Well this week has been good, hectic but good. It is really different covering the whole ward now. We do have some super awesome new investigators now. So we will start with Diana. Diana is super cool, and she is on date to be baptized at the end of this month. Her biggest concern is her family. They are Catholic and do not want her to be baptized. She already has a testimony and she wants to be Baptized but she is struggling with her family. So we have invited Sister Jordan from the ward to help fellowship her. Sister Jordan just returned from her mission and she was baptized at 16 or 17, and she went through similar situations with her family, in fact she was more or less kicked out when she got home from her mission. Hopefully it will be good! Then there is the Tavis Family, We got a referral for them from the Bishop, and we stopped by on Tuesday. It turns out that when we got there we found out that several missionaries have tried to teach them but none have got in the door. We were the first to get in the door, and not only that, the committed to be Baptized! They haven't set a date yet but they want to get baptized. It was definitely a miracle!
I was reading in the scriptures this week in the Book of Mormon, and there was one scripture that I read that really caused me to ponder. I was reading in Mosiah 18, and Alma has just become converted because of the preaching of Abinadi, so he goes and he starts teaching and sharing his joy with others, and then he starts baptizing. The scripture that stood out to me in this chapter this particular time around was verse 30 "And now it came to pass that all this was done in Mormon, yea, by the waters of Mormon, in the forest that was near the waters of Mormon; yea, the place of Mormon, the waters of Mormon, the forest of Mormon, how beautiful are they to the eyes of them who there came to the knowledge of their Redeemer; yea, and how blessed are they, for they shall sing to his praise forever." This verse talks about how beautiful the Waters of Mormon are to those who were converted there. This caused me to ponder upon my conversion, and how beautiful the places where I experienced my conversion are to me. Such as a Mountain side in New Mexico, or a Dance hall at a university in San Antonio (EFY), or by a swimming pool, or on a stage with a choir, or in a garage in Moreno Valley, California. Where are the places that you have experienced your conversion, are they beautiful to you?
Well I Love you guys,
Elder Bangerter
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