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Email treinta y siete: Jonesboro is on fire!

April 24, 2017
Hey y'all!
Don't have much time so I'll write the highlights. We said goodbye to Elder Barron on Tuesday, so just like Timone and Pumba, our trio's down to two.  It's been good though, Elder Giles and I had a lot of fun this week.

On Thursday we taught CW Jr in his home. We taught him the Restoration, and everything went very well. We invited him to be baptized and he said yes! Just a few minutes before this, his 11 year old son, C III had walked in the room. After inviting his dad to be baptized, C III piped up and said: "I want to be baptized too!" Well we can certainly do that for ya! We set a baptismal date for May 6th with them. Unfortunately they weren't able to make it to church yesterday so that date will have to be pushed back, but they are super awesome and very prepared.

We came back on Friday so we could teach C III the Restoration. We don't think C Jr understands why he needs to be baptized again however. When we invited him to be baptized, he said yes and that he felt he needed a fresh start because it had been so long since he was last baptized. I then said that he needed to be baptized because only our church has the authority to baptize, and he needs to be baptized by that authority. C Jr then responded by basically saying the same thing again, that it has been a long time and he wants a fresh start. So we will continue working with him, we have an appointment at 6 pm with them tonight.

Hey they have the same top Christmas tree
ornament as we do
Saturday night WE FINALLY TAUGHT L THE RESTORATION. We went to her house, but she
came outside and said she didn't want us to teach her inside because her brother was home and he is very against the church. She said we could just teach her under the arch over her front door. It was pretty cold that day, and we weren't feeling like that would be ideal. Luckily, L lives in our neighborhood, and the G family literally lives right across the street. We knocked on the door and asked if Brother G or C, their returned missionary who got home a week ago from Ghana, were home. They weren't, so we were planning on just teaching her outside. As we were walking away, Cameron pulled in. I nearly cried with joy! As soon as he got out of the car, I gave him a big hug. We went inside, and started talking.

A few minutes later Brother G got home. Brother G served his mission in Argentina 35 years ago, so he still knows a little Spanish, which was a total miracle! His Spanish was a little shaky at first, but towards the end he was really contributing to the lesson! L LOVES to talk, so it was really tough to teach her the whole lesson, but we did it. I had to politely ask her to let me continue about 3 times during the lesson, but it all worked out. She wants to be baptized, the only problem is that the Jehovah's Witnesses have also been visiting her, so she is deciding between the true church and them! She went to their church yesterday, and will be coming to ours next Sunday. Hopefully she will notice the difference!

I am so grateful to be a member of the true church. When I was in high school I never truly appreciated how lucky I was! I'm so grateful for the love that my Heavenly Father has for each one of us! Love y'all! The Church is true, the Book is Blue, let the Gospel of Jesus Christ hold your life together like glue!

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