So, we had an amazing week this last week. Of course the highlight of that being the baptisms of Chelsey, Rachyl, and Megyn Miller. It almost because a cause of trouble, but in the end it all worked out.
The reason that it almost caused trouble was over a simple thing: food. I am amazed at how important food is for any situation out here. Noah and Kia Miller (the parents) had a pot-luck at their baptism, and wanted it for all of their children. Well, the pot-luck was because six got baptized on one day, and it was on Christmas. So, they didn't seem to understand that, and wanted to have one for every baptism, which begins to drag on the ward a little bit. We tried to encourage them not to, but they still wanted to. Our bishop didn't know about it, and we got a call when one of their neighbors told the bishop's wife that we were going to call all of the ward members and tell them that it was a pot-luck, which we never said. Then, another ward had a baptism as well, and they wanted food, so there was some miscommunication, and Noah thought he was going to have to cancel his food because of them. In the end (and after many prayers) everything went ok, no one got offeneded, and the baptism went fantastically. Then we had the confirmations yesterday as well, which went well. We stopped by early in the morning before church though, which turned out to be a good thing, because one of the daughters had bought a can of iced tea, not thinking about it, and we caught her and got her to not drink it.
Right after the confirmation on Sunday, Elder Mathews went back and sat by Derrick. He told him "You're next." to which Derrick replied "Yeah, maybe." but not disagreeing at all, so we will see how this week goes.
We also began teaching a lady named Charrise on Friday, who is very solid. She says she believes Joseph was a prophet and the book of Mormon is true, but when we got her to realize she would need to become a member, she decided she wanted to pray and come to church first, which we thought was good idea.
On Tuesday we had a fun experience. One of our members called us and wanted us to come give her daughter a blessing. So, she told us the story, and the daughter said she felt that she had done so much evil, and wanted to come to Christ but felt she couldn't. So, I wanted to share the experience of Alma the younger with her. But, the moment I pulled out the Book of Mormon, she asked if I could read from the bible. So, my companion and I were caught off-guard by that, but we were able to share the story of Paul instead, and I gave her the blessing because my companion wanted to tell her sorry and leave. But, I think it all went well in the end.
So, it has been an interesting week, and it looks like it will be another one, but this is the last of the transfer. I hope I get to spend one more transfer with Elder Mathews because I think I could help him a bit more, but we will see what happens. Oh, by the way, I am a district leader, and have been since the last transfer.
Thank you all for the continued support, love, and care. I love you all!
Elder Kidd
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