Dear family,
It has been another great week! I'm sorry if this letter ends up being a little shorter. Elder Rich is reporting to the mission office today, so there was a lot of packing and getting things done today. I am staying in the area and I will find out on Wednesday who my new companion will be. That also means that from this evening until Wednesday morning I will not really have a companion. Tonight I will be with another missionary whose companion also reported to the mission office today and tomorrow I will most likely be in a trio with another companionship in the zone. It will be fun!
We have a baptism tonight! Before baptisms I am always a little nervous just hoping everything is taken care of. It is always nice when baptisms run smoothly. We had a lesson with the over age youth this week. They are doing well and are starting to plan her baptism. We have another lesson with them this week. We also had a great lesson with a recent convert that is being transitioned into the YSA ward. He was baptized just a couple weeks ago in a family ward and will have the new member lessons in our singles ward. He is an awesome convert and I'm excited to be able to teach him. He is still excited to learn more about the gospel. We had a great lesson with him this week and we taught the restoration. He will be receiving the priesthood and going to the temple soon.
We set up a lesson with that part member family that I told you about. When we went back to set up a lesson they were already thinking about a time that would work for them. We are going to meet with them this week. I'll let you know how it goes.
I'm excited for this next week with transfers and the appointments that we already have set up. We are also going to teach the youth in one of our wards this Wednesday for their combined youth activity. We are going to teach them how to teach the restoration and then in a couple weeks they will go teach it to members in the ward. It is always fun to work with the youth. This week a youth invited two of his non member friends to dinner the same time they invited us over for dinner. At the end we were able to share a message and invite his friends to read the Book of Mormon.
Sorry I have to go set up for the baptism right now. I'm so grateful for this chance to be a missionary. I love the gospel of Jesus Christ! The blessings of the gospel are truly amazing. I know this is Christ's church. Thank you for all of your prayers. I love you all so much!
Love,
Elder Joshua Gandy
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