April 9, 2018

Family,

Wednesday we had our zone conference which was pretty good. Since we have technology now there is a new chapter in Preach My Gospel which replaces the old chapter 8 and it talks about how to plan effectively with technology so they went over that a lot. Our portion of it was mainly focused on finding and what we can do to find new investigators.

Thursday was pretty exciting! We were able to have (K) baptismal interview in which she passed. So her baptism will be this Saturday! We are pretty excited. She was fun to teach!

Friday was just a day full of finding and talking with past potentials and what not.

Saturday was a really good day!! We had breakfast at a less active members home that we have been trying to meet with for a long while. He is a super cool guy and his house is crazy nice!! It's actually his mom's house but it's right on the lake and just to put it in perspective... the master bathroom cost $350,000 dollars!!! Three hundred and fifty thousand dollars!!! That's ridiculous. It was crazy nice but holy cow you don't need that. ha ha It was pretty legit. The whole house was cool!

Best part of the day though was (K) baptism!! The (B) family is just awesome. I love them all and it was a pretty special day for them. We got to be the witnesses and her dad baptized her.

Sunday was also a pretty special day as we got to be a part of confirming her a member of the church. It was after sacrament in the Bishops office. It was a really cool experience and there is a lot to the story. You'll just have to ask about it when I get home.

We were also able to teach a mission prep class early Sunday morning which was fun. We had a super powerful lesson with Sister (N) Sunday night at a members home. (A different religion) has been going by her house lately and have been giving Sister (N) a hard time about meeting with us. It is pretty sad because it has raised a lot of questions about things that are untrue. Luckily Sister (N) isn't one to believe anyone's words and she will go to the source to find her answer. She is ready to be baptized and it just comes down to the fact that she needs to pray and get the confirmation for herself that she needs to be baptized. The Spirit was so strong in the lesson and I promised if she would pray with real intent she would have an answer before we met with her again. The words just came out of my mouth but the Spirit was strong and was in control of the lesson and I know if she does so she will receive an answer. So we are excited for our next lesson to see how it goes.

I'm so grateful for this time I have to be on a mission and for all the things I have learned. The miracles I have seen and the promises I have seen fulfilled. I don't write about them much because they are pretty special to me. But all these things have strengthened my testimony so much!! I love this gospel. I love my Heavenly Father and my Savior Jesus Christ. I know they are there and that they love each and every one of us despite our imperfections and our transgressions. I'm grateful for the Atonement of Jesus Christ and for the strengthening and enabling power that comes from it because this work would not move on without it. I know that President Nelson is a prophet and what a blessing it is to know that he is and that he has been called of God. It's such a wonderful knowledge that we have and I hope we all realize it. I love you all and I'm so appreciative for all that you do for me. I hope you all have a good week!!

The family sounds like they are doing good!! When is Ty going to tell the family about his call? Just when he gets it? I think I have decided what I'm going to do. I want to be a vet. It is something I have thought about a lot and it would just be so fun. I would love it. I don't know... I don't have to think about that yet but I've just been feeling that really strong lately. I hope Dylan is dating. I want him to get married that would be fun.  Ya I feel like Ty is going to go foreign. 

I hope you all have a good week love you tons!!

Elder Ethan Wayne Stucki