Tim and Andrea, Deventer, May 1, 2011
Tim and Andrea are some of the most wonderful recent members they were also the most wonderful investigators. Andrea was first in contact with the church through the Osmonds when she was a young girl, but the time was not yet right. A couple of years later Andrea's 14 year old son had some questions about faith after experiencing a family tragedy, he went to the internet and found the website for the church and read and found a church to attend. The first Sunday Andrea came with Tim and after that Tim came every week alone for about 3 months before we were able to meet and teach Tim. The first lesson we sat with Tim and his parents and discussed how the teaching process would work, we came to an agreement to meet every Friday afternoon, but after only a couple short weeks we had taught Tim everything he needed to know to be baptised. After discussing it with his parents, Tim's father agreed but Andrea thought it was a little fast so the next week she decided to sit in on the lessons as well. Quickly they became our most solid and wonderful investigators. They were always prepared with questions form their reading and in only a matter of weeks Andrea had read the whole Book of Mormon and the Gospel Principles book. They both continued to have spiritual experiences, as we quickly went through the lessons. It came time for baptism but they did not quite feel ready yet so we waited and after a time we set a baptismal date, at no other place but the Donny Osmond fireside in Utrecht. A couple weeks later they were baptised with big smiles on their faces. (Written by Elder Waldie)
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