Hello Family!
It sounds like everyone at home is doing pretty good! March Madness is coming up, I bet everyone is getting pumped! It seems like everyone is getting married and it's nuts!
This week was sweet!! We did a lot of contacting and were able to find 2 new investigators. We had a sweet experience while we were tracting. So we were knocking on this one street and while we were walking we ran into a vivint alarm salesman. He was pretty young, and he ran up to us and was like "Hey guys how's it going?" and we started talking with him and it turns out that he is a return missionary as of 10 months ago. He served his mission in Japan, so we talked with him for a little while about it and then he was like "You know what I was talking to a guy on the other street over and after I sold him an alarm system we were talking and we got to talking about my mission and what missionaries do. You know what I'm going to call him right now and ask him if he wants to meet with you guys!" Haha so he called him and asked him if we could come over and teach and talk with him and the guy said yes! After he hung up the vivint guy was like "I have been praying for an experience like this guys!" It was SO cool!! So we hopped in our car and drove to the next street over and went and knocked on this guys door. His name was Mario and he was waiting at the door for us. He let us in and showed us his new alarm system, which was actually pretty sweet, then we got to talking about the Gospel and his beliefs and stuff. He told us that he doesn't like churches because the people there are hypocrites. He said that they come to church on Sunday and say that they believe in Christ but then they go out the next day and party and break commandments and do whatever they want. So we talked with him about how the Gospel is a way of life and not just a Sunday thing, and he agreed with what we were teaching and testifying about. Then we got to talking about the Book of Mormon, and he asked kinda what it was and what it was about, and we explained it to him and he was like "Oh cool can I have one of those?" haha and so we gave him one and marked a chapter in it for him to read, and told him to pray about it. We are going to have to hand him off to some other Elders in our zone but they will hopefully keep teaching him and see him baptized! It was super cool to see! Pray for opportunities to share the Gospel and I promise you will find them! Bear your testimony or talk about the Gospel whenever you get the chance, it brings so much happiness!
Saturday was the best day of the week though! I got to go through the temple with Avram and see him get his endowment!! It was such an amazing spiritual experience! He is going to continue to build the kingdom of God and I am excited to see him keep his covenants and see the blessings that will come into his life because of that! Right after the temple we had Kyra's baptism! It was one of the best baptisms that I have ever been to! I know I say that after every one, but they just keep getting better and better! She bore her testimony at the end of the baptism and the Spirit there was so strong! You can't deny the truthfulness of the Gospel after you see the ordinances of the priesthood being performed!
I love being a part of this work, and being able to feel the joy that comes from sharing the Gospel and working hard every day! I love and miss all of you and hope you are all doing well! Talk to you all next week!
Love Elder Summerhays
P.S. Also there is an awesome talk about grace by Brad Wilcox called "His Grace is Sufficient" you should read or listen to it Mom it's awesome!:) Love you
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