It's Getting Cold

Yesterday I saw snow on the Mtns and knew Utah winter was here. Then this morning it snowed at our house. Let the cold begin.

Work in Layton is going well. We have two baptisms scheduled for this upcoming weekend. And 4 more to follow in the weeks after. Now we need to focus on finding more people to teach so we can have a continual line of prepared people brought to Christ instead of having nobody to teach for weeks like we had before.

We had an amazing lesson this week. There is a family, the Bylillies, that have been taught in the past. The parents are members, but don't go to church. The wife has 2 daughters who haven't been baptized, and don't go to church. After some persistent work, we started teaching them a few weeks ago.

The main hurdle was the mom. She's been, for lack of a better word, grumpy toward the church and missionaries in general. We have a lesson every Wednesday. This week we taught the Plan of Salvation, which is something they've been taught at least once, probably a few times by missionaries. The actual lesson was good. Nothing at all special. We answered a few questions, taught about where we came from, why we are on this earth, and what happens after we die, which is what this lesson covers.

After the lesson, Bro. Peterson, the neighbor, bore his testimony of how the knowledge of this plan has helped his life. After he did this, Elder Miller and I followed suit. Just after the 3 testimonies, as I was about to wrap it up and end the lesson, the mother burst into tears. She then bore her testimony about prayer, the Plan of Salvation, and said "I know the church is true". It was amazing. The spirit hit us all like a semi truck.

It completely changed my attitude of having lessons over at their house. They still haven't gone to church in a loong time. But there is progress, however slow, steps are being made that she, her children, and everyone she comes in contact with will be blessed with. I love being a missionary because I get so much out of talking to people. I get to hear people's heartfelt sincere testimonies and that just strengthens my own.