Hello everyone!
This week was great! On Tuesday we had a lesson with Shaylan, one of our
investigators, to review with her the baptismal interview questions and
talk about the covenant of baptism. She was interviewed the next day,
and she'll be baptized this Saturday, the 21st of June! And she chose me
to baptize her!! So that's really exciting. I don't think I've said
anything about her in my other email. She's 18 years old, and the Elders
here before me found her while tracting. She had no religious
background, and has, as I'm told, grown a lot in her knowledge and
testimony. She is received by the ward very well. She goes to all of the
activities, which really helps. Because this is a singles' ward, there
are always people moving in and out. It's a pretty frequent occurrence
that we mention Shaylan's baptism, and someone says, "She's not a
member??" Hahaha. So things are going great there!
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on Tuesday, we taught a girl named Andy. She was a referral from a
member of the ward. How AWESOME! A simple invitation, that's all it
takes. We gave her a tour of the church building and read from 1 Nephi
chapter 1 with her. She said she has trouble with commitments (such as
the covenant of baptism...), but she wants to learn more, so we'll keep
teaching her!
On Wednesday we took a recent convert, Cali, to the Family History Center to get started on her work for her family. We used ancestry.com and familysearch.org
to get her family tree started, and we got a good little chunk done, so
soon she'll be able to take some family names to the temple! That will
be exciting for her. Elder Rosequist and I still have to go back some
time so I can show him how to use the software; he's not all that
familiar with it. But we'll have some more converts soon that will need
to get started!
That
day, we were tracting in an apartment complex. We were just leaving,
and were almost to our car, when two guys pulled up and got out of their
car. Long story short, their names are Cody and Mason, two brothers,
ages 18 and 20. We talked to them, went with them to their apartment,
and taught them the message of the Restoration. They got so excited
about the Book of Mormon that one of them asked, "Where can I buy one?"
We had unfortunately taken our box of books out of the trunk that day to
fit something else in there, so we were caught unprepared. We'll get
the books to them soon enough!
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| Moving a mattress for the Housing Coordinator! Yup! Even with a mattress I wear my seatbelt! |
The
next day, we found a great new investigator names Jesse. We knocked on
her door and she came out and took the survey about her religious
beliefs. Then she agreed to walk with us while we taught her the message
of the Restoration. She seemed to really understand, and took it all in
very well! My favorite part of that lesson was when she said the
closing prayer (after some words of encouragement), and near the end,
said, "I hope to hear from you soon. Have a good day." That was the
best.
On Saturday, our investigator Taylor was interviewed for baptism. Elder
Rosequist will be baptizing her on the 21st! We are holding one
baptismal service for the both of them. That's going to be a great day!
Sunday was good, as always. It was also Father's Day! Happy Father's Day, Dad!! I hope you knew I was thinking of you!
There
was a big storm that day, too. We were driving in the rain when, WHAM!
Our windshield was pegged by a giant hail stone! The stone exploded and
went every which way.
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| Look at the size of these hailstones! I wonder if I can fit one in my mouth?!?! |
We took cover under a tree, waited out the storm
for a few minutes, and in the end, our car received no damage! The hail
stones were huge, though. I'd say golf-ball-sized. That was pretty fun!
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| Yup! Guess so! |
I
guess that's about it for this week! Good things are happening, and I'm
starting to learn what a singles' ward is like! It's pretty sweet.
Thank you all for your love and prayers and righteousness. I love you
all!
Sincerely,
A Thought
from Mom:
“The battle
for our immortal souls is no less important than the battle fought by David.
The enemy is no less formidable, the help of Almighty God no farther away. What
will our action be? Like David of old, “our cause is just.” We have been placed
upon earth not to fail or fall victim to temptation’s snare, but rather to
succeed. Our giant, our Goliath, must be conquered. “ Thomas S. Monson
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