December 12, 2011
This week Sister McMann was baptized! It was the bees' knees. Just a little about her and how she got to the point of being baptized - she's married to a member in the ward, they've been married for a long time but she never was interested in the church. she was raised catholic and was actually pretty against the lds church. but she had a complete turn around when she read Alma 32, it's her favorite chapter now, and it's like a light went off where she started to see what this was all about. a few months ago she was feeling good about baptism but ended up having a surgery. so we lost some momentum for a little bit and slowly picked it up again. and that's basically where she's come from. she's awesome though, gung-ho about the book of mormon too and excited about relief society. the relief society has been a big support for her. and a lot of her non-member family came to the baptism, one of her friend's at the baptism said that her own baptism is next so the flint elders set up an appointment with her for this week. it'll be at the mcmann's house so we'll get to help out with that which will be sweet.
i got to go to the temple this week with my old mtc district which was a lot of fun. crazy how fast time flies out here. after the temple we all went to the mission home and had dinner and had a good discussion with everyone and pres and sis holmes. i felt charged for the next year.
pres came to our sacrament meeting yesterday to meet some of the people who've been baptized recently because he wasn't able to make it to their baptisms. he doesn't go to every baptism but tries to go to as many as he can. so that was a neat experience.
i think that's about it for updates this week. today for preparation day we're going to run some errands with the flint elders and maybe watch a church movie at our apartment. party. well gotta go, don't forget, the church is true. and the gospel makes everything so much more fulfilling. i finished the new testament a few days ago, the book of revelation was intense but it got me pumped for the good times ahead. every sacrifice the lord asks us to make is more than worth making. even the little ones, maybe even especially the little ones. love you guys.
elder lamb
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