Well this last week was awesome. Laynes baptism was on Saturday at 7
and it was awesome. There were a lot of people there. Probably like
30-40 people. And after she was baptized she shared an amazing
testimony (of which I have a written copy of!)
On Friday and Saturday the branch had a regional YSA conference.
Friday night was games, dinner and a devotional. We were invited to
the dinner and devotional and also our mission President and his wife
were there so we got to spend some time with them! The food was great!
They got city BBQ catered for free haha it was so good. And then the
devotional was a talk by Elder Hymas of the area seventy. But before
he spoke 3 of the branch members and myself sang a duet "come thou
fount of every blessing" it was awesome! Everyone said it sounded
great. I basically got volunteered for it haha. The next morning they
did breakfast and a variety of service projects. Breakfast was super
good and we chose to do the blanket making service project and then
they were going to donate the blankets to hospitals. So that was a
great time. There were about 50 other church members from stakes
surrounding ours. President Sproul even made the announcement over the
pulpit that I'm going home in 4 weeks.....and said "Girls, he's going
back to BYU-I-Do in 4 weeks". That was super awkward haha
This morning we went golfing with a member. It was a pretty nice golf
course, had a lot of fun! I can't wait to get back to it and have my
own clubs again. I love golfing.
On Tuesday night we drove to Beattyville Kentucky to blitz the elders
down there. Blitz means that all four of us work the same area for a
day to get it going stronger. So we went down there to work with them
on Wednesday. They didn't have any baptismal dates at the time but
they had a goal to get 4 by the weeks end. Coming out of the blitz we
had set 3 and then over the next couple days they set 4 more so they
now have 7! It was a miracle! Beattyville is sooooo far out in the
country. It was so fun staying there. It's about an hour and a half
drive south west of here.
So, 4 weeks left.....crazy stuff. Everyone at church always talks to
me about it, I hate it! I wish no one knew when I am going home. It
would make things much easier haha. I love the branch members here so
much. Such great friendships.
Thats about it for the week. Sure love y'all!!
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