But Elder, It's Cold Outside!

It has cooled down quite a bit around these parts. The pension clocked in at 42 degrees inside this week, and we have one dinky little heater for the four of us. This winter is going to be a party. Elder Spencer Hughes, from Alpine, Utah is in my zone right now, and he really has grown into a great man. We talked a ton about how things are since he left home, and have now refocused on the work. Also, Miguel Villalobos has a cousin here in the mission that lives nearby in the Highland area. Good times. Our area set more than ten baptismal dates this week! And then two people showed up to church. We are really working hard, and have a baptism this week at seven, if any of you have some free time to swing by the church. There will be cookies afterward for sure. He stopped smoking almost cold turkey. Apparently he didn´t understand that it was a commandment, and he quit in three or four days from smoking sixty cigarettes a day since he was eight years old. The family is admittably strange, but their faith and fidelity to the Lord and each other are incredible. His wife called me her grandson this week, and I have never felt so loved in my whole mission. Another lady told me that when I talk to her it moves something inside of her, as if I speak directly to her spirit. I don´t know what to say to that, other than that the gospel is true and the spirit bears witness of that to everyone that is willing to hear. Truly, the Lord has shown us many miracles this week, and furthermore, we have become His mouthpieces for instigating them. His power is real, and cannot be negated nor denied, no matter what logic attempts to feebly prove otherwise. That each and every one of us can be forever sure of that is my prayer. Isaiah rocks. Find out for yourself. Be good, now, y´all, Elder Lindsey