Hello everyone!
It's been another fantastic week here in St. Johns, Arizona. I will warn you though, this email is going to be unusually short.
So
we were doing some service for some people the other day, and it was a
whole lot of random jobs pretty much just taking care of their backyard
getting ready for a wedding reception that would be hosted there. And
one of the jobs was the most redneck thing I've ever done. You see, their
lawn had a ton of brownish reddish spots all over, and they wanted it
green, and so they had us take green spray paint and spray the lawn.
Unfortunately they bought like this really dark forest green and it
didn't match at all. But it was a lot of fun though. Who knew there was
such a simple way of getting green grass?
So
we began teaching someone named Ladonna. Her husband is a member, his
name is Trent. And Trent's mom is really close to Ladonna and had told
us that she was expressing interest in being baptized. We weren't gonna
try and push or anything though and we figured she'd talk to us when she
was ready. Well we just went by for a quick visit one night with the
intent of sharing an uplifting message about Jesus Christ with them,
cause that's what we do. And that's what we did, and we were about to
say a prayer and leave when they said "we actually have something we
wanted to tell you, she wants to get baptized." And so we talked about
that with them and we started teaching her this week. She has a pretty
good background with the Gospel, and has already learned a lot from the
family she married into and she is very accepting of what we teach. So
that's exciting for her and her family.
That's something I
love is that the Gospel can really bring families closer together. And
that's such an important part of God's plan for us and I've seen that a
lot on my mission, that God really does love and care about each of us,
and that the joy we can experience in families is meant to last forever,
and we can be with our families forever because of Jesus Christ. I know
this is true. I pray that we all can come to know our Heavenly Father's
love more and gain a deeper understanding of the purpose and joy that
we can have in our lives.
Well, it's time for me to make like a salt shaker and dash, but I hope that you all have a great week.
Til I write again,
~Elder Oswald
P.S.- Pictures
1. The Wild West
2. Donkey Selfie
3. When you're making pancakes while thinking of home
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