We have an investigator who lives in Bethlehem (Connecticut) on the weekend but lives in Ohio during the week. He was drawn to Temple Square on a business trip and since then has been spending his free time during the week with the visitors center missionaries in Kirtland, and on the weekends he comes to our ward and we are going to start teaching him. We found out on Saturday that he has already finished the Book of Mormon and is starting the D&C. He came to a session of conference and absolutely loved it.
A husband in a part-member family is being baptized this Sunday. His stepdaughter has expressed a desire to be baptized, and at conference she said she wanted to change her baptismal date from June to May because she was so excited and felt the Spirit so strongly during conference.
The ward and some families gave us Easter presents that were so thoughtful. We are so spoiled! I love this ward. Can't wait to get to know the rest of it.
Here are some fun little pictures:
1- An Easter egg hunt/jam session in between sessions on Saturday with some members of the ward.
2- With Sister Mortimer. She does hair. She did mine. For the first and probably only time in recorded history, my hair held some curl...it was amazing...had to be recorded on camera for posterity.
3- All the sisters at transfer meeting.
4- The aprons were just too darn cute! Sister Mortimer and Elder Reynolds missed out, I tell you. (Dyeing Easter eggs.)
5- Having a little flower child moment, with Elder Carr's guitar. Name that chord! Anyone?
I loved conference so much. I was really surprised at how similar all the talks were. D'you think God's trying to tell us something? :) I started to get almost bored with the repetition of variations of the sentence, "The Church will do all it can, but the ultimate responsibility of teaching children the gospel rests on the parents." How many times did they say different versions of that statement? How many times did they mention the sons of Helaman? Sister Mortimer and I decided there was a secret conspiracy to trunk out the missionaries with all the talk about families and mothers.
I especially loved Sister Beck's talk. And of course Elder Holland delivers the smackdown, like no one else can. I was actually surprised that was the only pornography talk. When President Monson gave the closing remarks, it hit me like a ton of bricks that the last general conference of my mission was ending. I felt like he was speaking directly to me when he thanked us for praying for him, said he loved us, and invoked the blessings of heaven upon us.
Well, guess what...the Church is still true...what more can I say? Happy Easter! Love to everyone,
Sister Monson
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