"Dear Sis. Petitt and Sis. Stephen, These two awesome elders were here at our home tonight to help us prepare our friend for baptism. You have amazing sons!! Thank you so much for sharing them with us!!"
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This week was legit. We had a TON of lessons this week...which is crazy because we are out in the middle of nowhere. It ceases to amaze me that there are people out here ready to be baptized. Speaking of which...we set another baptismal date! woo! It's going to be on Feb 1 for Sidney Stone. She's in her 40s...and right now she is battling cancer. She has had the discussions before...and she has always known it's true but she has been putting it off again and again. Finally a couple days ago we got a random call telling us that she wanted to meet up with us. MIRACLE!
We had another lesson with Brittany. Holy cow she is so rock solid. She has been getting a lot of ridicule and backlash from her boss and other co workers for wanting to be baptized. actually...a lot of her friends have been trying to talk her out of it. She was SO mad, upset, and scared because of all what was happening...she then told us that she prayed so she could calm down and know what she was doing was right. The most comforting and peaceful feeling came over her.
Haha, we also gave her the assignment to just read the beginning of the Book of Mormon..and when we came back to visit she had already read the first 17 chapters! BOOM! that's never happened on my mission before. Brittany absolutely LOVES it.
We had a lesson with some FLDS members...that was very interesting. There's actually a lot of them out here. They pretty much believe all the stuff we do...accept they believe that polygamy was never to be done away with..even though they don't practice polygamy themselves. But they were way awesome! This FLDS couple told us they kind of fell away from the church because they didn't like to wear dresses all the time and a number of other things...and they really don't know what church is the true church...but they read the book of mormon and have family home evening!! what the heck!? They could be super solid members...but they just have a couple of doctrines messed up.
Well...this week was filled with a lot of more miracles, i just don't have time to write them all! Things are going well out here in the middle of nowhere. The work is progressing, and we are gaining the trust of members. They like to see hard working missionaries, which is what i'm all about.
Keep it real
Elder Petitt
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