Week 48

Me just chilling.
The unicorn behind me is the one from Despicable Me.
Some elders found it in a dumpster, bleached it, and then left it in the apartment.

An adorable kitty we found!

Sorry I haven't sent out a weekly email lately. I have decided to send out an updated version of an email that we send to our ward and stake leaders.  Tell me what yah think of our awesome experiences!  Also, this week we taught the Zone Training Meeting, and we got to go on exchanges with the Nephi elders, I went with elder Morgan, he is fresh out the MTC. People are treating us great here in Payson.

S- We have had a few lessons with him this week, mainly all to continue preparing and informing him of what will happen at his baptism. He has a good desire to continue going to church. We have discussed it with him, and felt that the 16th would be a good day, but he was wanting to change it due to scheduling issues. We will have a lesson/baptism interview with him today that will determine his date. He has testified to us that he feels the power of the spirit at church. It is really cool.


M- Had another lesson with M it was just dandy, he was very attentive, and had good questions, we taught the gospel of Jesus Christ. We are almost done with the recent convert lessons.

W- We haven't been able to have a lesson, as they have canceled a bunch. We have a lesson today in which we will talk about his concern. He still is struggling with accepting a date to be baptised. We have testified several time in the sincerity of our heart that he needs faith first, but no such luck.. we are at this moment planting seeds.


T- We are usually have lessons every Sunday at about 12:30. So this Sunday we invited him to regional conference , he said they would be there and then there for the lesson following it. The lessons we have been giving have mainly been review. He was taught several times by missionaries in the past.


R-We had an other lesson with R on wednesday, it went really well. He felt good about what was taught. The R's didn't manage to make it to this appointment. We were very bold and said that he should not get baptised if they were not going to be good about going to church. We explained that when your baptised you make a covenant or a sacred promise to god that for your life you will follow him. We talked, and suggested they contact and talk with the bishop, as he would be the one to interview R.

J- He is doing very well, we have had a lesson with him, and we moved his date back a little, to accommodate a few schedule issues. He would like to be baptised on the 23rd of September! We need to have a baptismal interview, but that will be about it. He has been taught all the lessons, and is well prepared for his baptism, the Ward is very excited!

T-- We got an online referral to visit T.. He recently moved in and talked with a member about the church at work. He works a ton, so it's hard to catch him. We called him on the phone and he said he was interested but he would call us when he's not at work. UPDATE: we stopped by and talked to him through his doorbell. It sounded like he had guests over. They were laughing and joking around saying that they didn't need us, and to go away. We aren't giving up on him yet, we will be over again.


G- We met this past Thursday. It went well. We hope they make it to regional conference. Sister H came with us, so hopefully they will go to Primary the next Sunday! If they do they spirit will testify to the power and blessings of it!

K- A senior couple told us about K. We had a lesson with him on Thursday. We talked about baptism and his desires. We even put him on date for baptism for October 14. His mother said they will be able to go to the regional conference. The spirit will benefit this family tremendously!.


K- They gave us him as well. We were excited to see the family at church! We had 2 lessons set up with the,, but both fell through, this week. The mother is trying to have her father be at the lessons, but he has had other plans, and they have had to cancel. We are going to try and stop by tonight to set up another visit.

S- We talked with Brother S for 30 minutes, with his wife, and kids, joining for about 5 minutes. Very nice family. Brother S said he had been offended in his early 20s. We asked a couple of the kids if they want to go to church and they said yes. It seems the parents are holding them back, a bit. He said he will think about if he wants missionaries to teach his kids, and for us to come back in 2 weeks (this was last Monday). We feel this family has very good potential!

Elder Minson