We had an awesome baptism on Saturday. Jeremy is from China and he's incredible. He said that after he received the gift of the Holy Ghost that it felt like fire burning in his chest and he liked it. His English isn't very good, so when he describes how he is feeling it is always with fun words and actions. But his English keeps getting better and better, especially since he read the English Book of Mormon every day. He is really cool.
Sister Aalderink, who got baptized three weeks ago, is getting her patriarchal blessing this week and she's on fire! She has read 'Our Heritage' and 'Our Search for Happiness' since she was baptized, not to mention the scriptures.
The ward is really reaching out to Jeanine and bringing her into the ward family, and also Jimmy, Robert, and Lorenzo. They're all doing really, really well. And Bram, Ronsina, Nelson and Rozita are all starting to come to church regularly. It is all just going really, really well here and I'm loving it.
Tell Addi that I'm anything but trucky...the only reason I make comments in my emails is because ya'll started complaining that I wasn't missing home and didn't want to come home, so I throw those in there to comfort you. Elder Shumway isn't trunky either, because the work would slow down a ton and it would bite trying to get his boing, but he's working hard to the end!
Neither of us have a problem focusing on the task at hand and we're just loving it. I feel so good now, I've never felt so free of burden or concern or worry. The only thing I worry about is the choices that the people make that we're working with, but I know the the Lord will take care of them, so it's not a big deal. I do my thing and do everything I can to get as much done as I can and do it His way and it just all seams to work out really well. Everything just flows smoothly and I love it.
Our whole zone is just moving along, we've got a lot of missionaries that are struggling and that we've been working with, but overall everyone is doing well, even though one of the missionaries ran away and got on an airplane and went home...still don't understand why he just didn't tell us he was done and we could have sent him home instead of having to search all over the country for him...but whatever.
Monday we had our District Leaders Council and we brought all the district leaders and mentors to our house and cooked steak, chicken, mashed potatoes, corn-on-the-cob, and apple and pumpkin pies...it was really good...that as good as the zone leaders council, but still good. And we had a good discussion on how to lead and reach out to other people to lift them up and inspire them to be their best self.
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