Okay so this letter has the last two weeks since I
missed last week because I did not have time to write a full letter, although I
had time to reply to your emails, which I hope you enjoyed.
Reading all of your emails, it sounds like to me that
these last two week have been crazy! Caleb! You are one tough kid!
All of the stories I read of you crashing on your bike and breaking your arm,
waiting for the doctors for 3 days because they can’t do anything, Tanner
beating you up with your broken arm, doctors pulling on your arm for 20
minutes… It sounds like you’re turning out to be like your
oldest brother! Just one tough stud! I fell off my bike and broke my thumb
years ago, and you broke your arm! That only shows who's the tougher one!
haha Now you get to wear that sick cast on your first weeks of
school! You will have to have Tanner, and Dallin treat you like a king because
of your injury Caleb! Haha. Make sure that you do not sweat too much while you
are in that cast. Try not to get it dirty, and make sure that it does not get
wet! Or else it will smell SO SO bad. There will be an awful stench from
that cast.
We had a lesson on prophets with Rocio on
Sunday August 2nd. That was a good lesson! She told us that for some
reason everything that we have taught her she has remembered. She has been more
open and she enjoys what we are teaching her.
Last Monday August 3rd we went to
Banff with a family in the ward, It was a holiday in Canada so the place was
packed. We spent most of the day there and visited Lake Louise, Marine Lake,
Banff, and Johnson Canyon. We are only allowed to go once a year as
missionaries so I was glad that I was able to go. There were lots of other
missionaries there as well.
We had a lesson with David and Flora. We taught
them some of the lessons like; the Plan of Salvation, Gospel of Jesus Christ.
On Wednesday we went to the temple,
which was amazing! It has been a LONG time... We went with some members. Their
son was going through the first time. He leaves on his mission soon. The trip
to the temple was crazy! It started to hail paintball-sized! There were cars
pulled over under the over-pass to wait through the storm, its kind of
dangerous to drive on the highway when cars were blocking two lanes under the
overpass. Luckily we made it safely! :)
We taught another lesson to David and Flora. They
are still on date for Saturday of next week. We taught Heidi again. We did
not know what we were going to teach her because she has been taught a lot, and
not really progressing. I said we should read 3 Nephi 27
with her and talk about baptism. When we went over there she said
that she has been reading! We read 3 Nephi and asked her what are her thoughts
with baptism. After more reading, and praying, and lessons she should be
baptized. :)
Last Saturday on August 8 at 3:00 PM David
and Flora were baptized! We had two baptisms on Saturday. They went really,
really well! I was so happy to be there. There were about 48 members
and friends that showed up! There was lots of support, love, and friendship in
the room. They had some friends in a different ward who are converts of about
8-9 years and the father of that family baptized Flora and David. Maughan and I
were witnesses for the baptism. On Sunday they were confirmed members of
the Canyon Creek Ward by our bishop and they received the gift of the Holy
Ghost. We got to stand in the circle. That was a great experience!
Transfers are this Thursday. I will be staying
here. I’m not getting transferred, for which I’m happy because that
will be my 3rd one-and-done and 2nd in a row. Maughan is getting
transferred and he will be training as a District Leader. He is going down
after 9 months of zone leader.
With this month of "Walk and Talk August"
there have been many, many miracles in the mission. We get texts from the APs
that we forward to our zone of the miracles that happen! It is so amazing
to see the Lord’s hand in the work. Some miracles seen: our
missionaries run into this guy who has already read 20 chapters in
the Book of Mormon before they meet him. 2 lessons later they put him on date
for baptism.
More miracles: these missionaries decided to
fast for their investigators that they would come to church. None of them
came, but during gospel principles, a person that they have never seen before
was there. After church they walk with him home and a couple of minutes after
that he says that he wants to become a member of the Church, and he
is on date.
