Stand up for what you believe in!

Another crazy, hectic, but fulfilling week. 

Seriously. 

We are being blown out of the water with blessings. It's unreal. There are people coming out of the wood works being prepared. We were walking down the street in the rain when some guy sitting on his porch greeted us with a nice, "Hello Elders! Good to see ya!" My companion and I decided to go over and chat with him, and he told us we wants to get baptized. That doesn't happen everyday haha. He's been going through some hard times, and he told us that he needs the church in his life. His name is Byron and he's in his 50s. Super good guy.

We have a huge chuck of the Indian Reservation in our area...it's called Fort Hall. It's a whole different world over there. Everyone lives in trailers, it's tax free...but man it's depressing and it's dangerous. Even the trees over there look scarier. We had a get a proselyting permit to preach the gospel from the tribal members. Pretty interesting. Anyways...A family somehow got in contact with one of our bishops and expressed the desire to come to church. They came, then we had a lesson with them and extended a baptismal date..which they accepted! They have a pretty crazy story. It's just the mom and her two boys. The Dan family is their name. The mom has had two ugly divorces. In both situations the husband would beat her and her kids. They were also thieves and cheaters. It was sickening to hear some of the things that her husband(s) would do to her. She finally got out of those situations and she wants her kids to know what it's really like have a happy family. The gospel of Jesus Christ offers that. 

As I told you before we were working with the lady named Maria Lopez who was preparing for baptism...yeah, she left to Mexico.        

....Man, if people would just LIVE the gospel...so many people wouldn't be in the situations they're in. Trust me, there are some sketchy parts here in Blackfoot, and they could use a little gospel in their lives.

This weekend should be exciting. We have Elder Carlos A. Godoy from the Seventy is visiting our mission...so can't wait for that!

Have a fabulous week and stand up for what you believe in.