Hello Hello Everyone :)
Sorry this E-mail is a Day late, I had a
busy day yesterday...riding Roller coasters on P-Day :) Haha Lagoon aint
got nothing on Silver Dollar City Boiiii! Haha Anyways, this past week
had been good but very slow at the same time. I guess we can get to it.
Tuesday June 26th- We met with Isabella first today, shes
been taught everything that we need to teach her so we just read the
Book of Mormon with her. Her baptismal date is set for the 4th of
August, she could be baptized a lot sooner but we wanted her dad to
baptize her and hes a less active member. So we set the date that far
off just so he can ready himself to do so. He most likely will. After he
we taught another lady named Cynthia. She is struggling with addiction
problems and has had a baptismal date in the past but her addictions got
the best of her and she hasnt been the easiest person to get a hold of
to teach. So we had met with her for the first time since we met her
last in May and found out she had been sober since and that she wanted
to take things serious again. So we started from square on; The
Restoration. She knew it fairly well already so it was great to see that
she was so familiar with it. Lastly we met with Caleb. He's being
baptized on the 14th and will have his baptismal interview this weekend.
He will most likely be my first baptism and i will be baptizing him :)
Stooooooked! Ended off the day watching one of the members in the wards
championship little league baseball game. If that wasnt the most
suspenseful game i've ever watched, i dont know what is haha. They ended
up losing 7-8 :( Sad story.
Wednesday June 27th- We met with a couple today who comes to
church every sunday and really want to be members but they cant decide
if they should be baptized. For him, he was in the navy and was in the
war so he feels he shouldnt be forgiven for what he did in his past,
i.e. baptized. For her, she wont unless he does. So we invited them to
be baptized on August 11th and they were receptive of it, but asked if
we would give them 2 weeks to think and discuss about it and then they
would let us know. They are pretty solid investigators though and really
enjoy the teachings of our gospel so im not too worried. This was the
extent of today, we had a few other appointments but they got
rescheduled to another day.
Thursday June 28th- Another Service day with the wonderful
Alms Family. The highlight of today was that...well heres the background
story, our beds are...crap. Probably not as bad as all my Lost Boys out
in their awesome foreign areas but for being in the states...they are
terrrible haha. Matt knew about this and we were just talking about how
we sleep like crap and how the ward was supposed to get beds for us but
hadnt yet..so he said "We're going to get you guys some beds." So thats
exactly what we did. He spent 800$ a piece for both Elder Decker and I's
bed! Just straight out of pocket and asked for nothing in return :)
Such a blessing this family is in our life. For me personally, i couldnt
be more thankful for them. They do so much for me just out of the
kindness of their hearts.
Friday June 29th- We only had One lesson today because the
other one cancelled on us but we met with Tom, who is single guy who has
been having terrible back and body problems since a car accident he got
into last year. We cant set a baptismal date with him because of
certain things but he still loves talking to us about the gospel. We
gave him a blessing because he was in pain and he said almost instantly
when we said Amen, he felt chills go down his spine and didnt hurt at
all. The power of the priesthood is such a wonderful gift from our
father above.
Saturday June 30th- We spent today with the Alms Family again
today. Not much to report except for I made an amazing BACON WEAVE!
Bacon Strips and Bacon Strips and Bacon Strips and Bacon Strips...Yeah
im done. Thats all we did today Ha
Sunday JULY 1st- Another wonderful Sabbath day; Fast Sunday. I
bore my testimony in sacrament and was overwhelmed by the spirit. I
held it in like champ though :') haha We finally met with Sam Maples
again and found out hes not moving out of our Area and he will be
getting baptized on August 4th :) We received a new investigator as a
refferal from his wife and taught him that night. Hes more into the
political and "Actuality" of things but really enjoys the teachings of
our church. We plan on inviting him to baptism on August 25th this
upcoming sunday.
Thats been my week in a pretty dece average summary :) Hope it wasnt
too boring, trust me, its never boring experiencing all of it. Time is
flying by and I am enjoying it more and more as the days pass by. It
still surprises me sometimes that Im actually here because a year ago, i
thought i would for sure be getting ready for Fall Camp. ( I miss
football...haha) To all my LOSY BOYS, I Wish you all the Best. I
know that the work we are doing is worth every minute of our time out
here and that we as well as our families and others will be blessed,
especially those who you are teaching.
I hope all of you have a great week. Pray always and "Counsel with
the lord is all thy doings..." (Alma 37:37) He will never steer us
wrong. There is nothing in this life that our heavenly father would put
us through, lest there be a way that we might overcome it.
I love you all and hope the best for you. Have a great week :) Thank you for all that you do for me as well as my family.
Till Next Time
-Elder Isaac Andrew Asiata