An amazing experience!

Subject Line: Smile! God loves you!

Yooooo

I'm sick. But I don't care cuz I'm in Vegas baby! I'm pretty sure it's not swine flu. Thanks for the Halloween candy. I especially liked the Twix when it said you could win a trip to Vegas haha. It was soo cold outside that I got to wear a sweater! I was so happy. And we saw Cameron Steel at Chipotle. I have to shave three times a week now instead of just twice. ugh Lame. Having a car is amazing. Downside... trying to keep the weight off.

I had a amazing experience this week that I want to share with everyone.

My companion and I had been feeling very down lately for many reasons. Things had not been going well for us, meaning the work was a little slower than usual. We were visiting all of our referrals and none of them answered their doors until we got to the last referral. Juanita and Travis. We knocked on their door and I was still feeling a little discouraged until they opened the door and said "we have been waiting for you". I was like whoa. I thought that only happens in Church movies.

They had just entered in about 2 minutes before we knocked. We went in and talked with them a little bit. Juanita's sister had just been baptized a couple months ago so that's what got her interested. They were raised Catholic. Her boyfriend, Travis, is Baptist but he hasn't been to a church in 3 years. He said that it just doesn't feel right.

We explained a little bit about our Church and what we believe and Travis was like "that makes sense!" Travis was "hooked" from then on. We left after a little bit and came back that evening because they had things to do. Our appointment was at 7 but we were running a little late. We pulled into their apartment right behind this white car at 7:15. We followed that car all the way to Juanita's apartment. It turned out to be Juanita and Travis. Travis was tripping out because if we had gotten to the appointment on time, then we would have probably missed them and he was worried about that.

We went in again and taught them the first lesson. We taught them about how Christ led by example by being baptized. Travis was like "that makes so much sense! Baptist preachers these days tell you one thing but show you another". Then he began to tell us about how his Grandma has been coming to him in his dreams for the past couple of weeks and she kept saying "you know what you got to do". Travis now understands what she meant. The Spirit was so strong and it prompted me to commit them to baptism. I did and they said yes. Juanita and Travis were both crying and it was just a wonderful experience. It totally made my week.

We gave them a Book of Mormon and he just flipped it open to 3 Nephi 18 : 5 [5 And when the multitude had eaten and were filled, he said unto the Disciples: Behold there shall one be ordained among you, and to him will I give power that he shall break bread and bless it and give it unto the people of my church, unto all those who shall believe and be baptized in my name] and said once again "that makes sense."

The Church is true. It makes sense. I love you all. Thank you for your support and prayers. And smile, God loves you!

Elder Richards