This week has been an amazing week and I don't even know where to begin. I guess with my companion. I love my companion. Her name is Sister Moyes. It sounds like Noise but with an M. I have question for mom and dad. I found out that she lives in Magna Utah and has been their her whole life. So that means, we were in utah at the same time. Do you know her parents? Jim and Jill Moyes? I think her Dad has been part of the Stake Presidency. It would be totally awesome if you know them. They have lived in Magna for about thirty years. Sister Moyes is pretty much amazing. We are totally alike. She could be my twin I think. We like the same things and we just work well with each other. It feels like I have known her for my whole life but it has only been less than a week. It is fun.
Okay. Chris and Katie. This is the cause of so much excitement this week. I don't remember what i told you about them but they are amazing. Lets see...We first saw them a week from this past thursday. We had a real lesson with the a week from yesterday so that would be Sept 12th. This family is amazing. We taught them the first lesson on sunday. We left them with a Book of Mormon the thursday before and they said they started reading the book. The spirit was so so so so so strong in that lesson. They were accepting everything that we were teaching them. They read the pamphlet we gave them that past thursday as well and they pretty much knew everything. They would have been able to teach us. Well, near the end of the lesson we had a strong impression. President Glende is always telling us to ask people to be baptized the first lesson we teach them. SOOO we did. Sister Graham asked them if they wanted to be baptized. As soon as she was done with the saying, the BOTH immidiatly said, "YES!" Say what??? you want to be baptized? Okay. We set a date with them for the 16th of October. They are so very excited for it. They asked us, "What do we need to do to get ready for this baptism?" They asked us that question? Yes. We told them to read and pray.
Okay, the next visit Sister Moyes was here. We watched the Restoration movie with us. They accept it still and are very excited. Katie is very excited and Christ is very excited. I am very excited. Sister Moyes is very excited. There is just alot of excitement going one. Friday (17th) we were able to bring a member with us to the lesson. It was very good. Katie is just amazing. We handed her the Plan of Salvation pamphlet the lesson before and one of the first things she told us was that she answered the questions on the back of the pamhlet. There are about 7 questions on there. She told us her answeres and she was correct on every single one! Who just does that? Obviously people who are ready to hear the message we have to share. She also is looking in the book of mormon for question that she has. She looked up about children and baptism and how they don't need to be baptized til later in their life. Moroni chapter 8. It was amazing. They are both in the 2nd nephi already and they are loving reading the scriptures. I think everyone needs to have this excitement. They lesson went graet and they want a temple marriage. That night they went to a branch party and they loved it. I have lots of picutres of it. :)
Sunday, they wanted to go to church but they didn't make it because their alarm did not wake them up. They were so "depressed" as chris put it. They so wanted to go. I wish they could have. Next week they will for sure though. Something amazing happened in the lesson yesterday. We wanted to go over The Word of Wisdom (WOW) but we thought it might have been too soon. So we were planning on doing leson three. WE got there and the spirit told us otherwise. WE answered all their question. They had lots of them. We talked about the temple and eternal marriage. Then at the end of the lesson we talked a little about the WOW. Chris asked us why there was not a designated smoking spot at the church. He wanted to smoke and asked a member where he could smoke but the member told Chris that he could not smoke. Chris asked why. We were so so so nervous to answer that question. We thought that maybe he would have a hard time with this. I anwered and said, "Well... God has given us a law of health." Then I explained a little about the WOW. Then he surprised us and said, "Well, that just gives me a reason to quit. To allow me to get baptized." Did he just say that? Yes. I was surprised. THey are just amazing and wonderful. WE come out of those lessons with no words to describe out excitement. Amazing.
I have to get going. I love this gospel and am excited for it. Read your scriptures and try as hard as you can to do good. :) I love you all.
Sister Amanda Ralph
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