March 29, 2016

Hey Everyone!

Hawaii looks so awesome!! I miss that place a ton, and it's so good to see that all of you guys are having fun! I remember getting scorched every day and having sand everywhere after body surfing some sweet waves haha! I hope you guys have a good trip! I heard the Utes got smoked in the tourney by Gonzaga. That stinks. 

This week was awesome! We only had two dinners on Easter compared to our 4 on Christmas so that was a break! We did a ton of tracting and had a lot of appointments fall through. Right now we are working on sifting through our investigators to see which ones actually want to meet with us and who doesn't. It's been a little rough but we keep pressing forward! Elder Olsen and I are getting along great, and we are both loving the work! We were able to teach Reyna this week which was good! I was on splits with a member when we taught her, and we brought someone from the branch so that she can have a friend when she comes to church. But she had a ton of questions for us, mostly about the Book of Mormon and a couple about Joseph Smith. Eventually she said "You guys keep talking about how there are so many churches on the earth, but how can you really know which one is true?" And that's the question that every missionary wants to hear haha! So we talked and testified again about the BOM and all the members in the room bore their testimonies, and the Spirit was super powerful. At the end we committed her to read and pray about it to really know if it's true, and she said she would and that she felt bad that she hadn't been doing it! So she is probably going to be baptized in the near future, she is really seeking the truth and we're excited to see what happens! Also it turns out that she was like best friends with Kyra, who just got baptized, when they were younger. So they are getting in touch again and that is going to be huge for Reyna! 

Other than that we had a couple more appointments but most of the week was tracting! This week should be even more of it! Anyways, I love and miss all of you and hope all is well! Talk to you all later!

Love Elder Summerhays