I know mom is at girls camp so I hope everyone gets this email.
Mike and Michael got baptized!! The service went really well and they felt the Spirit super strong! Michael said that the thing that he is most excited about with joining the church is more involvement! He and Mike are really solid and they are going to be kingdom builders! We had stake conference this weekend so we are doing the confirmation this upcoming Sunday.
We also found two new investigators this week. One of them is named Steve, and we met him a couple weeks ago while tracting. He said that he was busy working on something with the city council but that we could come by another time. So we went by again about a week later and he said he was still busy, but he promised us that he could meet with us the next week! So we called him and set something up the next week and it worked out! He is a really nice guy who you can tell is very honest, and he is a strong believer in Jesus Christ. He served in the Navy for a little while and now he just lives in a home by himself. We taught him most of the Restoration but he talked a ton so we weren't able to get through the whole thing in time. At the end he said that he has a lot of questions so we told him that we would come back and answer all of his questions. We're excited to continue teaching him.
Transfers was yesterday and Elder Mapes and I are both staying here in the Mesa ward. Things are going really well and we are excited for this upcoming transfer. The ward is starting to catch fire with missionary work as well and we are hoping to get some referrals from the members pretty soon! It's so awesome to see all of the blessings that come from being diligent! This is my last full transfer in the mish because my next one will kind of be a half transfer... It's nuts how fast that last one went. Elder Mapes and I have set some awesome transfer goals and we're going to do everything in our power to reach them! I know it will go by too fast but I'm going to make it the best!
This week I have been thinking a lot about finishing. With a couple missionaries in our zone leaving this last transfer and my time fast approaching haha. Also we have had a lot of investigators who will listen to us and will keep some of their commitments, like they will read and pray and sometimes come to church, but a lot of them are failing to finish. They won't make that last step into the waters of baptism. We continue to be super persistent and keep on inviting them but they just won't finish. I've seen some missionaries who do pretty good their whole mission and they have so much potential at the very end of their mission to work miracles and see success but they just can't finish! My invitation to all of you would be to make sure you finish! Whatever it is that's going on in your life don't run up and down the football field never running into the end zone. Make sure you finish strong! I love and miss all of you and hope everything is going well! Talk to you later!
Love Elder Summerhays
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