We had a pretty good week this week. Since I've been it Temple that finding has been pretty slow and it has been a tad bit frustrating. However we had a series of fortunate events this week that made it wonderful. Last Sunday after stake conference we had James, the young man we've been teaching, interviewed. He passed! It was a relief. We thought there might be some things that would hold him back for a bit. So on Wednesday evening after the mutual activity we gathered all of the young men and young women to watch James get baptized. It was a good service, nice and brief with lots of people in attendance. He asked that one of the Spanish missionaries, who was a marine before the mission, be the one who baptized him. It was good for him because he's only been out for 3 weeks in the field.
At the beginning of the week we had two other baptismal dates set. We were able to see one of them and to solidify everything, since then we haven't been able to get in to contact with her. She works nights at the local WalMart, and has been in and out of the hospital with seizures. She is also planning on moving in the near future so we worry about her a bit.
Our other baptismal date was really hard to get in contact with this week as well. He in the past has had a problem with smoking and drinking coffee. We thought he might be trying to avoid us. Then last night we dropped by his place. He wasn't home. We were driving away and I saw him a few streets down. We stopped and asked if we could meet with him. He agreed. We visited with him for a while about the role of the Holy Ghost. He let us know how he knew the Book of Mormon is true. So we set another baptismal date and set appointments for the rest of the week. He is getting baptized on Halloween.
Also at church on Sunday we had 3 new people that we will be able to start teaching this week. One just had his wife pass away and she was a member of the church. The other is the wife of a less active return missionary. And the last is a friend of a recent convert. It is awesome to see the blessings flow.
Love,
Elder Rindlisbacher
At the beginning of the week we had two other baptismal dates set. We were able to see one of them and to solidify everything, since then we haven't been able to get in to contact with her. She works nights at the local WalMart, and has been in and out of the hospital with seizures. She is also planning on moving in the near future so we worry about her a bit.
Our other baptismal date was really hard to get in contact with this week as well. He in the past has had a problem with smoking and drinking coffee. We thought he might be trying to avoid us. Then last night we dropped by his place. He wasn't home. We were driving away and I saw him a few streets down. We stopped and asked if we could meet with him. He agreed. We visited with him for a while about the role of the Holy Ghost. He let us know how he knew the Book of Mormon is true. So we set another baptismal date and set appointments for the rest of the week. He is getting baptized on Halloween.
Also at church on Sunday we had 3 new people that we will be able to start teaching this week. One just had his wife pass away and she was a member of the church. The other is the wife of a less active return missionary. And the last is a friend of a recent convert. It is awesome to see the blessings flow.
Love,
Elder Rindlisbacher
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