Hi Son!
How are you doing this week? How did Denise do with your reading of Alma 36? And, Ken and his nine kids. Just think of the change that could take place for his huge posterity if he were to accept the Gospel. Pretty amazing.
We had a very nice regional stake conference. Elder Russell M Nelson spoke, along with Sister Dalton and a couple other Generals. It made me very excited for the future hastening of the missionary work. I think it has amped up a lot of us to be better at sharing our testimonies freely. Sis Dalton's talk was amazing about the strength of youth and repentence. I loved it. We can look forward to some exciting times! Our family is truly blessed and we need to share those blessings with others.
Mason returned last week. It has been great to see Aaron, Mason, and Joe Weitz's growth. They are the same and yet so much more solid in their testimonies. They were working on Ben even up to the last moment before he left for boot camp. He left Sunday. He loves you and said to tell you hi. He cannot get email yet. He said he would call if he could. He'll join the church someday.
It's getting a little chilly here. It looks like you have been having some good weather but it will get cold soon. Do you need anything? Beau leaves for Alaska tomorrow until Christmas. He's not too excited but it has been a great thing for him. The girls are doing great. Chels is doing well in school. Vance has learned "Let's get down to business" from Mulan. He's a crack up. Nor Nor is soooo stinkin sweet! Cade is cheering "gooooooo Giants!" all the time. Makes his daddy proud! Can't wait for the next little one to be born in Feb. We are sooo blessed!
Well, I love you. Put all your energy into your work and training. You are a great example to me and our family.
Love, Mom
Hey Mom!
Oh what a week! Denise loved Alma 36. It changed her progression. This week the spirit had guided us so much! Its nice when you get specific instructions from the Lord. We felt like we should make a calendar for Denise with all the things that need done before baptism on a specific date. She responded to it very well. She and her two kids (Tyler and Sydney) came to church on Sunday! It was so great to see them. She is feeling better and better about the 17th, and she plans to come to see a baptism on the 27th. 80% of all investigators that attend a baptismal service join the church. Pretty cool. Pray for her because I think she has a small smoking problem.
The spirit also brought to rememberance a breifly mentioned referral from a member. It was way out of our way, and they said nothing would come of it. I felt stongly that we needed to go knock the house. So we headed across town on the bikes at eight at night, during the Hawkeye game (it's a religeon around here and people get ticked when you interrupt their game parties), and we had no idea if they would be home. We knocked it and a 14 year old girl comes to the door. We asked her if she goes to church, and she said no but she would like to. We volunteered the family in our ward that she babysits for to pick her up in the next morning for church, so she came as well and had a great time. She plans on attending Young Women's from now on! Her name is Alexis.
We have a dinner tonight at a member's home with Ken the nerd with a plethora of children. It is inevitable that we will be talking about deep doctrine like the origin of God, and the color of the grass in the world we will build with our minds and things, but he is sincerely reading so hopefully it pans out. He also has a date for December 22nd. He is awesome.
Love you thanks for your prayers! Pray for these people, they need you
Elder Tall
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