A New Stake Created

     Well another week is past and gone. We had some history going on here. The Killeen Texas Stake was split this weekend. There is now a Killeen Texas State and a Waco Texas Stake. We had a wonderful stake conference and we were able to have a few of our investigators there. We had Elder Malm of the First Quorum of the Seventy visiting. He was a very powerful speaker, and he had a fun accent. I guess he is from Sweden.
    The messages were great, but a lot of the meeting was dedicated to business. Dividing the stake and lots of testimonies from the old and new stake presidencies.
     After stake conference our mission president interviewed the young man we have been working with. He passed and will be baptized this Wednesday. I feel that he is prepared, but it will take some fellowshipping to keep him active.
     We saw a few tender mercies this week. It seems like this area isn't much for tracting. We seem to just run into a lot of retired Baptists that are happy to tell us they are satisfied with their religion. We got a phone call from a lady that we had seen my first night here and hadn't seen since. She had been out of town and also in the hospital. We were able to meet with her again and set a baptismal date. She is pretty excited. She also had a 10 year old son who is a lot less excited. He doesn't really talk to us. When you ask him a question or teach him something he doesn't agree with he just moans and wont look at us. It is pretty funny really. I think he'll come around.
     We were also invited by our bishop to go and teach a friend of his daughter. He is an older man. In the conversation I asked if he had felt he had ever had a prayer answered. His reply is "you're sitting there." He is searching for truth. It's awesome.
     My companion and I are getting along a little better. We just have differences in opinions a lot. Especially on how we should use our time. I'm trying very hard to love him and not cause contention. I'm trying to keep my joking to a minimum.
     Well the church is still true here in Texas. I'm loving life, even if it throws trials at me every now and again.

Love,
Elder Rindlisbacher