Our area is great! We have a great family stake to work with that has a lot of nonmembers and less-actives, and our YSA stakes are good as well. Bob is getting baptized on Saturday. He passed his interview today. He will be the oldest person that I have taught to get baptized (80 years old!).
We need to find some new investigators! We have a few preparing for baptism right now, which is awesome, so we need to find more so we aren't caught in a rut when they all get baptized. We had an awesome experience this Monday. A young couple we have been teaching finally got their answer! Two Mondays ago the wife asked us for a blessing and I was voice. It was probably the most powerful blessing that I have ever given. I knew that the Holy Ghost was speaking though me. The only thing that I really remember saying was at the beginning, when I said that Heavenly Father blessed her to know that this blessing was by the power of God. When we talked with her this Monday (we meet once a week on Mondays), she said that she really did know that it was by the power of the Priesthood. Then the next day (Tuesday), they happened to go for a drive and ended up at Temple Square. They read some scriptures there and then were just sitting there looking at the temple, and they started talking and thinking about baptism and said that they felt all of the fruits of the Spirit - love, joy, peace, light and everything else confirm to them that it was the right thing to do. After they had left and started for home as they were driving they also received confirmation about question 2 of the baptismal interview, which is if they believe that Joseph Smith was a prophet and the gospel was restored through him, and if they believe that Thomas S. Monson is the prophet of God today. They had been telling us that this was the only question that they could not answer honestly for the past few weeks. They had wanted to be baptized, but that held them back. Well, the husband received a confirmation from the Holy Ghost that made him know that Thomas S. Monson is a prophet, and the wife received a confirmation that Joseph Smith was a prophet! So they got both parts of the question. They were so happy and excited when we met with them on Monday. There was a new light in their faces and we could tell something had happened. It really is amazing what the Gospel does in our lives. They were talking about how amazing they felt and how they just wanted to tell everyone about what they now know. They are going to be amazing disciples in Christ's kingdom!
Well, I hope that everything is going well for everyone. Have an awesome week!
Love,
Grant
