humidity's coming, dripsy in ypsi

May 21, 2012

Hey there. Hey happy birthday dad and makenzie! it sounds like you guys had fun celebrating. even though i wasn't there, i was thinking of you guys on your b-days. hope everything was great and that you got a bunch of cool gifts!

Here's the picture from Cyaira's baptism last week. That's her and her family. Elder Davis got permission to come up for the baptism, so you'll prob recognize him because he's so tall. It was a neat experience. I don't remember if I talked about it last week, but at the baptism Cyaira's friend came up to us and said she wants to be baptized. she's been coming to church every once in a while for years. her and her family is really tight with cyaira's family, and she told us she's been wanting to be baptized for a while and feels like now's the time. so we've been working with her all week and she's just cruising along. she's loving the book of mormon and it all means a lot to her. her mom isn't interested in having formal lessons right now, but we've had a couple good discussions with her and her mom, and the mom is very supportive. she's willing to give rides when for lessons and church and mutual. very exciting, she's awesome and will be baptized in the next couple weeks.

another miracle that happened this week was with a guy named dan. last monday we got a call from him saying he used to meet with missionaries a few months back and wants to get back on track. we saw him the next day for an appointment and before we really even introduced ourselves he said, "i know the church is true, i know joseph smith is a prophet, and i want to be baptized, and i think i can be ready in 3 weeks." whoa. i felt like i was in a dream. he's incredible. a few months back he was working towards baptism and was coming out to church regularly, but some things came up that knocked him off track. but last week he got the feeling he needed to call up the missionaries and get back on track. it's cool because he knows a lot of the members already so it's really just a matter of picking back up the momentum. so we've been working with him all last week too and he's planning on a baptism a few weeks out.

the lord has been pouring down some incredible blessings recently, and it's been fun, but it's also humbling. i feel like i have to live up to the responsibilities that He's given us that come with the blessings. i don't remember the reference, but there's a part in the book of mormon where king benjamin is talking about how we'll always be in debt to God. we try to please him to return the love he's shown us already, but when we please him he pours down even more blessings. but i think he's less concerned with that debt we owe him and more concerned with us just being happy. god is good, and the gospel life is the good life.

but michigan life isn't always the good life, it's starting to get humid.

well gotta go. love you guys lots. have a great week.

elder lamb

Cyaira's baptism!

May 14, 2012

Hey! Long time no talk! It was great talking to you guys yesterday, it just wasn't long enough. But November will be here quicker than we know it. Crazy. I forgot my usb chord for my camera, so i'll make sure i send you a pic from the baptism next Monday. But the baptism yesterday went great. The dad ended up coming out and it seemed like he was touched by the experience and the Spirit that was present. You could tell that Cyaira's whole family was feeling the Spirit and that the baptism meant a lot for them. There was a lot of people there from the ward too, Cyaira's been part of the ward for a while so even on Mother's Day it ended up being a packed house. She had some of her non-member friends there, and after the baptism one of them came up to us with Cyaira and said she wants to be baptized. Talk about a blessing falling from heaven. The girl's mom was there and we talked to her and she's really supportive about it too. So we're teaching her on Wednesday.

I still feel sick, but it is what it is. What's ridiculous is I was just telling Elder Pedersen a few days ago that I've never been sick on my mission. Then out of nowhere - boom - i get hit with something. What I should have said was I've never baptized 500 people on my mission and let that happen instead. I'll try it today and keep you posted. Today we'll probably run a few errands and just take it easy. We might play some basketball with the Belleville Elders but I might end up taking a nap as they all play. I've been against naps so far out here though so we'll see.

Yesterday at church a lady we found in Plymouth who was baptized with her son the week after I left was visiting some friends in the Ypsilanti Ward. So that was neat to see the two of them doing good still going strong. And I already told you that Jacob Foster was in our ward yesterday too with his sister. Small world. I've seen Morgan and the Scotts, who knows who I'll run into next.

Oh so last week we started teaching the boyfriend of a recent convert in the ward. We had a good lesson with them last Sunday and put him on date to be baptized. He was already thinking about getting baptized into another church at the end of the summer, but we put him on date for a day halfway through June to be baptized as a Latter-day Saint instead. I think something we said really inspired him because he actually ended up getting baptized yesterday in his church. Not quite what we were hoping for, but still exciting in a way.... Ha but we're still going to be working with him, that might have just been the warm-up round.

So things are good out here in Ypsi. Still having fun and working hard. Today I should be sending two boxes of winter clothes to you guys. You can unpack them if you'd like but it's not anything important so you can also just leave them all in the boxes and I can figure out what to do with it all when I get home. The weather's nice today. It feels like a California summer right now. A little breezy but still warm. The humidity hasn't kicked in yet but it'll be here soon. Oh boy.

Have a great week. Love you guys.

Elder Lamb