Email Letter - May 27, 2013

Hey everyone! Life is going good, we've seen a lot of miracles in the Loomis area this week and it's been so great to have them around us.

This week we met with one of our investigators every day except for one, and it's been great. Everything we taught was accepted so well and so readily. He's been tithing at his other church for 3 years, and is just fine switching to ours, as well as live the law of the fast, the word of wisdom, and the law of chastity. All of which we taught this week and he committed to live. How cool is that! All he needs is an answer about the Book of Mormon, which he is looking for. Once he gets that he'll be ready to go. He doesn't want to set a baptismal date until he receives that answer, but it's becoming more of a "when I get baptized" in stead of "If I get baptized" situation. Life is good.

 

Things are going great, Liv and I are getting along great, and things are starting to pick up and flow well.

I love you all, happy Memorial day!

Email Letter - May 20, 2013

Hey everyone! We had a really good week this week. There were a lot of miracles that happened, just little things. But miracles just the same. I'm so happy out here.

Among the miracles is that we had one of our investigators come to church for the first time, and he really enjoyed it. We're super excited on how he's progressing. We were praying on different ways we could help him progress, and really pushing to come to Sacrament meeting was the biggest thing. We also committed him to read from the Book of Mormon, and meet with us every day this week, with the promise that if we does that and continues to pray about the Book of Mormon that at the end of this week he will receive an answer that the Book of Mormon is true, and so is this church. We're working hard to make that work, and so is he. It's really great to see his dedication to finding an answer.

As I said things are good. I love you all, and hope all is going great. Take good care!

Email Letter - May 13, 2013

Hey all! Transfer week this week so it'll be a shorter one because there is a lot to do today. Things are going really well and we had a great week last week capped off by a baptism and confirmation. It was really a great service, with a lot of the ward coming to show their support. Even with a few non-members there to witness the ordinance as well. We hope that those will all turn into investigators, as the Spirit was definitely there to testify of the truth. It was very great to see all that happen, especially with the confirmation and the blessing that came from the Lord via Elder Livingston. It's great to see some of those great experiences happen in someone else's life. I love being an instrument for the Lord.

That's all, I love you all very much, hope your mother's day was as great as mine. Take care and have a great week!

Email Letter - May 6, 2013

What up everyone! Things went well again this week. We're  just getting things set up for our baptism this coming friday. We're really excited for that, and so is Katelyn our investigator. She's doing great and sure loves how things are going. We watched Elder Holland's talk on the Book of Mormon from a few years ago with her yesterday and she loved it. We're excited for her.

A sad thing this week is Elder Livingston and I had to call a few of our missionaries to repentance. One of the districts we're over has been having a few issues that needed correction. I think they may hate us now but that's their problem. We had the Spirit with us as we talked to them, and it was pretty interesting to see. Afterwards Liv and I were talking and we both felt that the fact that they didn't say anything attested to their guilt and we felt like Nephi did the multiple times he confounded his older brothers. I hate babysitting but that's what it has become. hopefully that district will be shaken up a lot this coming transfer next week and things will shape up.

We're also seeing a lot of success in our area with some investigators that are progressing extremely well. We taught 3 lessons to them last week, and had a few other visits with them. They agreed that when they found out the Book of Mormon is true that they'll be baptized, and we plan on setting a firm date this week. We're really excited for them. The Church really needs them here in this area.

Things are going well, I'm happy and healthy with no reason to complain. I love you all and will talk to you soon!