Good week

Dear friends and family:

We had a pretty good week this past week. We struggled a little bit at the start of the week, but by the end of the week we were able to get one of our new investigators, Stephadina, to come to church. She enjoyed it a lot, and she has a date to be baptized on the 6th. We also have two other investigators who have a date to be baptized on the 13th. It was a miracle that we found them.

The miracle happened because our ward had a barbeque/picnic last Saturday. It was in a park, but unfortunately there was a fee to get into the part on weekends and holidays. Nobody had been told about the fee. When we pulled into the park for the first time, we found out about it and called the bishop to see if there was anything we could do to prevent any investigators/members from being charged to come to the ward activity. He asked us to go and talk with the people manning the entrance and ask them if they could count the number of cars entering the park to go to the ward activity. When we went to talk with them, we found out that one of them was a less-active member who had not been to church for several years because of her job, but who still loved the church and wished she could go back. She was baptized in New York and had even gone to the temple and received her endowments. Her friend, who was there with her, was looking for ways to come closer to God and to develop her faith. She gratefully accepted a copy of the Book of Mormon, and asked us to come and teach her and her husband. They accepted a date for the 13th, and we are excited to work with them more.

Elder Storm and I have been doing well. We had a quick fire exchange with the zone leaders yesterday, after district training, and we were able to learn a lot about knocking doors and being simple but powerful.

Thanks,

Elder Slade