Week 62

This week has been eventful.. Haha! 
First week of the month is always a pretty busy week.. We have a meeting with our mission president for 2 days.. Then we go tell other missionaries what our president told us for 2 days.. Haa! So unfortunately we didn't have a lot of time in our area last week.. But things are calming down now and we're getting back to normal so thats nice!

    The lessons that we did have were almost too good!! We have an investigator named Chelsea and she is SO awesome.. She is so prepared to hear the gospel its not even funny! She has faced opposition and is taking it like a champ. She reverts everything back to the feelings she felt when we taught her the Restoration and when she thinks about that she says "there is no way that its not true!!" SO awesome! haha! We read through and explained the Articles of Faith with her and she loved it! She is now memorizing and reciting them to her friends when they ask her questions about the church! It's so cool and every lesson we have with her she comes back with an awesome story of how she was a missionary and how she is inviting all her friends to come learn what she is! Waay cool and she will be baptized on May 26th.. 

    We also had another awesome experience this week! We had taught this lady about the church and invited her to be baptized.. She said yes.. Then when we left things got a little iffy with some of her extended family & friends and she decided not to follow thru with us. Then on Sunday she showed up to church and told us that she was sorry for not calling or texting us back, and she was ready to join the church. Then she said something SO awesome.. She said.. "It's about time i start pleasing God instead of trying to please everyone else!" Waay cool.. Her husband is actually a inactive member. He made a new years resolution to get to church every Sunday that's possible and he's been doing it. His wife saw a HUGE change in him when he began to be active again so that's what got her interested in the Church! It was great.. 

That's what the gospel is all about.. Is change.. I love it so much. It's changed me, I'm watching it change others, and it has the ability to change anybody who will simply put it to the test.. Its a guarantee! 

Thank you Mom Dad and Lexee for emailing me! :) I appreciate it! 
Mom thank you for the package and the See's candy! The member here LOVED it! hahaha! She was so excited! 
Dad thanks for answering my question! I'm pretty sure i understand now.. I'm printing off your letter and i'll study it this week! 
Can't wait to talk to you all on Sunday! That will be pretty exciting! Haha! LOOOVE IT! 

love you! 
Elder Russell
"if it is to be, it is up to me!"