Hey everyone!
So good to hear from you this week! I loved your emails and your pictures. Especially the one of Jake and Brit in their Halloween costumes. HAHA, made me laugh pretty good. I’m guessing that Jake came up with that?? haha.
So first off Chan, YOU GOTTA RISK IT TO GET THE BISCUIT BOY! Do not procrastinate the day of repentance or it will be TOO LATE! We are all praying for you here haha! So it sounds like Dad is adjusting well to his double life as Bishop Lawyer Smith. I knew you would Dad. Proud of you! And I can’t believe you guys are going to Hawaii! That’s awesome!
So we had a pretty up and down week. BAPTISM weeks are always pretty crazy! So first off, this week we could not find a single soul to teach. We literally talked to soooo many people this week and taught not a single one. Pretty rough.
But the great news was that yesterday Joey was baptized. He was SOO ready and it meant the world to his Mom. The sad part is that the mission is really struggling right now. Not many baptisms at all. So we were VERY blessed to have been able to have taught Joey. My little boy, Elder Hobbs, got to get in the water for the first time and I was so proud of both of them. They did great. The thing that touched my heart was after the baptism our branch President got up (President Goodman) who is a STUD-MUFFIN, and started asking Joey questions in front of everyone. He said, “This is all great Joey, but WHY? What does this even mean??? Why did you do this?? What does all this even lead to?”
Oh man pressures on.
Joey just looked at him and said, "I did it to be cleansed of my sins and get the Holy Ghost."
Phew!
Then Pres. Goodman asks again, “WHERE DOES THAT LEAD?”
Again I was trying to remember if we had gotten that far with him haha!
“TO THE PRIESTHOOD.” Joey says.
2 FOR 2!!
“And then what?” President Goodman asks.
And Joey looks at him and says without hesitation, "I’m going to be a missionary!"
TOUCHDOWN!! haha!
And I realized really how great his faith really is. And how he's willing to follow God the rest of his life. I hope we can have the faith of Joey to let the gospel change our lives. . I know it has and is changing mine.
I am so blessed to be here and so happy to finally break that “Sanny B - Baptism Barrier” that I’ve been facing since I’ve been here. The Lord really blessed us with Joey. And we are so blessed to have witnessed the Spirit work in his life and to have been a part of the change that the Lord is making in him.
Well that’s all the time I have for today. Sorry for the short email but I hope you all know how much I love you!! You’re the best!!! And I pray that you have a HAPPY HALLOWEEN!! We will be studying Spanish and handing out candy on Wednesday night! I’ll think of all of you!! BYE!!!!
