May 28

This was a fantastic week!!! I don't remember if I told you about Nate or not but he is a new investigator that we got this week and he is SO ready to accept the gospel into his life. We met him for the first time on Wednesday this week (May 23rd) and he had three questions for us:

1) What do I need to do to get baptized and how soon can it happen?

2) What are the requirements to go on a mission?

3) How do I join the singles branch?

 

UMMM.... HELLO!!!!!!!!! SO HAPPY!!! So Nate is going to get baptized on Saturday. WE have met with him everyday this week and at our second meeting with him we taught him the Plan of Salvation and the Word of Wisdom because he had to live the WOW for one week prior to his baptism. He said that wasn't going to be a problem and that all he was going to need were some toothpicks to overcome the oral fixation. I told him that I would gladly buy him toothpicks if he would stop smoking:) So from that day on he has been smoke free and living the Law of Chastity (we taught him that on Friday). He is so amazing to me. He has so much faith!!! His interview is today so that Saturday can become official but I am not worried about that at all. We went through the questions with him on Sunday and he shared his testiomony with us about everything that we asked him. I am really excited because we get to go to the Temple with him on Thursday. The First Presidency approved a Visitors Center for the Portland Temple that just opened in February so we get to use that as a missionary tool. I am way excited for that. I haven't been with an investigator (you have to have them before you can take them) but I hear that it is a fantastic tool!! Nate is such an answer to fasting and prayer.

 

Things otherwise are also really good. Yesterday we went to the air museum again and saw two movies Air Racers about the air race in Reno (Dad would have loved that one) and then Rescue which was about the rescue efforts in Haite after the Earthquackes. We then went to the Oliveria's (Sister Smith's family) for a Memorial Day BBQ. It was a lot of fun.

 

Thanks for all that you do for me.

 

Love ya'll so much