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Elder Getts is home!

Elder Getts arrived in Columbia Falls this morning about 11:20am.  It is so good to have him here.  He served a faithful mission and is now embarking on the rest of his life.  :)

Mom

Dad

Niels is happy to have his big brother home.

The Last Two Weeks

This last week has been amazing! We had the Mission Department come and give us a training on how to teach more simply and powerfully. They showed us how to teach with the pamphlets they made from Preach My Gospel by asking the investigators to look at the pictures and tell us what they see. (Does that remind you of 1 Nephi 11?) It works really well! The Spirit is there and they put forth some effort to think so He can influence them more. We teach and testify simply and they really get it! We learned how to invite them to read the Book of Mormon and what we needed to do to help them got to church so they can witness the sacred ordinance of the sacrament. The same day after we got out of the meeting we were impressed to stop by someone that we haven't taught for 5 months, since I first got in the area. I had only met the wife and the son, but the dad answered the door, and we said that we are servants of Jesus Christ and we were inspired to come by their house. He let us in and we taught him the Restoration. The Spirit was very strong. We have been having many other experiences like that and seeing many miracles. The whole mission is changing because of the many things that we learned. The Lord is hastening His work in more than just calling more missionaries, but in how we do the work and how we guide others to the truth as well. What we learned is really going to have an effect on my whole life; I can feel it. Elder Hernandez and I were talking, and if I hadn't come home from the Dominican Republic and then come to this mission, I wouldn't have been in the Utah Provo Mission at this critical time in missionary work and wouldn't have been present at the life-changing meeting that we had. I am so grateful for Heavenly Father's plan! Have a wonderful week!

Well, here goes the last email from my mission! Pretty crazy. I still don't think I really grasp it yet. I had my exit interview with President McCune yesterday, which was good. This weekend was great! Justin and Stephanie were baptized (in the pictures I will send). Their baptism was awesome! They are really bright (she goes to law school at BYU) and study the scriptures a lot, have always believed in Christ and she even prayed about if coming to BYU was the right decision. (We weren't at all surprised when she told us that it felt right :) the Lord brought them here for a reason). They have attended 2 Married Student Wards, and then with all of their friends from school, we filled up the whole chapel! It was great, especially because they bore their testimonies. We even were able to bring an investigator named Benson from Kenya, who will be baptized on the 13th, so it was a great baptism for him. Then on Sunday Elder Hernandez confirmed Stephanie and I confirmed Justin. It was really powerful and I definitely felt the Spirit during both blessings. He was ordained to the Priesthood as well, so we will be going with them tomorrow morning to do baptisms for the dead! It is awesome to be able to do that with them. I love going with new converts to the temple, because then they see how much more they can receive through the Gospel and get a glimpse of what is in store for them. Justin and Stephanie actually started a blog about becoming Mormon and they said they have already had people from all over the world look at it. The new Assistant is Elder Guzman! He was my companion as Zone Leader, so you should remember him. He will do a great job. Teaching went a little slow this week because of transfers and also Elder Hernandez was sick for a day. Well, I love you and am looking forward to seeing everyone at the airport on Thursday!

Love,

Elder Getts 


Justin and Stephanie get baptized
with Elder Hernandez and Elder Getts