This Week Has Been Going Great!

Dear Family & Friends,

This week has been going great.  We had many opportunities to teach and share the Gospel.  Often times planting seeds, but others we have found who are ready to learn and come closer to Christ and our Heavenly Father.  One is a young man named Dominic.  He is 17 and in hunger to learn about God and this Gospel.  We are preparing him for baptism on the 26th of this month.  He has loved the first two lessons and we are looking forward to sharing this gospel further with him. 

The Baptism and Confirmation of the Lewis family was great.  I baptized Enoch, Tim Dotson baptized Marcus, and then we both baptized Mesha...she had an unknown fear of water that kicked in right as she stepped into the font.  We had to calm her down a bit and we both helped her under and back up.  Afterwards she was fine, and when they were confirmed she got up and bore a simple, but powerful testimony of how the gospel has changed her life and her outlook on everything.  Marcus is going to receive the Priesthood next week, and even talked to the Bishop about the possibility of a mission.  The Gospel is incredible and it truly changes us, and all of us need it every day.  We are excited to continue to see this family grow stronger and stronger in the faith. 

I am so happy to hear the changes occurring in the youth back home.  It sounds like the Gospel has really started to take affect in their lives, and I am excited to hear how they continue to grow.  Zach Nielsen will be just a couple hours south of me here in 3 weeks!  He will continue to grow a ton in these next couple weeks. 

The work is really growing here and the congregation in this Ward is growing more and more each week as we strengthen the members who in turn help us strengthen the less actives and investigators.  We are seeing more and more people come out as each of us works together in unity in sharing this gospel and helping others repent and come unto Christ.

We are having a Zone Conference this next Wednesday, and we had a wonderful leadership meeting last Wednesday.  I sang with Elder Helton playing piano last week and was asked to sing with Elder Ingersoll playing violin and Elder Romerall playing piano this next week.  Lots of great opportunities!

For thanksgiving the Mission President is switching our Prep day to that Thursday.  We don't really do much other than what we usually do...but we will be eating at someone’s house for Thanksgiving dinner! 

Well I hope you have a wonderful week!  It sounds like great things are happening all over, and it's good to hear.  I believe that negative things will bring us down but God will bring us up.  People need that.  They need to be brought back up.

Love you all lots!

Elder Weaver