Week 59. Baptism Week

 Hey, here's another awesome week:

Basketball - we have basketball at our church on Tuesdays to help find people and so we played and I missed almost every single basket I tried to shoot, but my companion knew me so well that he'd always be right where the ball went and put it back in. We won 5 games doing that. 

Eddie - in our last lesson with him before his baptism he asked what the next step was because he didn't want baptism to be the end of his journey closer to God. It was so cool. We talked about temples and he's super excited to go!

Amy - met with her twice this week, focused on temples and helped her feel confident enough to get an interview to go and she did! Super excited for her. 

Dynel - we had a long talk with Dynel again and it was really good. And all over the place, but it is super cool to see the impact we've had just by coming and talking. Really hoping she will come to church next week. Please pray for her. 

Eddie's Baptism - there's always one problem on baptism day, today the lights weren't working but luckily we got that figured out. So many people showed up to support and watch and it was pretty awesome. Keri Smith gave the baptism talk, it was awesome. In it she talked about service and gave an example of me and my comp serving her family by lifting heavy concrete even though we were skinny. Everyone laughed. 

Then Eddie got baptized and it was the coolest thing ever. You could definitely feel the Spirit. 

I gave the Holy Ghost talk and then Eddie bore his testimony and that was amazing to hear moments after he was baptized. Really awesome day. 

Sunday - the best day this week. So much stuff happened, Eddie received the Holy Ghost, we got 2 dinners, I had an awesome study session and a lot more. One I want to share was our lesson with Kevin. 

He's deaf and mute and almost ready to be baptized. It's hard sometimes to know how much he comprehends what we teach him. That day we taught him the word of wisdom and he understood all of it. He even asked if his inhaler was okay.  It was super cool and just a really neat blessing that we were able to see his comprehension and faith. 

Pumpkin - p day was super fun and to cap it off a member bought pumpkins for my whole district and we got to carve them. It was then I realized that I took pumpkin carving way more seriously than everyone else. It was super fun

Spiritual Thought - what good is light if it is hidden? What if we did all the work of cleaning out a pumpkin, put the candle inside, and that was it. It would just be a waste. So we do a little bit more and carve the pumpkin, letting that light shine forth. 

Hope y'all are having a great fall and letting your light shine forth. I love y'all. Have a great week. 

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