Dear family,
It has been busy week! It seems like a lot of different things have happened this week. Including interviews, choir performance, family home afternoon which we do with our zone once a transfer, a couple of baptisms, and a mini missionary. It has been exciting!
The over-age youth that we've been teaching was baptized this week! One of their fellowships invited them over for FHE and dinner last Monday night. The non member husband was also there and we were able to share a message. We were also able to have a lesson with them on Tuesday night to review what baptism is and to talk more about what was going to happen at the baptism. The baptism went really well. Her dad came a little late, but he got there just in time for the baptism. At the end of the baptism her mom bore her testimony. It was a wonderful testimony. She talked about how she knew she needed to come back to church, and how it was through her daughter that she would start coming back. It was a great experience for their family. We also ended the baptism by singing I Love to See the Temple. It was perfect!
A high school student we've been teaching was also baptized this weekend. It was actually a really busy Saturday morning because we had to run from one baptism to another. At the first baptism we were in charge of teaching while she was changing so we couldn't leave until after that. It ended up working well and we got to both of the baptisms on time. There were a lot of people at the high school student's baptism. She has been coming to church for 3 or 4 years and she is a senior in high school so she had a lot of friends there.
On Tuesday we got a random call from another missionary. This missionary was calling to ask if I could take his spot in the choir performance on Thursday. So I ended up singing a solo at the performance on Thursday. I was a little nervous because I hadn't sung the song for a long time and I went through it twice on Thursday morning. It ended up going well and of course the spirit is the most important part.
Something really cool happened this week! One of our recent converts, was called to be a ward missionary just a couple weeks ago. This week he taught the gospel principles class! It wasn't a small class either. There were probably around twenty people in the class. He seemed nervous before the class, but he gave an awesome lesson. It just happened to be lesson one which is about Heavenly Father and he asked great questions and led some great discussions. It was really cool to see. We joked around later that he can teach us the new member lessons. It actually sounds like a great idea. I also saw another recent convert again just today. Several of the elders in the zone went to the church this morning to play basketball and there were several members there playing, and he (the recent convert) was playing with them. It's great to see he is doing great and being very well fellowshipped.
We ended up getting a mini missionary for this past weekend. He was with us from Friday evening to Sunday evening. He was a great guy and is excited to do missionary work. We took him street contacting at a park the first night and he did amazing. It sounds like they have a great mission prep in his stake! We were able to teach several people on the street while he was with us and found some new potential investigators. We also met some interesting people so now he also has some great stories to tell people.
It is going to be another busy week! One of the stakes is doing something they call Get on the Bus. The stake rented a couple of buses and these buses are going to take people to the Easter pageant on Thursday night. It's great because you don't have to worry about parking or trying to get a good seat. The only trick is if you are a member you have to bring a non member or less active friend to get on the bus.
It's great to be a missionary! I'm so grateful to have this opportunity. It's amazing all the blessings of the gospel of Jesus Christ. It truly changes lives. Thank you for all of your prayers. I love you all so much!
Love,
Elder Joshua Gandy
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