the news!

well it's been a FANTASTIC week here! we are SO busy which is SO great. [J] is doing AWESOME! she actually switched her baptism to september 5 so her future roommates can drive up from provo :) she's still way solid and it's just fun to keep meeting with her and keep her stoked for her baptism. we've basically taught all the lessons so we're just reviewing stuff and helping her strengthen her testimony!

another couple people i haven't told you about yet . . . we're teaching this guy named [J] (i sent a picture so you can see him . . . he's the one with the hat on . . . this is sis yura, josh stucki (the little boy on the right . . . son of the ward mission leader . . . quite a character), david hinckley in the ward (who is off to BYU in a couple weeks), and then our investigator, [J], all posing with my chalk artwork at the ward potluck). . . . he's being deployed to iraq on october 1 (3rd time!) and so we're hoping he'll be baptized before then. we taught him the plan of salvation this week and asked him to be baptized. he said yes, november 7, 2010!! WHAT? that's forever away! he said he knew it was a big commitment and needed time to change his life. we testified that he can change his life now and he wants the blessings of baptism and the holy ghost before he goes to iraq. he's praying about being baptized september 12, so pray for him! he's a funny guy . . . rough around the edges but has a good heart.


[D] is this lady who dated an lds guy for EIGHT years. they're still really good friends and i'd bet if she were baptized they'd get married. she basically knows the church is true in her mind but is having a hard time getting the spiritual confirmation in regard to some principles like the priesthood. she made an interesting comment that she knew it was a problem with her and not the doctrine. her heart isn't open to the answer for some reason, so we're hoping to help her get over this hurdle so she can be baptized! pray for her! she's AWESOME.

we had a media referral last week: [K and W]. they just wanted a finding faith in christ video, but we have them the first lesson as well :) they are the nicest people . . . strong faith in christ already. they were open though and said they'd read and pray about it! [K] said he doesn't believe in coincidences so maybe God is trying to tell him something :) pray for them too! funny story, in PEC last week, the YM president jokingly told us we needed to find more YM for the ward. [K and W] have a teenage boy named [K], complete with a huge baseball hat and gold chains. he shook our hands and was way nice! yesterday in PEC we reported that we found him one :) haha it would be awesome if their whole family joins together! LOVE IT