8 Nov 2010

Hey,

We are doing well. Ethan''s baptism was great Saturday. There was a very strong spirit and many people showed up. I got to give a talk on the Holy Ghost and Elder Haley baptized him. After the baptism a bunch of people bore their testimony while Elder Haley and Ethan were changing which really brought a strong sprit. For the closing song we sang when I am baptized which sealed the deal. Then his family came to church yesteray and he was confirmed. Now we want to start teaching his 14 year old brother. Well Joe and Allison are doing well. Allison actually moved so she is not in our ward anymore she found some family in the live near Hampton that she is staying with. She is still just as excited about the gospel though and made sure we had no plans this Saturdayevening so we could come to her baptism. We told her of course we would be there. We also taught Joe yesterday, we brought a member so he can get to know the ward a little better. We had a good lesson and talked more about the plan of salvation. He is learning well and receiving well and is gaining a testimony more and more as he comes to chruch and listens to us. We are being blessed. Brother Dontje and Andrew White are also doing great. They have both been coming every sunday and they both just got made as teachers in the Elders Quorum which is sweet. Brother Dontje couldnt believe it but he will do great because he knows the Bible really well and has a very strong testimony. There was kind of a funny story during the baptism. I just realized that maybe it was the Lord's hand helping things out but it was funny. Immediatly after Ethan was baptized he and Elder Haley obviously went to change. And he had on an under shirt under his jumpsuit and he was taking it off and Elder Haley said that he dropped it in the toilet. lol. But that wasnt too bad because it was already wet and he had a dry one to change into. So he came out and grabbed the dry one, and then took the dry one into the stall to put it on and then somehow he dropped it into the toilet too. lol. I laughed pretty hard when they told me about it. So he did not get to wear an undershirt after the baptism. But I think it was good because it made them take forever to change and allowed for lots of people to bear their testimony. Even after they got back people were still bearing their testimony. It was a good baptism. So I was wondering if you could pray for Brother Dontje because he is out of work and is running out of time to find a job. There is one member who is going to let him to some jobs for him until he can find a better job, and Brother Dontje has alot of faith so I am sure something will work out. But I think some extra prayers will help. Thanks.
It is definitely getting cooler here. I think I have everything I need though. I have everything I had last year. It is exciting because it makes me excited for the Holidays. Oh and the Sly's did invite us over for Thanksgiving. So we get to go there for that day! Thank you for the email.

Love,
Elder Larson