October 21, 2014

Hi Family,

It was sad to open up my emails and hear about great grandpa. He was an amazing man and I looked up to him ever since I was little. He was always so happy and nice, he had the best sense of humor and I'm going to miss him so much. It's so comforting to have the knowledge that he is in a better place and that we will see him again. I'm praying for you guys and for Grandma Deb. He definitely got the best of his life, almost 90 years old, that is awesome. He was a great man that we should all look up to as an example. I'm glad that I got to see him in Glasgow one more time and I can't wait till I get to see him again. Thank you guys for the Halloween package, this "spooky cool boy" was very happy to receive it haha! It made me laugh, and it's always good to get packages and letters from the fam! This week was awesome! We got to teach both of our new investigators Kimball and Rebecca, and guess what? We set baptism dates with both of them!! We taught Kimball the Gospel of Jesus Christ lesson and we taught it really well and the Spirit was there SO strong and at the end we asked if he would be baptized on November 15 and he said he totally would!! He said these last couple weeks have been heck for him and this was what he needed!! So if everything goes well we are going to baptize him on Nov 15th! With Rebecca we taught her the Restoration and it took us 2 hours haha!! She had so many questions and she didn't really understand the priesthood authority that you need to baptize, also we had a member of our ward with us and she just rambled on and on about her conversion story haha so it took forever!! But we had to ask her about 8 times if she would set Nov 15th as a goal to work for to be baptized, and on the 8th time she got up and started crying and ran back to her room! We just waited there and let the Spirit work on her, when she came back we asked her calmly one more time, and she smiled and said yes! We were so happy and it was so spiritual and awesome! So yeah we got 2 baptism dates now! All of our obedience and diligence has definitely paid off! This area hasn't seen a baptism in 6 years, so me and Elder Harral and our district are pumped! I am excited to teach them again and to continue to teach them until they enter the waters of baptism! Things are definitely looking a lot better here in the Cherry Hills area and I can't wait for more! I know the Gospel is true and I know that everyone no matter what their circumstance, needs it in their life! It is a guidance and a comfort and a strength in times of need. There is no way I would be where I am without it and I can't wait to share it with everyone! I love you all and I hope you're staying safe and doing good things!

Love Elder Summerhays