Monday, October 24, 2011

Another Baptism

Hello Family!
    Thanks for the package, I live like 10 minutes from the office,
so, they brought it over to me right when it came.  This week was
awesome, we set a baptismal date with Wolfgang.  He is way
super excited.  When we asked him if he wanted to be baptized, he told
us that he definitely wanted to, he said that he thought he had to
do something special before he could be baptized.  He pulled out his
calendar and asked when he could get baptized. We told him whenever he
wanted, so, he picked out November the 12th.  After that he asked to
go and stand in the Baptismal Font.  He stood in there and then looked
around and said, "3 weeks and I´ll be a member of the Chuch of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints."  He was so happy. Right after that,
Pepper called us.  She´s the one that was baptized like 4 weeks ago.
She said she wanted to meet Wolfgang, so she came over to the Church
and talked to him for like 45 minutes.  He told her how he was worried
he wouldn´t be able to give up smoking (He used to smoke a couple of
packs a day, now he only smokes 1 cigarette a day) Pepper told him
that he could easily do it, she told him how she used to smoke
Marijuana with her friends every week and she said that as long as he
read and prayed every day he would be able to stop smoking.  It was
way cool to see them talk to one another.  Pepper also told us that
she´s planning on going on a mission.  She said that every time she
thinks about it, it just feels right, so she scheduled a meeting with
our Branch President to see what she needs to do to prepare to be a
missionary.  It´s so cool seeing how much the gospel has changed both
of their lives.
   Other than that awesome experience, not much happened this week.
It´s starting to get cold... and I hate the cold, so, I guess
we need to find a bunch of investigators so that we teach the entire
winter haha.  The work is going well here, thanks for everything that you
have done for me!  I´m doing awesome and having a blast!
Elder Collings

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