Winter Quarters YSA #21

Hey guys! So this week was a crazy one to be sure, but it was so Good!

Holly and Devyn both got baptized this week! Holly has been taught for about a year and a half and we were just lucky enough to be here when she decided that she was finally ready. There was a bunch of drama this last week that I won't go into that made it seem like it might not happen, but it happened and it was perfect! We started filling up the font 2 hours before and it still was just over knee high and only kind of warm, but she got baptized!  

Devyn was found about a month and a half ago by some other missionaries. A few months before then, he'd had a spiritual experience where he felt the Holy Ghost really strongly and it turned him from an Atheist into a Christian. He had been living in a life of sin, but turned it all around because of that. I mentioned last week about how he came to know that the Book of Mormon is true. When we taught him the Word of Wisdom he was super disappointed, but committed right then and there to live it. We had to push back his baptism because of the snowstorm last week, but it gave us a little time to make sure everything was right and he was baptized about an hour and a half after Holly! 

Ethan also came to church! He has been meaning to for a long time, but finally was able to make it. He seemed to like it. I also was one of the speakers so I was able to hopefully say some things that helped him. And our recent convert Brian came for the first time in 2 months which was awesome. 

We also had a few meetings this week as well as exchanges. I got to go with Elder Soto from Smithfield Utah! We looked it up and his house is 7 minutes away from mine so that was a good time. We were able to invite our friend Dan to pray about baptism which was awesome!

So in my talk I talked about how we are all on our journey back towards heaven, and we need landmarks to guide our way. I talked about the importance of the sacrament and how if we worthily partake of it, it has the potential to change our lives. I invite you all to prepare to take the sacrament not just on Sunday Morning, but all week and see what the difference is. I know that it will be an amazing experience. Anyways have a great one everyone!

-Elder Olsen