Hey fam!

This week was another good week, we didn´t have fantastic numbers, but we had some really good progress in our investigators:)

We made stuffed french toast this week

Sooo I had kind of a creepy experience this week...we walked up to a inactive member´s house and saw her gpa cooking something. As I got a closer look I saw 4 paws and a long tail. from head to tail it was about 18 inches. What do you think it was? If you guessed a cat, then you´d be right.

This week we baptized one of our investigators named Danna. Danna has had a difficult life. She was born out of wedlock with a single mother, never knowing who her father actually was. Her mom now lives with another man, but Danna has been abused by him for a good part of her life. She was mentally damaged by all of this. When we met Danna she had run away from her home and was living with her grandma in already very difficult economic circumstances. For example on one side of their house the roof fell and so now they just have a soft plastic sheet over it. Danna couldn´t even talk to us or look at us in the eyes she had been so damaged. It has been difficult to teach her because of this, but what great changes I have seen in her! As her heart ad soul have been touched by the Love and Spirit of God she has opened up! Now when she sees us she smiles, I have heard her laugh many times, and she responds to all of the questions! What a great blessing the Gospel of Jesus Christ is in the lives of people! I can´t wait to bring that light to other people´s lives!

This week I focused a little more on understanding why Christ is so important to us in our lives, and why we focus our faith on Him. As I studied and pondered this topic I definitely feel like I have grown closer to Him:) When you realize how much we need Christ in our lives, and what he has done for us, you cannot deny that you love Him. He built our world for us. He showed us how we can be happy through obedience to His commandments. But most importantly, He performed the Atonement for all of us. I don´t think we can ever realize how important that single act was. Through the Atonement we are washed away from all of our sins, problems, and weaknesses. There is no other greater gift that we can get, except eternal life, which is also only made possible through the Atonement. I don´t think I can ever express my gratitude for what Christ has done for me! He is truly my Savior and I love Him!

Our area is doing very well. we are continuing to find new investigators through the members, the only problem is that none of them have been exactly amazing. But we have found some that we think will progress very well:) I continue to love this area!

So we had another vary successful Ward Council! We were really able to talk about the needs of the ward, and I feel like we are really making progress! The best part is when we hear that some of the organizations have visited some of the people on our list! I love hearing what our ward needs and then filling out their assignments to us! I really feel like we are working together!