Weekly Email!!!

Hey Everyone,

This last week has been a very good week. We have had a lot of success this last week.

I think that last time I talked about our lesson with Drew, but just in case I didn't here it is. On Tuesday night we met with Drew. He is a 17 yr old. He is friends with one of the youth in our ward. They invited him to take the lessons and he said yes. He has been coming with the Sanders family to church off and on since 8th grade, and he finally wants to know the truth and accept it. When the lesson was finished, we invited him to baptism, and he said yes if the answer he get from his prayers is yes. So our Tuesday night was a success!!!

We started our Wednesday off by going to the food bank and helping them bag up food to take to those in need. After we did this we met with our ward mission leader and planned the program for Tom's baptism. After that we met with some of the members still trying to get to know them and see if they have anyone who is wanting to learn about the gospel. After all of that we went down to Calexico to have a lesson with Ben. Ben is another one of our investigators who we added last week. He works with a member and asked the member to learn more about the church. Once we met with him, the lesson went well. Then during this 2nd lesson with him, when we challenged him to baptism, he said once he knows for sure he will. So that went super well!

On Thursday we went and had a lesson with a LA member, who wants to get back to church. Right now she is preparing to get a patriarchal blessing. After her lesson we had a lesson with a recent convert and his non-member son. That went really well and we invited him to church. He accepted and we hope that we will see success from him. Then we most of the day weekly planning. After all that we had a few more lessons with a few people.

On Friday, we met with Tom and explained everything for the baptism. We showed him around the font and helped answer any questions about what will happen. We also went over the program with him and he liked what we planned.

On Saturday we had the baptism and it went so good!!! The service was so nice and such a spiritual experience. Tom really enjoyed it and it was a success. After his baptism we had a lesson with a recent convert. We also talked about patriarchal blessings because she also wants one. Then we met with an investigator named Angel. Him and his mom were the only ones who were at the lesson, but normally their whole family joins. Angel has already received an answer about the Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith. When we invited them to baptism, Angel said yes and we set a date to have that happen. His mom said that she wanted to learn more and when she got an answer it was true, she would be baptized as well.

Sunday we confirmed Tom in church and it was really cool to stand in the circle and be a part of that. It was such a great experience. Then we went to Seeley, which is where a few members and potential investigators live.

And Monday we walked around our area and stopped at less active members on the route. We were able to talk with a few of them and help them want to come back to church. We also met with Hector and Gylda- who are a couple who both are in wheelchairs. They are the most humble people. They look at the good side of this experience instead of the negative. They are the best example of humility.

So that is the highlights of the week.

I hope that you all have an amazing week!!! Love you all!!

Love Elder Betts