This week has been big. We did not have a baptism this week, but that is ok. Because we had 2 recently. Within the 4 and a half months Elder Wilson and I have been here together we've seen 4 baptisms together. That's so sweet! :) But what is the best part is when you sincerely see the change in people the Gospel of Jesus Christ has. I love it! There is nothing more sweet that that!
Monday was Pday as usual and Tuesday a day of service. We spent both days walking since our car was off being fixed from that lady that hit us, like 2 months ago. So that was cool I guess, getting that fixed. Wednesday was a great day! We had the Elders serving in Washington, IA come over to Fairfield for exchanges. I went with Elder Moser, and Elder Wilson went with Elder Webb. That morning I took the time Elder Moser and I had for companionship study to direct it in a bit of a different way- the way I was trained to by Elder Sonderegger, with a little mix of Elder Unsicker's influence in there. We planned out a lesson for a woman we were going to teach the first lesson to. We switched it up and chose to teach Kim [last name removed] about the Doctrine of Christ before we teach the Restoration, because that gives her a foundation to work with on the Restoration. We planned out tons of stuff for her, studied the scriptures for her, role played, and prayed for a baptismal date. As we did this criteria we felt a very strong confirmation for a date. We invited a member who is her friend to the lesson, and he accepted, and we taught Kim. Kim is an amazing woman. I will just say that. She has an amazing story! She's currently engaged to a man who she's known from her childhood, and he is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and is very very active. She describes him as that kind of guy who if he sees LDS missionaries at a Wal-Mart he will stop them and get those missionaries donuts (sign me up). But at any rate we had this amazingly spiritual lesson grounded from her background with the church and her fiancee's influence all the way up the inspiration Elder Moser and I recieved as we taught this lesson, VERY BY THE SPIRIT. We were directed, and she was directed, and we set a date for her to be baptized on November 19, 2011. She has no doubt that that is the day for her, and her fiancee has already bought a plane ticket. Woot woot.
Thursday was a big day for the Fairfield branch. On Thursday October 13, 2011 we welcomed Elder and Sister Hawes to the area. That's right, the Fairfield Branch not only has full-time elders now, but a full-time Senior Missionary couple. Fairfield currently is the leading area in the mission (according the the APs) and that is mind boggling! But very reassuring, due to some info in my patriarchal blessing I remembered the other day. The Church is true! So we help the Hawes get settled, and talked to them for a bit, and worked with them. We are very excited for them, and so is President Jergensen (Sister Hawes is his older sister, literally).
Friday was interviews, awesome day. Yeah! I love President Jergensen by the way. He's such an awesome man, and a spiritual giant. He really like Chemistry I found out. It made me laugh when he tried to talk to me about chemistry and it was like "President, I have no idea what you are saying, I never took Chemistry, and never will." President Jergensen is a pharmacist for profession by the way- hence Chemistry!
That was basically the highlights of the week! I can' think of anything else that was awesome.
But yeah. Everyone should read the October 2011 ENSIGN. It's way awesome, especially the article by Elder David A. Bednar. Very good.
Love ya
Bye!
ELDER PROWSSSSS
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