This was a good week mainly because we got someone on date for baptism Saturday the 16th. Meet Jane and Rebbecca. Rebbecca is a single mom, who has been investigating for about 9 months now and Jane is her 9 year old daughter. They are ready to accept the Gospel. Rebbecca constantly tells us that she feels the spirit in her life and that ever since she has started living the Gospel, her life has changed. Originally Jane wasn't going to be baptized because she is with her dad on Sundays and can't attend church, but she attends her other Church activities throughout the week and President Larkin thought it would be appropriate for her to be baptized the same day as her mother. They will be strong members of the church! Rebbecca feels right in the Church and the ward has really reached out and befriended her. On Sunday we took Rebbecca on a tour of the Temple grounds. She truly felt the spirit of the grounds and we constantly reminded her that she would always feel this same spirit after she was baptized on Saturday. She knew that the temple was a special place and didn't want to leave the grounds and return home. Now that we have Jane on date to be baptized, we are going to be teaching Rebbecca and Jane almost every night this week so that Jane can understand the importance of being baptized into Christ's Church.
As for our other investigators, they aren't really progressing, although we have faith that they will. One woman from Kroatia was supposed to be baptized on Saturday, but she still had some problems to work out. President Larkin has challenged me and Elder Kitchen to have 4 baptisms this month, almost doubling the amount of baptisms this ward has had this year. I think we can actually do it too! Tonight and tomorrow I have my first exchanges with another Elder in my district. I am going to stay in our area with the other Elder, while Elder Kitchen goes to a neighboring ward tomorrow. It will be interesting because I still don't know this area very well. The weeks here keep getting better and better. This week should be good too! We are getting better at keeping our schedules full so we don't have to go tracting, which isn't very effective in this area at all! The bishop gave us some good ideas on where to go in our area , which has been okay so far. Like I said last week, really the only baptisms that have come about in this ward have been from member referrals. I can't wait to tell you about how my first baptisms have gone when I write back next week!
Until then,
~Elder Richard Fetzer
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