Week 11

So another week has come, and this one was a good one. We started doing a Wednesday night class for investigators, and because this was the first one, only Jon and Natalie were there. Natalie said that she really liked it and wants to go again this week. Then, some Elders had a baptism on Saturday so we called Jon and Natalie, to see if they could go, Natalie said she had work so she couldn’t, but that she got a new job and will have Saturday and Sunday off now and will be able to go to church, and was excited about it, which was way cool. We were able to bring Jon to the baptism, this was his second baptism that he's been to. After the baptism we were talking to him, and asking him if he has noticed any changes in his life at all since we have started teaching him and since he has been reading and praying on his own. He said that he has. So then we asked about Natalie, he said that they started to read the Book of Mormon together, a chapter a night, and that they both are living all the commandments basically so far, and that they both feel like there has been a weight lifted off of their shoulders, which is way cool. So then we asked him if they thought about marriage at all, he said he wants to, and he’s not sure if Natalie wants. That they have talked about it a little bit. But then he tells us that she's looked at rings from Tiffany’s and was looking at some wedding website, Elder Graham and I had to laugh. Then we told him that things would keep going good if they got baptized, and we think that he wants to, so we think that they might be getting married soon so that they both can get baptized, which would be way cool!

Then we also started teaching this older couple, the Jones family. The first lesson we taught them, we didn’t really say much, and Mr. Jones told us that when we first went there he didn’t really care to listen to what we had to say, but that he liked us and wanted us to come back. So we had set up a time to come back. Then last night we were near their house so we thought we would just stop by and say hi to them. Well they invited us in, at 8pm, and they said we were starving so they fed us dinner as well. Then we started talking to them a bit and Mr. Jones was saying that he wouldn’t mind being a Mormon but doesn’t think that he would be good enough. So after a bit of talking, and giving them the Book of Mormon, he said that he would read it at least 10 min a day, which was way sweet. They are such a nice family, and they want us to come back whenever we don’t have something going on. So we'll see how things go with them hopefully they keep loving everything haha...

Well I hope everyone's doing good still. Love you all, and can’t wait to hear from you people!

Love,
Elder Holcombe