November 3, 2009

Holla from Poo-tah!So this last week was great! I got to see Jenni & Terrell and the kids on Wednesday. It was awesome, but it felt kinda weird...almost like it wasn't real. They picked up some food for us for dinner and then we went to our apartment and visited for an hour. It was so nice to see them and to give them all a big hug. :) Rosie was able to break away from work for a few minutes to come and meet Jenni. I'm glad they we able to meet. Rosie is so cool...Gangster Style. It sucked to have to say goodbye but I am thankful for the opportunity. The visit didn't have that much of a negative impact on me. I have been able to continue to focus on the work and have success. On Thursday I went on exchanges in my area with Elder Cordier. I don't know why, but it seems like everytime I go on exchanges in my area or someone else's, all of our plans fall through lol. We also had Zone Study on thursday which was awesome. The Zone Leaders were really creative and we acted our the story in the scriptures and everything. It was a lot of fun, and it was cool to see the scriptures come alive. We did out weekly planning on Firday morning, and then Bro. & Sis. Mathis took us out to Olive Garden for lunch. It was sooo good, I got the usual. They are awesome people...we like them a lot. They are the ones that are taking me to the Dentist next week too. My companion Elder Williams filled out Transfer Evaluations on Friday as well. He is the District Leader so he evaluates everyone in the District. He told me that he talked to the Zone Leaders and they are all putting down for me to be transfered. So most likely I will be getting transfered on Nov. 11th. I've been here for 4 1/2 months so I think it's time to move on. It's bittersweet. I want to go somewhere new but at the same time I don't because I know so many people in this area. I'll do whatever the Lord wants me to do, It'll just be hard. Saturday was Halloween and we had a baptism!!! A little 9 year old boy named Zakary Geddes that we have been teaching got baptized. It was a very small service, not too many came except for his family and a few friends. It was a nice service though. Bro. Bitner and his wife did a great job conducting and with refreshments as always. Elder Williams baptized Zakary and I got to confirm him the next day in Sacrament Meeting. I was nervous about it because I had never done it before but it went well. Later on Halloween day we had to be in by 6pm so we went to the Snow's for about and hour and visited with them while they handed out candy. Sis. Snow made me Apple Cake w/Sauce! Ahh it was sooo good. After that we went to the Stake Center and the whole Zone got together and played games, etc. until about 9pm. We had a lot of fun. On Monday we had another Movie night at the Hubberd's home in their movie theatre. We had set up earlier for it and then it started at 7pm. The whole zone was included in the activity. One of our investigators came for the second time. His name is Jake Shilts and he is 16 years old. He said he could feel the Spirit ever stronger this time. His dad won't let him get baptized so he is gonna have to wait until he is 18. He told me last night that he wants me to be at he baptism, and asked me if I would be there when it happened. It felt so good to know that I've had that big of an impact on him to where he wants to get baptized, and that he wants me to be there. We'll see what happens. We went to the Bountiful Temple this morning and had a nice time. Things are going great here, and we have another baptism this coming saturday on the 7th. A kid named Jeff Carlson who we have been teaching is getting baptized. He is 12 years old and is really excited about his baptism. He has been going to church with his grandparents for a long time, so it hasn't been that hard to prepare him but it's still cool. Well I hope that everyone there is doing well. I love you all so much and miss you tons. The church is true! Spread the Gospel!!! Love, Elder Watts