Love At Home

Hello everyone!

This week was good!

1. We are mostly just really looking forward to next week when our investigator gets baptized this Saturday, and our inactive member that we've been working with for a while goes back to the temple on Friday! So that will be exciting and I'll have more to report on this time next week haha.

2. Our investigator getting baptized, his name is Alberto, and he's awesome. He's so prepared. He came to Temple Square again yesterday so we could talk to him and he told us about some of the trials he's been going through, and man his life has been hard especially as of late. He's sacrificed a lot to be able to join the church and find peace, but he's so solid. He's from El Salvador, but since he lives here in Utah we'll be able to go to his baptism! He is also going to bring us pupusas or however you spell that food haha. We're excited :) 

3. The rest of our investigators are doing really well! A couple have recently dropped off the map and stopped replying which is sad, but others are still progressing really nicely. Patrick is doing fantastic, and he and his family should be getting baptized in March. We sent them a distribution copy of the Book of Mormon for kids, and they read it every night as a family. It's so cute and his kids are great. I love that about the gospel, that one of the most precious teachings and doctrines that we have is on the sanctity of the family and how the family can be and should be eternal. I see how much hope it brings to these people how have parents, or a wife that has died - knowing that this life isn't the end and that if they live worthy they can be receive that blessing from heaven. It's a really amazing thing. 

4. This guy walked up to me and asked me in all seriousness after looking at the temple model what we feed the cows in the basement of the temple that has kept them alive since 1893. I said lots of protein. Ahahaha just kidding. I mean, I did say that - but then I explained. They aren't alive for anyone that's wondering :) 

I hope everyone has a fantastic week! I find great power in the Book of Mormon, if you're having a hard time or need a lift up - I invite you to just open the Book and read. Even if the answers you need aren't in black and white there on the page, it opens the windows of heaven to receiving guidance from the Holy Ghost as to what we should do. I love it.

--Sister Black