Courtney'sWeek #72

Hola!

Well, this week was pretty great. We have been working hard and we are starting to see the fruits of our labors. We still have been kind of low in the number of lessons we have been teaching, but we have been doing a ton of street contacting, knocking doors, and working with the members to get references. Things were still going a little slow unil sunday, we had an investigator come to church, Guillermo. We have been working with Guillermo for a few weeks but he hasn't been able to come to church because he has worked every sunday, but finally he came to church, he stayed for the 3 hours and even stayed after for the baptism that the elders had. The members were all really great about introducing themselves and everything. 

Oh, exciting news, so I already mentioned that the elders had a baptism this week. The lady who got baptized is old lady who is about 70 years old, she had to wait a few months before she got baptized because...she had to wait until she was off probation from jail. It was super funny actually because she a just a sweet grandma, but she says that she found God while she was in jail. When the elders found her she was still sleeping in the jailhouse, but she was released during the day for good behavior. Super funny, but she is now an active member of the ward and she loves reading the Book of Mormon. 

Another thing that happened to us this week. So this Sunday a guy approached us after Sacrament Meeting, I thought he was a member of the stake leadership or something when I first saw him and so I didn't ask him at first who he was, but he introduced himself said that he was reactivating himself and that his wife isn't a member and wants us to visit her. We went and visited them the same night. They are super awesome. They aren't actually married, but they just bought a house about a month ago, so they are brand new to the area. They have a 6 month old little girl and told us that they are trying to put their lives in order. His wife, Karen (that isn't actually his wife, yet), has never listened to the missionaries before but she believes that it is true because since she has been praying and watching movies of the church that her husband shows her she has noticed a change in her life. They are really really awesome and I am really excited to see their progress. 

Well, I love you all. Thanks for everything!

Hermana Evans

Oh, I got Sam's wedding invitation last Tuesday, Thanks!