This week was another great one! Things in our area are going pretty good and we have a great teaching pool.
Justin C is an 18 year old boy that took the lessons from the missionaries 2 years ago and was about to get baptized but his mom was totally against it. She threw away his Book of Mormon and wouldn't let him come to church. So he waited 2 years and secretly read the Book of Mormon until he graduated and moved out. Last sunday he just showed up to church and we have been teaching him ever since. He will be getting baptized in the beggining of september. He is super awesome and really smart. Looks kinda like Harry Potter haha.
Another new lady we are teaching is Sarah J. A couple weeks ago we contacted her outside her house and she asked for a Pearl of Great Price. Thats not a common question we are asked haha. Turns out, she took all of the lessons 20 years ago back in Philadelphia and was about to join the church but the man fellowshipping her was trying to court her and marry her while she was 16 and he was like 40. So that freaked her out and she left. But now she is taking the lessons again and she is super solid. Church brough back some scary memories of her past when this crazy guy in the church was trying to get her to marry him. But she met with the Bishop and us and we talked for a while and resolved her concerns. She is soooo awesome. She is basically a Mormon already haha!:)
Leiloni sadly had to make another emergency run to the hospital on saturday night with her baby because she had a fever. So she wasnt able to come to church so we will have to move her Baptism to next saturday. The church has a policy that says an investigator has to come to church 3 times before they can be baptized. She has only come twice. But she is so committed to joining the church. She is almost done with The Book of Mormon for the second time!! She is amazing. And Anara, her daughter, is reading a lot too.
On the 4th of July we went to a baptism in our ward in the morning, and then we went and helped a non-member move out of his apartment....which was on the 3rd story. So we had to carry everything down 3 flights of stairs haha. Took like 5 hours to get it all. And from 6-9 we didn't have to work so Bro. Kastelar took us to the driving range and we also played a couple of holes. It was THE BEST. It was super fun to go golfing. Then after that we went and played basketball at the church for the rest of the night. It was super fun.
Oh we also got a new mission President! President and Sis. Brough. Its pronounced like rough but with a B. They are super super super awesome. They are both so excited to serve and they are way nice. President Brough is active and funny and he jokes a lot and is really fun to be around. They have lived in Mountain home Idaho for most of their lives and before they came out on their mission they lived in Cedar city.
Wow, big email, haha. Had a lot to say today. And thats not even half of what happened this week haha. Missions are so fun! Can't wait until after this life to just watch our whole lives over again and remember all of the funny stuff that happened.
I honestly wish you all could experience the things that I have seen and witnessed on my mission. Words cannot describe the conversion that I have felt.
I love you all and miss everyone so much! God be with you till we meet again!
Elder Eastin
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