March 17, 2015

Dear Family,

So Elder Gardner's dad sent him the tourney bracket so we got to see who's playing who. Hopefully the Utes can pull through with a victory over SF Austin, too bad we're going to miss it but you'll have to tell me how it goes! Thanks Dad for the email about always trying to be better! I've learned that no matter where you're at, you can always get better! The devil is so deceiving, like it says in 2 Nephi, he leads us by the neck with a flaxen chord. He will make a small bad thing seem ok to do then he will keep leading us to do more things, and more things until he has us bound with his strong chords. We need to always be improving, and changing, and always studying, and working, and staying humble so that he can't even get that first flaxen chord around our necks. Anyways, Sarah got baptized this week!! It was an awesome baptism and the Spirit was there so strong! Sarah's parents are not members but her mom, Cheryl, is considering being baptized as she comes to know that it is true and what she needs to be doing. Elder Gardner and I are really going to work with her this week on helping her get that witness from the Holy Ghost, she has great fellowship which is super helpful and we feel like in the near future she will be baptized! After the baptism we talked with Sarah about how she felt, and she said that she was really nervous the whole entire time, even when she was stepping into the water, but she said the second she went under and came back up, all of it went away and she felt like a completely different person! It was so awesome to hear that and to be a part of bringing another person into the kingdom! Elena is doing really well! We set a baptism date with her this week for April 18th, Bamuel's birthday! She hasn't come to church yet but we are working on finding someone who could give her a ride so that she can be there! She enjoys learning about the Church and we are confident that she will be baptized on her date! We didn't get the chance to meet with Ruth last week, but we are trying to get an appointment with her for this week! Things are going great and I'm loving every second of every day! Keep doing the right things and stay safe! Love you all, and GO UTES!!!!!

Love Elder Summerhays