Dear Family,
Sorry I totally forgot to tell you all that this week is deep clean P-day, which is where we deep clean our apartment:P so P-day is on Monday... I hope everyone is doing good! Also next week is transfer week so P-day will be on Monday again!
This week was sweet!! We were able to baptize Emily and it went super well! Once again the High range ward came through in the clutch and we had 50-60 people there to support her! The grandmother Gina loved it and she was crying for most of the baptism! The Spirit was there so strong and it was a great day!
Yesterday instead of Sacrament meeting we had a Tri-stake conference at a huge building called the Santa Ana Star Center. We had the meeting because they added a new stake in the Albuquerque area called the Albuquerque North stake, so Elder Randall K. Bennett of the seventy was there. So the three stakes that were there were us (Rio Rancho) Albuquerque, and Albuquerque West. What’s sweet is that Cherry Hills is in the Albuquerque stake and Volcano Cliffs is in the ABQ-West stake, so I got to see people from both of my last wards! I saw Randy, Avram, and Sarah Loy and I got to catch up with them, and I also saw Elder Burton and Elder Gardner which was sweet! Randy is a church service missionary right now, Avram said he has a golden referral to hand off to the missionaries that is even more golden than he was haha, and Sarah has been going tracting with the missionaries in Cherry Hills! It is so sweet to see that they are all doing missionary work and are staying strong in the Gospel!
The best part of the week though, besides the baptism of course, happened yesterday after the conference. We had an appointment with Sister Hodshire’s granddaughters, so we went over to teach them and we had planned to invite them to baptism because Sister Hodshire had talked to the people who have legal custody over them and they had said that they are ok with it. So we went in and taught briefly the first points of the Gospel of Jesus Christ lesson and when we got done talking about baptism I said “So would you guys want to always have God’s Spirit with you?” they said “Yes of course!” and I said “You can, and that happens when we are baptized and receive the Holy Ghost and keep our covenants!” They had gone to Emily’s baptism just the day before and they had loved it so they kinda had baptism on the brain! So after that I said “So we wanted to invite you guys, when you come to know these things are true, which you probably already know they are, do you guys believe that everything we are teaching is true?” they said “Yes!” so I said “Will you follow the example of Jesus Christ and be baptized by someone holding the priesthood authority of God?” And while I was inviting them they were both smiling and nodding at me! So they both said yes to the invite and I said “Sweet! Now all that we have to decide is when. We are holding a baptismal service this Saturday, do you think you guys could be prepared by that day?” and they both exclaimed “Yes!” It was SO awesome! Then Sister Hodshire said “We need to find out if this Saturday works for the other Grandparents, who have custody. So she called them right then and there and asked them if it would work for them, and they said it would work! I just stood up and celebrated right in front of them and they celebrated too! So we will be having another baptism this week and Elder Worley will baptize one of the granddaughters and I will baptize the other one! Everything worked out perfectly and I know it’s because God has prepared them and the family for them to be baptized! It is so cool to see how Heavenly Father is truly in charge, and this is His work!
I am grateful to be serving a mission and to be seeing the joy that comes into others lives because of the Gospel! I love and miss you all and hope all is well! Talk to you next week!
Love Elder Summerhays
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