Week 64

Hello my Family and my Friends! 

This week has been epic.. I've had some SWEEET teaching opportunities, and if I learned one thing this week, its the fact that the spirit is the converter. Not us missionaries.. I knew that before.. But i know it even more now! 

We went on 3 ex-changes this week... So it was pretty busy. But I loved every second of it! 

On the last ex-change, I was with a Elder named Elder Davis. He is a STUD! I love him so much.. It was the first time we had taught together, and it was like we knew what each other was thinking! We felt like we needed to go visit this guy named Joey. We knocked on his door and he was struggling... Life and all he's gone through has been weighing him down big time, and the despair and depression was radiating from inside him.
We began to talk about the Atonement of Jesus Christ, and he knew it all, because he had grown up in a church for 20 some odd years.. And we both knew from that instance that we needed to be bold, and talk about how we have full access to the Atonement through the Restored Priesthood! It was sweet.. He enjoyed it. He had SO many questions.. And he told us that we were the first people that have ever given him logical answers! It was so cool.. I wish you could have been there.. Because i'm not doing a very good job of explaining! Ha ha.. But it was a great memory.

So this week has potential to be epic! We have been teaching a part member family and their baptism is on Friday night! The mom is a non-member, and also they have triplets who aren't yet baptized! So on Friday night the family will be complete! I'm so excited. The Father of the family cry's for joy when the topic of being together forever as a family is brought up. He has been praying and fasting since he married her that she would join the church. 15 years it took, and he says that he cannot explain the joy that has come into his heart. It's nothing like he's felt before. He's so happy!

Also.. Our my dear friend named Chelsea will hopefully be baptized on Saturday the next day.. We have been praying and fasting for a miracle to take place... We will know on the 23rd whether its ok, or whether we have to push back the date. Please please add her to your prayers this week. I will most likely be leaving this area on the 31st.. So i really hope for a miracle to see her baptized.. And if not.. Then that's the way the Lord would have it! And I'm perfectly ok with that! :)\

I love you family! So much! The gospel is true and it's changed my life! Mom I hope you got the Mother's Day Gift. Let me know if you didn't! 

Love Elder Russell