Hello family,
This was a pretty good week. We had a strange dinner, a baptism, a temple trip, and a sweet district meeting.
On Friday
we had the weirdest dinner appointment ever! Nobody from the ward
signed up so we thought we would be on our own. On our way out the door
that morning a lady from an apartment near ours told us that her
birthday was that day. She proceeded to invite us to her birthday party
that night. We debated on whether to go or not, because we knew a few
people would be drinking. When we gave her our answer she told us that
she had hand-selected everyone that was coming. She said she especially
wanted us to be there so we could talk with all of them, because some of
them need some help. That night we all walked over to the restaurant.
The lady that invited us tried to focus all the attention on us. Is was
weird. Obviously somewhere along the line we made an impact on her. One
of the guests told us that he was a convert to the church, but hadn't
been in many, many years. We told him where the church was and all the
info about it. The lady that invited us afterwards was very appreciative
that we came and said many of them have expressed interest in coming to
church and meeting with us, but are afraid to ask us. We will try to
follow-up with some of them. It's cool to see how the Lord has prepared
people in our own backyard. None of them were members, except that one
guy.
On Wednesday we had a trip to the temple. It was awesome as usual. I learned some
new things which were cool.
Directly after our temple trip we all walked over to
the visitor center and had our district meeting. It was a really great
meeting. Everyone seemed to enjoy it. Our training was about how to take
advantage of the visitor center and some of the expectations when you
bring people there. I thought it was a super spiritual meeting probably
because we were all on a spiritual high from the temple. It was a good
idea. Since it went well with our group other districts are thinking
about doing it.
On Saturday
Theodore was baptized. He showed up super late so we didn't have time
to take pictures of him in his white clothes. Kinda sad, because he is awesome,
but it's alright. Everyone in the ward seems to love him a lot. They are
all very friendly to him. He will be a great addition to the ward. The
church came out with some new direction saying that we are supposed to
remain in contact with our converts for AT LEAST a year. Theodore will be
my friend forever. I had the opportunity to give him the Gift of the Holy Ghost in
sacrament meeting. Giving someone the Holy Ghost is an incredible
opportunity. Most of the time it's the first time the person has ever
experienced the laying on of hands.
Our meeting with the 11 year old boy turned out alright. We talked to
him about Pokemon a little bit. The mom was supportive of him being
baptized, but she said it has to be his decision not hers. We are going
to get him involved with some of the other 11 year old boys in the ward
as well as scouting.
That's about it for this week.
Love you all a lot, Elder Udy
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