This week was pretty good though. One day was kinda freaky. One of our investigators has 5 demons that have possessed him and when we were discussing getting rid of them in a lesson they really faught against him hard. He can see and hear them. But he has had them for years and they were physically hurting him and he could barely talk at points and was gurgling and had to run to the bathroom and spit up tons of crap and was hunched over in pain multiple times. It was insane. Its crazy how powerful Satan can be when you give him power over you. But we are safe so no worries. Nathan is doing well and is praying about baptism so we will see how that goes.  The ward here is amazing though and they take amazing care of us. Having a great time here. Love you! 

This week was great! Our investigator, Nathan, is doing really well and is getting closer to baptism. He's gone for a week at his ex step dads though who is totally anti mormon, so keep him in your prayers. But other than that he is super awesome. He is 15 and works so it's just a matter of getting work off on Sundays which will be the most difficult thing, and possibly quitting coffee.

Some members made us ribs and they were delicious! Just fell apart. Yummy!

But I'm being obedient and working hard. It's not worth it not to be. Things are going great with my new companion. He has read the Book of Mormon 10 times! Now that's impressive! He is a very hard worker so we make a great team! Did I tell you about how Elder Bennett told our mission we are the most obedient mission in the world??? Pretty cool stuff. The church headquarters called the mission this week to congratulate us on our obedience and change in driving since we have had the tiwis in our cars. 

Things are going fantastic! My new companion, Elder Hall, is great! He's from Clinton, Utah. Super fun to work with and we get along well. He works hard too which is great. He's been out for 4 1/2 months.

Our area is doing good and one of our most progressing investigators currently is Nathan. His mother joined the church 3 years ago and is an amazing member (Sister Tara Reynolds.) And Nathan lives with her (parents are divorced) and he recently decided to start looking into the church. He is 15 and is so great! He is doing awesome and will totally join the church I'm sure. 

I was made a District Leader and am being trained this week on how to do that. Exciting!

The Book of Mormon is so great! :) Love it and keep reading!

Love you :D

Elder Klingonsmith and I

District Training

New Comp Elder Hall

Transfer Day

So I am staying in Kettering and my companion is leaving. Which I am indifferent about. It was nice because I have seen Elder Klingonsmith change so much and I feel I am going to be a lot more patient than some other Elders would be with the things he says. He can be very hurtful, a lot of the time, if I let it. It usually doesn't hurt my feelings very often but it has a couple times. So I'm really hoping he gets a companion he gets along well with and that can help him stay positive. But I have seen a lot of change in him which is good.

But I am excited cuz this area is really starting to come together and I'm PUMPED!!!

This training we had this week was neat! It was the first world wide training the church has conducted in over a decade. There was an overall focus on "We preach repentace, and baptize converts." It was powerful, but we learned a lot about exactly what is in Preach my Gospel. Which means, we are probably not following and reading Preach my Gospel like we should. I know I try to follow it as best as I know, but I rarely read it. We should read it daily but I read it 1-2 times a week briefly. Which is a NO NO! So I have commited to reading it daily.

One cool experience we had, we were biking by this home and I felt prompted to knock, so we did, and he was super nice but he wasn't very interested. Which was sad seeing that he had a full family with kids running all around.  We left and 2 days later I felt another strong prompting, "Go to the house again and bring a Proclamation of the Family with your testimony on it." So I did, and we knocked on the home, and nobody answered. We were about to leave and he pulled into the driveway. And they invited us into their home and for dinner. We would have loved to stay for dinner but had another appointment we had to make. They would not allow us to share much of a mesage for fear of sharing "false Doctrine" to his children, but said he wanted to learn more. So hopefully he will allow us back some time!

Love you all and have a great week! Transfers are on the 2nd!

This week there isn't a whole ton. But we had a super good training this last week (9 hours about). We talked a lot about patterns of the Book of Mormon and the things we learned and were prompted to do. We talked a lot about following promptings of the spirit every time and well...it's hard to never deny a generous thought but I've been doing my best. :)

Then this Sunday I was at church and 3 minutes before sacrament the counsel pulls me aside and lets me know both adult speakers weren't going to make it... so he asked me to speak on the plan of salvation. Haha! I started shaking like a scared duckling! But I did it and they seemed to enjoy it. I got a few compliments. But you know how people are. ;)

But I enjoyed it and it gave me an opportunity to test my faith. :)

We have  a big world wide mission training on Wednesday and I'm super excited!

Have a great week!

This week was pretty good. We had quite a few members come out with us to some lessons and it was really good. :) They make such a huge difference! As for the baptism that was supposed to happen 2 Thursdays ago, but no it did not because of her parents. She has kind of given up even though we received revelation that she could be baptized this coming week. But she does have her free agency. Which is sad cuz the Lord was going to make things possible with her parents. But we will see.

As for things with my companion he is still very up and down. He is very rude when he is in his bad moods, which is quite often. Example: we have snow now so the sidewalks are icy and snowy and slippery and we are on bikes. We were just barely heading out to the library to email and he slips and starts yelling and says to me, "Why do we have to email? We should just stay inside and not leave today!" Then I respond with, "Because I have family and friends I desire and am supposed to talk with. (Well I'm supposed to email my parents, it's not required for friends). And he says to me, "Well, I don't care what you want!" And storms off. But oh well. He is slowly getting better. Anyways, this week was pretty good. Love ya!

Also, have you put any money in my account? My bike is having more problems. Have a great week!