Hey guys!
This week's been kinda crazy. Good things and bad things. Transfer news is
that Elder D and I are staying here another six weeks together! This is
my favorite comp/area combo, so I'm happy about it. Hopefully all the people
we're working with can continue making good progress and get baptized. {}
probably will. He's doing great. He still doesn't have a solid date, but he's
praying about it. We've had some really good lessons with him, and he's shared a
lot with us. He's at a point where he's pretty in tune with the spirit, and good
at recognizing what thoughts come from the devil, and he's working hard to put
God first in his life.
On some not as good news, {} is in jail. We don't know
what happened yet. We found out late last night. So, even if he gets out, he'll
probably be on parole, and it's a really long, difficult, and complicated
process to get baptized while on parole. He was one day away from getting
married, and a week away from baptism. It blows hard. We're just praying for
him. He's a great dude, and he'll probably get baptized
but it won't be next week.
Brighter note, though, let me tell you about a
recent convert in this area. His name is {} and he was baptized back in
December. He's 26, and when he got baptized, he was a homeless guy living under
the trees across the street from the stake center. One day he was going to walk
over to his buddy's apartment to go smoke spice with him, but got a prompting to
not do that, and walk into the church instead, and it happened to be right when
sacrament meeting was getting out. The high councilor over missionary work
pounced on him and introduced himself, and he ended up getting baptized a short
time later. Now he's got his own apartment and a solid job. He's doing good and
keeping the word of wisdom, and he's a genuinely happy dude. He needed some help
from the bishop in terms of getting a food order a couple weeks ago, and he
decided to sell his XBOX so he could prove to the bishop he was willing to do
his part to help himself out. We need more people like him. He also called us up
and asked if he could go out teaching with us, so he's come to a couple
appointments with George and he's rocked it. He's an awesome dude, and I love
working with him.
Love you guys! This work is amazing. God loves us, and this is His
church.
Elder Jake Lusk
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