March 31

I hope you are all as excited as I am to see sunshine and the number 63°F. Dang, aww yeah!!! We had a really great week, maintaining a busy schedule with many appointments and also finding new people to maintain that busy schedule, that's how we role in DeForest, Wisconsin.

Our investigator S___ had a happy and successful baptism in Manitowoc on Saturday March 29th. He texted us at 3am on Saturday to tell us that he was so excited to be baptized that he couldn't sleep.  Apparently neither were we allowed to sleep that night either, oh well, who needs rest when you have faith in Christ. J  Our ward mission leader Bro. Williams was able to drive up with his family and perform the ordinance. He commented that the whole time S___ was a little shaky and couldn't put to words what he was experiencing. What a unique and special day it was for S___.

Our teaching pool here is doing well, we have a solid number of investigators that we are meeting with as regularly as we can and many of them are reading the Book of Mormon regularly. Elder Pounds and I are trying to do better at getting our investigators to church. We had one on Sunday, and two others were expected to come. When I called one of them she said that she was just too nervous. I tried to explain over the phone that the Spirit is one of peace and not something that we get nervous about, but welcome into our life often once we have experienced it once. She asked that we help her overcome the fear at our next appointment.

Essentially, the summary of my week is that we had a lot of teaching appointments and also had a good amount of success in finding new people to start teaching. #Lovingthemissionlife J

Scripture of the week: Mosiah 13:27-28

27 And now ye have said that salvation cometh by the law of Moses. I say unto you that it is expedient that ye should keep the law of Moses as yet; but I say unto you, that the time shall come when it shall no more be expedient to keep the law of Moses.

 28 And moreover, I say unto you, that salvation doth not come by the law alone; and were it not for the atonement, which God himself shall make for the sins and iniquities of his people, that they must unavoidably perish, notwithstanding the law of Moses.

Thank you for your prayers, enjoy General Conference!

Elder Luymes

 

My first baptism S__ (center) with his wife. 
Our ward mission leader Bro Williams (left) did the honors.