I
just talked with you yesterday. For the sake of those of you who weren't there
here is a quick recap.
I am doing well. Linda was a church again and everything is set
for them to get married in a week or two. As soon as Mark gets paid he is
"putting a ring on it." Success.
It was a fairly uneventful week otherwise. No new investigators.
No crazy people. Just a pretty average week. We bike all the time now that it
is nice out. We are working with a lot of Less Actives now. We have
approximately 120 active members in our ward and 550 names on the records....We
have our work cut out for us for sure. It is extremely overwhelming at times
but with the Spirit's guidance it becomes manageable. Experience: I wasn't sure
what to plan during our daily planning session one night so I took a minute and
prayed to know what to do. Right then the name and face of one the members of
our ward popped into my head. He hasn't been to church in a long time and we
met with him once but he didn't keep our return appointment. I was a little
surprised to think of him but went with it. When we visited him the next day he
let us in and told us that last night he felt a "calling" to read the
Book of Mormon and to return to church. We couldn't have shown up at a better
time. The Spirit will guide us when we ask for it.
Now for things I somehow forgot to mention yesterday.
Al, now Brother Russell, got the preisthood yesterday!! It was
such a cool moment. He is a hometeacher now and they are working on a calling.
Super sweet to see.
Mark, the soon to be
husband of the soon to be baptized Linda, is a painter (along with a number of
other things) and he has given me a beautiful painting of some mountians that
he painted just for me. It is sweet and I just need to find a way to send it
home....
That is all. Transfers are this week. Again. We'll see how that
goes. The ward thinks I'm out of here because I have been here for....ever.
We'll see. I love this area and this ward. I will be very sad to go.
Love you all. Work
hard. Eat right. Do good things!
Love,
Elder E. Smith
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