Hey Family!
Well It is about time that
I can tell you that we had a MUCH better week then we have had in the
past! We were able to see a lot more people then we had in weeks past.
It was a pretty fun week for us though.
So to start off with today, we finally got word back from
President Walkenhorst about if Herman could or couldn't get baptized!
We were at the branch's trunk or treat when we got a call from
President. I didn't talk to him, but from Elder Birch's reactions to
what President said I could tell it was really good news! President
told us that we had heard back and that we could go ahead with Herman
and Carolyn's baptism. Herman and Carolyn were just about to leave to
go home when we got the phone call, so we stopped them and told them the
good news. Herman was so excited! At first his reaction and all he
said was "Are you kidding me?" So they are both really excited and
ready for this! We still haven't officially set a baptismal date with
them yet, but we are going over tomorrow night and will talk to them
about setting a date. Elder Birch and I were really excited about all
of that happening!
We were able to go and see Brenda again twice last week.
Once on Tuesday and again yesterday. On Tuesday we decided that we
were going to watch the Restoration DVD with her because it had been a
long time since we had taught her the Restoration. After the video was
done we asked her what she thought about it and how she felt. She told
us that she really liked it and felt really good about it. Elder Birch
pointed out that when she felt good about it, that that had been the
Spirit testifying to her that it was true and that Joseph Smith really
did see Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. We invited her to come to
church again, but she wasn't able to make it. She is still helping her
friend out by taking her friend to church. So we are really hoping and
praying for some snow here one of these Sundays, because if there is
snow, Brenda's friend won't go to church for health reasons so then
Brenda can come to church with us. Then she will keep coming with us
because she likes it so much, and then she will get baptized! Elder
Birch and I have already planned everything out. Now things just have
to happen the way we planned for them to.
Then we almost got a new investigator
without him really even realizing he is investigating the church. Just
so you know his name is Bob. So in the past when we have seen Bob, it
has been more of a "Hi, how are you doing? Is there anything that we can
help you with? Ok bye." This last time we went to see him, it started
out the way in normally does, and then he asked us about what the
church had to say about food storage, and then Bob asked us about the
dates of when the church was organized and when Joseph Smith had the
First vision, and so on. So Bob pretty much asked us to give him the
fist lesson without realizing that he did so. It was really cool to see
the Spirit work with him. We ended up giving him a copy of the Book of
Mormon and some scriptures to read that connect the Bible and the Book
of Mormon to each other. Like John 10:16 and 3 Nephi 15:16-21. It was
really good.
So overall we have had a pretty good
week! There is always more happening, so there will be more to come
next week! Love you all! Have a great week
Love Elder Cameron Woodward
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