to close this email with a quote I heard from Gordon B Hinckley. I thought it was really neat. " These are the two questions I should like to leave you with. It´s true isn´t it? Then what else matters?" I love you all.Love Elder Langston