July 28, 2015

Dear Family,

Thanks mom for the pants that you sent! They are awesome, in fact I'm wearing them right now! And Salted Nut Roll's are my favorite candy bar, that's hilarious that you guys ran around the whole store looking for Salted Nut Roll's! Also, I can't believe that Mason Seelos is already leaving on his mission!! Time is just cruising!!

This week was awesome! We were able to meet with Adelina last Tuesday and one of the priests in our ward came with us! We taught her the Restoration, and she had a lot of questions and concerns. At one point in the lesson after we taught the Apostasy she said "So you said that the Bible has lost some things over the years and that the Book of Mormon tells us about some of those things, can you tell me 3 things that the Bible has lost that the Book of Mormon has?" Haha so we explained that it talks about the Spirit World and heaven and more about the life of Jesus Christ, but then I got a prompting from the Spirit to talk about baptism, so then I said "Well the Bible talks about baptism and it says that Jesus Christ was baptized and that we need to follow his example, but it doesn't explain very much about why we are baptized, and what it means and does for us in our lives." and Adelina said "You know I never really noticed that before. In my church people always say that we need to get baptized, but I never really understood why?" And so we opened up to Mosiah 18 and talked about the covenant that we make at baptism and how if we keep it then we will not only receive Eternal Life but also we will always have his Spirit with us. She thought that was pretty cool and we invited her to baptism, and she said it will take a lot of study and prayer but if she does come to know it's true then she will be baptized! It was sweet because I had never really even thought about that before, but just like it says in D&C 84:85 it was given to me in the very hour what I needed to say by the Spirit! It was an awesome experience!

We also met with the Scotts this week and it was Ash and her daughter Nara that were there for the lesson. We taught them about the Gospel of Jesus Christ and focused on baptism as well, and we were able to set a baptismal date with them for August 29th! Nara is 9 years old and she said she really wants to be baptized, so that will be a huge help and motivation for Ash to be baptized with her daughter!

Anyways, things are going awesome over here in the ABQ! I love every second of the work and I don't want it to end! It's insane that my year mark is basically a month away... But that's just motivation to work harder! I love you all and hope all is well! Keep on doing what's right! Talk to you later!

Love Elder Summerhays

                                                       Alma 32 on the sidewalk