This has been a really
awesome week for Elder Bass and me. We've had some really, really solid lessons
this week with a few of our investigators. The Spirit has been so strong, probably
stronger than I've ever been able to recognize before. We've been studying Ether 12:27 a
lot this week, and Alma 32. We've used them both a lot with our lessons and
those we've been visiting. Applying the principle of humility is a lot harder
than it looks. But I feel like when we do and we rely on the Lord, our lessons
go SO much better. The Spirit is there so much more, and the people we are
teaching respond in such better ways. A really cool miracle that we saw this
week was one of our investigators that hadn't been progressing at all, finally
decided to come to church. We invited her to be baptized as well, but she said
she wasn't ready YET. But she knows that she should, and I think she has the
desire as well. She's just scared. We're teaching an older couple named Vicki
and Evan. They moved up here from Arkansas, and you all know how I love my
southerners. ;) We started visiting them and helping them around their garden.
Then they started asking questions about our church, and we've been teaching
them ever since. They've been SO prepared for the Gospel though. They just left
their church because of a bad experience and because it came out and supported
homosexuality. They don't drink coffee, tea, alcohol, or smoke. Vicki's read
the Book of Mormon 3 times already. She's a huge intellectual thinker, and
loves to ask questions. They came to church on Sunday, and said they
really enjoyed it. We had a total of 6 investigators at church this Sunday.
It was awesome. Members were coming to say hi and introduce themselves to our
investigators. It’s the coolest thing to see. SO!!! If you see someone you
don't know, or maybe someone sitting with the missionaries, THEN GO SAY HI AND
TALK TO THEM LIKE THEY ARE YOUR BEST FRIEND!!! Trust me, it makes a world of
difference to them. Anyways, we're preparing 3 people for baptism right now,
and they're amazing people. I love them a lot. :) We have a huge stake-wide
church open house coming up on Friday and Saturday this week. The
stake has put billboards up in the town, newspaper articles, and radio spots.
We're going around and handing out fliers and inviting members to find people
to bring. It should be a really cool thing for the stake and lighting a fire
under the members for missionary work. I love and miss you all. And of course,
I love and miss Taylor and Ralphie the most!! :)
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