10/05/09

Aloha!

So, the big news about transfers is: nothing. I am staying in my area with Elder Call for another six weeks. It is going to be interesting. We were able to have a couple good conversations yesterday, so I think we will be able to have a fantastic transfer. The only thing that is changing is that one of the Elders in my district went District Leader, so they are rearranging the districts... and we have no idea how. One other positive is that one elder that seems to hate me with a passion to rival all passions is leaving as well.

But, we were able to have a great week. A couple things fell through, but that is to be expected. The big news of this week is that we committed Isaiah and Josh who are the grandkids of a member in our ward. We had been struggling to help Aunty Momi understand that the Holy Ghost will help us later on and we don't need a perfect understanding first. They will be getting baptized on the 30th of this month.

Also, this next Sunday I will be baptizing Justyce Cummings right after church. He was taught all of the lessons by Elder Simnitt and another elder a while ago, but never came to church. Well, shortly after he turned 9, he showed up at church, and his family wants him baptized, so we are very excited.

So, our misson president has said that each companionship needs to find two new investigators each week. That is something that Elder Call and I have really been striving to achieve and set the example for. Well, on Saturday we hadn't found anyone, and we were trying to figure out who we could find. Well, we prayed, and this homeless couple that lives on the beach popped into my mind. Well, we stopped by and saw them, and were able to teach them a little bit, and they want us to come back and teach some more. The Lord really does provide blessings as we strive to fulfill His commandments.

Conference was amazing. We are going to try to figure out a way to copy it onto a vhs so that we can show some of the talks to our investigators, especially Elder Holland's. Wasn't his powerful? Everything else as well, and President Monson's in priesthood was good too. Oh, I love conference.

As always, I hope everyone is doing well. I love you all. Keep up the good work!

Elder Kidd