Sarah

Good Morning Family,

It is just a very beautiful morning in Florida right now I don't sweat anymore when I step outside. This is the type of weather that is the best kind. Its been a good week this week. Sarah Gursky was Baptized and confirmed this past weekend and it was a very good experience for her. I could tell after she came out of the water that she was just so happy. More happy than I have ever seen her. She changed from this scared fragile girl who didn't think that anybody liked her to a happy, more confident person, standing up right in the sight of god. She knows that she is a Daughter of god and nobody can convince her other wise. Her family life is still really not good but she has the gift of the holy ghost now to help her and strengthen her more. The next step for her is to continue to help her stay strong in the gospel and help her go to her correct ward. It will be a long process I think.
Scott received the Aaronic Priesthood this Sunday and was given some families to go home teach. I saw the emotion in his eyes as he received that sacred priesthood of god. Margie and Scott are both looking to get their Patriarchal Blessings and Scottie is getting ready to become a deacon in the near future. So they are doing very well.
One cool experience I had this last week happened while I was on exchange with one of my favorite Missionaries, Elder Glover.
The special thing about Elder Glover is that Elder Glover's dad(Stephen Glover) in high school was best friends with you Dad. And you named Stephen after his dad. At least that is what I have been told by him. Anyway we spent three days together and it was a blast. We went to a College campus called Ave Maria. It is a catholic school in the middle of nowhere. So we went there and accidentally got stuck in a mass when we went to use the bathroom in their cathedral. It was very short, 30 min mass and everyone there gave looks of interest and wonder. Then after ward we got bombarded by a whole bunch of people out in the front of the church wanting to know who we were, Where we were from and what our church was all about. We had a really good time talking and telling them about our beliefs. We than walked to the cafeteria to get some lunch. We sat down at a table and minutes later some students sat with us and talked with us. It was really good to talk with them and I learned so much about their beliefs and how true our church really is. They all looked pretty sincere and open to what we had to say. Except One kid who was studying Philosophy got a little frustrated with our doctrine and was trying to bash with us. We get bashed all the time so it wasn't a big deal at all. We answered all his questions and when he got even more frustrated the rest of the students told him to be quiet and listen to us. Everyone of the students wanted us to come back next week so they can learn more. As we were walking out a girl stopped us because she recognized us from mass and she asked us who we were. when we told her she asked us if we were going to give talks in the next mass. WE all laughed and elder Glover wanted to take her up on that. It was a fun time and I really grew in my testimony of the gospel.
This church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints is the only true and living church on earth and Jesus Christ is at the head of it. I hope you all have a very pleasant week. I love you all.