Patrick and Martine Sys, 4 May,
2012
Brugge
Elder Douglas, Patrick Sys, Martine Sys and
Elder Schow
Patrick and Martine
were truly a miracle story. President
Plovier, the Branch President from Brugge, was out knocking doors one Saturday,
trying to find people who were interested in the Gospel. As usual, he was about to be done for the
day, and decided to knock one last door.
When he knocked, he found Patrick, and he quickly let him in. Soon he found out that Patrick had already
heard about the word of Wisdom and tithing.
Later that week, we received a call from President Plovier and he had
set up an appointment for us to go visit Patrick and Martine. The first
appointment we challenged them to both be baptized. The next appointment Patrick agreed to be
baptized, but Martine said that she had already been baptized in another
church. She wanted to follow the lessons and keep the commitments we gave
Patrick. The next lesson Martine
expressed she wanted to quit smoking, and within the next two weeks she went
from smoking a pack a day, to completing giving up smoking. She and Patrick were reading in the Book of
Mormon, and Patrick was preparing for baptism. We were pleasantly surprised
when Martine started talking about them both getting baptized. We were so surprised! It was amazing to see the complete 180 degree
turn that she had made. During the next
weeks they made great progress. Martine
was faced with some health challenges and we were able to give her a priesthood
blessing. They were truly prepared by
the Lord. It was a testimony that as you read in the Book of Mormon and keep
the commitments, the spirit will testify of the truth of our message! We are so happy for them! Written by Elder Douglass.
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