To Mom: Yep I’m okay and Saturday I was just sick so that’s probably why you had me on your mind. You seem to always know when I’m sick haha. It was just a cold though and I just dealt with it. There wasn’t any flooding in big bear but like I told dad in the big email that we did get a really nice rain storm and the streets had rivers flowing down them. It was no problem for our truck though ;) Yep I’m still district leader... this makes transfer number 5. That’s a loonnnggg time. But I don’t mind it. My district is really small and has great missionaries. One of them was in my district in B for the first 3 transfers I was district leader and now I’m back with him again! He is a good missionary and I enjoy having him in my district.
I love having the Holy Ghost as a constant companion to help us know when things are right and when they are not. I love you tons!! Have a great week!
To Dad:
This last week had a lot of fall through appointments and some not so great days but we did have one VERY great lesson.
So we have an investigator named E that we picked up 2 weeks ago. He called bishop and asked to learn more about the church so we went over. Well we went back for a second lesson this last week and we had it outside because it was more peaceful and of course it felt great out there too. Well we taught the restoration and he ate it up! The Spirit was so strong when I was telling about Josephs vision and his comment right after was. "Well he came to Moses. Why not come to Joseph?" how amazing is that!! He reads and understands the Bible and so we help to show him that the Bible and Book of Mormon teach the same things and he was asking all these questions like well how did the Gold plates end up in New York. And he was just getting it so well! We then moved inside because it was looking like rain and we invited him to be baptized and he said YES! He also committed to come to church on Sunday! We set a baptismal date for September 15. So not too far out! He just asked "what do I have to do before that?" so we told him he has to know for himself that it is true and finish the missionary lessons. He is sooo solid. Now about Sunday!
E came to church! He was late and missed sacrament but he was dressed in a suit with his scriptures and he looked like he could have been a bishop haha. Anyways church was aweful haha Get this. Gospel Principles was about Tithing and fasting. Not usually one of the first things we teach investigators. Then in priesthood our Elders and High Priests got rebuked for not home teaching and taking the priesthood seriously and then the lesson was taught by a crazy guy who went into super deep doctrine and made temples sound sketchy. haha luckily it didn’t bother E too much. I was super worried. It was like a nightmare while it was going on but afterward Elder D and I were laughing as we told our ward mission leader. It sure makes for a funny story but not something I want to have happen again. But we look at it this way. If E made it through THAT he will make it through ANYTHING haha it also turns out that E knows a few people from the ward which is always just fantastic!
Our other top investigator. D sadly did not come to church. But it’s okay because she was going to come alone because her husband worked on Sunday and I feel like it would be better for her first time to be with her husband because he would be able to help with the kids and everything. We had a fantastic lesson with them. (I thought I could have done 10X better but my comp assured me I did great) we taught about the atonement and how as we take the sacrament we apply the atonement. It was really powerful and her husband J keeps getting happier and happier. It’s amazing what the gospel can do. They are an amazing couple and it would be fantastic to see them sealed in the temple.
That is the good news for the week. We had a pretty great downpour here on Saturday and there were pretty much rivers running down the roads. Thankfully we have a truck and it’s fun to drive through big puddles in the truck haha well tomorrow we are going to get to go to the temple with 2 of the recent converts and be witnesses for them doing Baptisms for the dead and I’m really excited! I’ll get lots of pictures with them and with the M Family who is taking us down. The M are a super awesome couple here who although I’ve only been here 3 weeks have already gotten to be good friends with them. I’m sure you will hear me talk about them in later emails. Also they will most likely be at my wedding when I get married so you will meet them sometime too! haha love you tons! Have a great week and thank you for the pictures!
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