In this village there was an old woman, more than eighty years of age, blind, deaf, and so sick and crippled that she could not leave her bed.  Upon several occasions we had passed much time with this poor woman trying to persuade her to receive holy baptism; but she had never shown any desire for it, and even stubbornly resisted.  But the Lord took pity on her and enlightened her, at a time when I was most forgotten or distrusted.  Her husband came to me as many as eight or ten times to ask me to go to baptize her telling me that he loved her very much, and it would cause him much grief if she should incur damnation; he was therefore anxious that she should be baptized, so that she might enjoy God; and he added that such was already her wish.  But I did not believe him, for my visits to her house had so many times proved useless.  I told him that I would baptize her on the condition that she would come to the church, thinking that what I required from him was impossible.  On his returning with this answer, the poor woman, in her desire to receive holy baptism, was so aroused that she, although formerly she could not even move her limbs, recovered strength, with the help of our Lord, and came to the church.  She listened to the instruction with pleasure and attention; and finally, as she was prepared for the sacrament, I granted her baptism.  During all the time while I was administering this sacrament to her, she remained standing, to the wonderment of all the people.  Great was their edification at seeing how heartily she had sought baptism, and how our Lord accomplishes more in one moment than we in many days.  In the village of Paet our Lord moved the hearts of two women who were a cause of offense and stumbling on account of their dissolute lives.  Protected by certain profligate men, these women, although they were slaves, had become so arrogant that they despised the other women; and all the village felt ashamed to have among them so evil a company.  These women came with deep grief to make their confession, and remained thoroughly reformed, to the great satisfaction of all the people.  There dwelt in this village a young girl, the daughter of a chief, whom we had urged to attend the catechisms and the sermons, hoping that if she were baptized others would follow; but the devil hindered our efforts, for she either hid herself or was concealed by her parents.  This time I made more diligent endeavors; she came to the church and, having heard a few sermons, earnestly asked for baptism.  I gave her a teacher for the doctrine, promising that I would baptize her when I returned to that place—­although so great was her desire for the sacrament that the least delay seemed to her very long; accordingly, she applied herself so closely to study that within the space of two days she knew the prayers and the catechism.  On examining her, great was my surprise that she should have learned so much in so short a time; accordingly, with great satisfaction on my part, I baptized her and two other adults.