Family!!
Greetings from snowy
Ohio. It's been snowing all day today.
This week our mission
had a huge focus on baptismal extensions. We ended up extending baptism
to 55 people in our area. The focus really helped increase my testimony
of the importance of inviting people to be baptized. Baptism by the correct
authority is essential, therefore, for a person to be saved in the celestial
kingdom it is essential that they be invited to be baptized. I know that
is true.
We found a lot of new
people to teach this week, and also because of the increased focus on
extending, we found a few people who have real desires to be baptized and learn
more. Our Spaniard/Dominican friends came to church again yesterday and
are all working towards a baptismal date of March 21st! We've got a few other people we're working with that
have shown a lot of interest as well.
One of the more
exciting things that happened this week was the part we played in fixing the
furnace of a part-member family. They called us up Saturday morning to see if we knew anyone who could fix
their furnace. It had been out for two days, and we were their last hope
in fixing it. We made 4 phone calls and found a member that was able to
come over and fix it within a few hours. We translated for him when he
came, and in about half an hour he had it running again. So I'm basically
a furnace repairman now... Or I guess I'm just good at making phone
calls... But something I've learned on my mission is that the church
really is a very strong support network. With just a few phone calls you
can find a member who can help you with basically any problem you have.
It really is like a huge family.
Well, I don't have too
much more time today, so I'll wrap this up. Hope you all have a great
week!
Love,
Elder Foote
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