Letter from November 18th

Hey Family,

                  This week has been great. It has gone by so fast I can barley remember what I did this week. For P-day we did our usual, playing board games. It was lots of fun. On Wednesday we went to an investigator's named Leona. She is really cool and wants to learn about the gospel. It was our first real visit so we taught how to begin teaching. She had a lot of questions for us already. It was a really good lesson. Then that evening we went to the church for YM because we were hosting a scripture chase. But the YM leader was out of town and none of the YM showed up. On Thursday we had specialized training. It was long but good. We talked a lot about getting focused in the work and putting our faith in Christ. We also talked about how to get our investigators to exercise their faith. At specialized we go some more Books of Mormon to give out. After specialized we came back and went and saw this guy named Detarrius. We had talked to him a couple of days before and he had wanted a Book of Mormon but we had none. So we went and game him one. Now we have an appointment with him and his family tomorrow. On Friday we went up to Crawfordsville to see a referral we got for the Jones. She wasn't home but we had a good talk with her grandma who is a less active member. Then we went and saw Joanna. She is doing well. She didn't know if she wanted to get baptized but we are still trying to work with her. I know that if she comes to church she will feel the spirit and have the desire to get baptized. On Saturday we went to the Teeters with the other Elders. Elder Anderson goes home tomorrow so everyone in the branch is making a big to do, which is understandable since he has been here for a while. Then we went home and tried to contact some referrals with no luck. On Sunday we had really good talks about how we can do any thing the Lord has called us to do. It reminds me of a quote I saw that says " two people can do anything as long as one of them is the Lord". After church we had a baptism for a kid name Cy Orey. He is part of a family of members but his parents are divorced and his mom wouldn't give him consent for the longest time. Then when he got consent he wasn't sure if he could keep the commandments. We asked him which ones he didn't think he could keep and he said I don't think I can go without soda and playing violent video games. Haha. It was funny and we quickly explained that those were his moms rules. After that he was excited to be baptized. After his baptism we went to the Orey's and had lunch. We went to the Anderson's for dinner and Elder Anderson going away party. It was lots of fun. That night we stayed at the Elders apartment and played games and helped Elder Anderson pack. It was lots of fun.

 

                  That is about it for my week. Not much exciting. It sounds like y'all had a good week. Thanks for all you do for me and I hope y'all have another great week!

Elder Talbert