December 15, 2009

Hey!So on tuesday night 2 of our investigators Trena & Sergio dropped us. We had a whole wedding planned and everything...well, it was in the process at least. :/ On Wednesday I went on an exchange in Kaysville with Elder Hale. His area has a car which made it nice in the snow. We had a nice time and had fun together. I don't know what the deal is with utah. In the summer, all these hot teenage girls mow the lawns all over, and in the winter, all these hot housewives shovel snow outside in their front yards. Like seriously, they are all dressed up lookin' good, and they are shovelin' snow! Hahaha. On Thursday I went on an exchange with Elder Asplund before he went home on Friday morning. It was his last day before he went home. We had a great time together, and had a ton of fun. We had fun, but we also had some serious talks about life, our missions, etc, that I hope will help him. He says that he is definetly coming back on his mission after he recovers. I keep him in my prayers daily and put his name in the Temple every week. I'm going to write him often to try and help keep his mind on the mission and coming back. President Olson gave me permission to call him last night and we talked for about 1 1/2 hours. He is doing well, and is still doing his studies, etc. I'm worried that he will get so sucked up into the world though that he will get further and further away from coming back on his mission. Idk, all I can do is pray, put his name on the Temple, and write encouraging letters. His doctor is gonna try and get him back here within 3-6 months. On Friday we went with Bro. C to lunch at Cafe Rio...it's my favorite. We had a great time as usual. I'm sad cause it will probably be the last time I go if I get transfered. He just got a divorce, and now he is goin' out with all these 20-30 yr. old women going to eat and hangin' out...it's really funny. I think it has been really hard on him, but I guess he has plenty of distractions lol. On saturday we had 2 baptisms back to back! Kurt , the 9 yr old boy got baptized at 6:30, and Debbie got baptized at 7:30. Kurt's service was nice, and Elder Williams was able to come back and baptize kurt, and stay for Debbie's as well. It was fun to see him...I miss him a lot. I think you appreciate your companions and miss them more after they are gone. I really enjoyed Debbie's baptism. She asked me to give the talk on Baptism, and it went really well, except for that I started to cry while I was doing it. The Spirit was really strong, and I had been waiting for this day for a long time. It meant a lot to me to see her get baptized. Once I started crying, she started crying, then both of us were crying! Haha. It was special. She cooked tons of baked goods for the refreshments, and let me tell you, they were da bomb! All kinds of breads and cookies, drinks, etc. Debbie & JJ have a great family, and I get along with them well. I look forward to the day when I can go to the Temple and watch them get sealed for time and all eternity. Both Kurts and Debbie's confirmations were the next day on Sunday which was nice. We had a crazy day on sunday as usual, going to tons of different meetings, etc. The stake that I cover, the Layton Valley View Stake put on the most amazing Christmas Stake Fireside I've ever been too. It was called a Christmas Musical Evening. The Stake Presidency spoke briefly for a few minutes, and then the rest of the 1 1/2 was all music. All kinds of choirs and musical groups from the stake sang with the piano, violins, cellos, bells, a harp, and the organ. It was amazing. You could definetly feel the Spirit strongly, and I loved every minute of it. All those that participated were very talented, I was very impressed, and thankful that the Stake would go to all the effort to put something like that together for the members. We went to lunch with Bro. Child again on Monday. I actually think we went to Cafe Rio on Monday, and Jason's Deli on Friday...I got them mixed up. Both places are really good. Have yall ever been to either of them? Is there a Cafe Rio in Chico? I think they may have put one in right before I left but I can't remember. My favorite thing to get there is the Grilled Chicken Breast Tostada with Sour Cream and Guacamole. It's so good! Haha. We went to the Bountiful Temple this morning and did an endowment session. After that we ran a few errands, and then went over to the Jensen's for a BBQ and a movie. President Olson rewarded us by letting us watch a movie because we got 200 baptisms as a whole mission last month. We watched Monsters vs. Aliens again lol...I love that movie. If you don't have it, get it! We have lessons all night tonight, so that should be good. Rosie invited a friend to meet with us so we are gonna teach her for the first time tonight. Everything is going well. We get transfer calls this monday, and if I am gonna get transfered, I will be moving on tuesday. Usually it is Wednesday, but because of Christmas, they moved it back a day. I hope that all of you are doing well. I love you and miss you tons. The church is true! Spread the Gospel!Love, Elder Micheal Watts