October 27, 2009

Hey! So Elder Williams and I have had a good week here in Layton Utah. A few months ago we taught an inactive woman named Alason Geddes. We taught her all the lessons and have been able to activate her. She is married but was separated from her husband Richard for a while who is also inactive. They just got back together and now we are teaching him and trying to get him active. We've also been teaching her 9 year old son Zakary for the past month or so and he is getting baptized this saturday on Halloween! We also have 2 more baptisms coming up on Nov. 7th. One is a 16 year old girl names Liz, and the other is a 12 year old named Jeff. We're also teaching two people in our area that say that they've been baptized but nobody can find their records. If they can't find them, we might have to re-teach them and re-baptize them. On Saturday I went on exchanges in my area with Elder Figeroa. We had a good time, taught some lessons to a few investigators, and had some good contacts. On Nov. 2nd we are holding another movie night at the Hubbard's home in their movie theatre. We are going to be showing The Testaments, and there is going to be popcorn, nachos, ice cream, cookies, and probably some kind of drink. I made some flyers and we've been handing them out to members, recent converts, and investigators. It's been really effective and it's great because it is low pressure and the Spirit is very stong everytime. I hope that we have a good turn out this time...It will be the third time we've done it. We were able to go to the Ogden Temple this morning and had a nice time. We woke up to a little snow on the ground which was kinda cool but it sure was cold! I don't know how I'm gonna survive this winter lol. We are going to dinner with Bro. & Sis. Wilcox tonight. Then we have a new member lesson with Carlis at 6pm, Elder Williams has to do a baptismal interview for one of the Sisters investigators at 7pm, and then we have some other odds and ends planned for the rest of the night. Hopefully the weather won't get too crazy tonight. Everything here is going great. I am doing well and am happy. My testimony is strong and I am so thankful to be serving a mission. I love you all and miss you tons! The church is true! Spread the Gospel! Every member a missionary! ~Elder Watts