Hello everyone! Another great week has come to pass again! We had an amazing week because Monica was Baptized!!! Yes! Here is how the week went!
Monday, we went to the Arch and walked around downtown. We had 8 missionaries with us. 4 went up in the arch, I was one of the 4 that did not go up because I and the other 3 who were with me already have gone up before. SO we didnt want to spend money on doing that. That night we had dinner at the Rices and taught Monica a lesson. It went well, we watched some Videos of President Monson. It was great.
Tuesday was a good day with many appointments. We had one fall through and still it was awesome. We taught Boyd that day, he told us that it is hard for him to respect us as Elders for how young we are. We told him it means teacher. That did make him feel all much better. So now we have to take over a really old member so he can respect them when they back up what we say. And he keeps saying how the sabbath is on Saturday. Besides that he likes what we have to say. haha After that we went to Chauncei's. We taught him the first finally. We used the cups for it. It is a visual aid. He really felt the spirit. He really enjoyed it. It was so cool to see him feel the spirit and be able to tell what he was feeling so we couuld let him know that he was feeling the spirit. It was really awesome. He was finally ready to hear the first lesson. Then we taught Monica that night for the last time as an investigator. It was a great lesson. She was so prepared for Baptism.
Wednesday was good except the couple of dropped appointments we had with potential investigators. That stunnk. We went trying to find past members. We found one while stopping by. We were able to visit for a little bit and now we will be starting to teach them. Tamika the member and her boyfriend Lee. They have two kids together and live together. So we hope It will go well. He seems excited to hear the lessons! We had a Monicas baptismal interview that night. She passed! Then we had dinner with a Recent Convert the Lewis's. It was great!
Thursday was good. We had D-meet that afternoon. That morning we had another appointment that fell through with another potential investigator. That stunk when happened. He seemed very cool. D-meet was good. The Kellers who are a senior couple in the office came to it. It was way cool having them there! They are way awesome. We went to Lindas and she taught us the third lesson. It was awesome! She is such a great teacher. I hope they give her a calling to teach. That night we had a great lesson with Andrea and her daughter. They are doing so well. It will be exciting for there baptism in a few weeks.
Friday we recieved a referal and we went by it on our way down to Elder Bartas doctor appointment. We will start teaching the guy next week. We went and taught Joe who was a potential. We picked him up as a new gator. He had a lot of interesting questions about Aliens and what not. But he is very intersted and has been reading The Book of Mormon. After that we had dinner and a lesson with the Carpinteros. It was awesome because Mike rally opened up during the lesson and we are starting to make progress with him. It is awesome. That family is hilarious though. Every time we are there it is fun.
Saturday was the Baptism! Monica could not decide who she wanted to have to baptize her and confirm her. She just told my comp and I that she wanted us to do the both. So she left it up to us two to decide which was going to baptize and confirm her. I told my comp that he could choose which one he wanted to do because he goes home in 4 weeks and he has not gotten very many chances to baptize people. So he choose to baptize her and I got to confirm her. It was such an awesome service though. She was truely ready for Baptism and the ward loves her!!! She will do many great things. After the service we did a service project which was our ward and another church putting together some humantarian things together. It was cool.
Sunday during Sacrament meeting I confirmed Monica. It was such a great experience. It was my first time performing that Sacred ordinance. It was one of the most memorable moments and sacred so far on my mission. After church we went out to go contact some potentials and stuff. It started raining hard. We got so soaked. We were pretty miserable. We then had to go back to out place to change completly and then go to our dinner appointment at the Gonzo's. I even had an umbrella and was soaked. It rains sideways here though... After dinner we went to the Moises with Bro. Gonzo. They had been sick for over a week and still are. We started talking and Beth was having a hard time about the smoking thing and after talking about it she feels much better now and is ready to try. It was a really cool appointment.
Today we dont know what we are going to do yet. Oh well. Haha Have a great week!
Love,
Elder Derek Turner
*Serving in Zion*
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