Ola!
Yeah I'm shaking things up this time. So this last week has been pretty good. We got a hold of some investigators who we haven't been able to get a hold of for a while. We had a couple investigators bail on us with church again, but we're working with it. So the exciting news from this week is I had my first two baptisms! It was such a cool experience. I'll try and attach a picture. We'll see if will let me. M and H were baptized by Elder D on Saturday and confirmed on Sunday. It was such a cool experience. M (as he prefers to be called) had a sweet 3 piece white suit. He wore it to church too. I ended up giving an on the spot talk at the baptism on baptism and the Holy Ghost. There was such a cool spirit there.
We were also excited because it got Brother Q-who is not a member-to come to church and feel the spirit at the baptism. We watched the Restoration while we were waiting for them to change and you could see the spirit working on him. Hopefully he'll be open to learning from us.
So on Sunday in our first block of church our investigators bailed on us. So we got roped in as we were walking to class to help in the nursery for a few minutes. I ended up sorting out a fight over a dump truck and getting proposed to. I could hardly understand what she was saying at first, but it made me laugh after I figured it out. I also discovered that Elder D is an extremely good artist during coloring time and that's not a joke. Elder D and I also received bracelets from our ward mission leader's daughter later that day. She's ten.
Another noteworthy accomplishment is that we're getting our Russian friend to read the Book of Mormon and Elder D beat him in chess. I still lost this week, but it was an accomplishment for him. We're working with him which is great. He's keeping his commitments. Oh and I beat Elder D. V--that's his name--said he's taking us to get Chinese food for lunch next time. It's different teaching him. We mostly have him talk and he ends up feeling the spirit as he reads and talks about it. He's coming along.
My companion signed up for the ACT next month. We'll see if I'm still here then, but we'll see what I end up doing during those four hours. It should be exciting. It feels like I've been through all this before. Speaking of schools according to our sources BYU won this week! That's exciting news. We ate dinner at a Ute fan's house the other night which was a good ol' time. They're an awesome family and so willing to help us out which is cool. Offered their home for lessons and everything.
We've been working hard out here. It's been cloudy, rainy, and a little cold this last week so I had to buy a sweater. It's alright now though. We've been meeting lots of new people every day. It's just like those stories you hear where you ask for their number and they'll just say, "I'll call you". Frustrating, but it's alright we're not getting down on ourselves. We're having a lot of success too. We're just working on getting people to say yes to--not the dress--baptism. It's a scary word to some people.
So cool spiritual experience of the week. We went to teach M daughter of M [They have the same name]. M Sr. is a member, but she is very old and can't really get around. She live with her daughter who is not a member. We went to teach the daughter who wasn't there, but here sister T was. So we talked to her and taught the first lesson and she committed to baptism on the 29th of October. It was such a cool experience. She just soaked it all up. She was ready and we didn't even know we were going to teach her. The spirit was so strong. Unfortunately she doesn't live in our area so we passed her information on to other missionaries. That was the most golden referral they will ever get. She came with a baptismal date. We'll get to teaching M (Jr) and M (who is the daughter that is 9) this week hopefully. We're pretty excited.
On a less exciting note I was fed hot dogs again. It's getting to be kinda funny now. My companion makes fun of me. Oh and I forgot to mention that M showed up right as we were leaving and agreed to watch conference with us and feed us lunch so we are teaching her then. It should be great. God works in mysterious ways. I hope you are all excited for Conference because we are.
We also fed squirrels with our Russian friend this week. They grabbed them out of our fingers as we tried to set them down.
Well I miss and love all of you. Thank you for all the support. I hope to hear from all of you. Oh and pray for Elder Worton. India's rough. My roommate served there and he had a hard time in the beginning too, but he ended up loving the food and culture. And please write Elder Stout, Elder Proctor, Elder Graham, Elder Sharp, Elder Buhler, and Sister Proctor. Missionaries need the support and letters. I hope you are all doing well.
Love you too,
Elder Reeve Sudweeks
PS There's no slot for an SD card to next time I have to bring my USB cable for pictures. Desculpa
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