Spiritual Overflow

 First, I just want to thank everyone for your prayers! We had a lesson with our friend Dale who has been taught for over a year. In that lesson, we talked about the gift of the Holy Ghost and how we receive that after we're baptized. Dale said he's not ready for baptism and is waiting until the Spirit tells him he's ready. While he was saying that, he was getting a little emotional. The Spirit was definitely confirming to him that this is something he needs to do. He recognized that and said, "baptism is coming, I feel it." Not even a few hours later he texted us saying he's ready for baptism! We called him and talked over a few things and he asked us when the soonest date is he can be baptized. He set his own baptismal date for may 18th! It's such a blessing to see God soften hearts and im grateful for all the missionaries who taught him in the past!

We had a lesson with Pat Paige the other day and we told her our purpose is to help her be baptized with proper authority. She was talking about baptism and how she knows God will help her with that. When we invited her to be baptized she was like, "that's what I was talking about! Of course I'll be baptized" haha!! We have a member who joins our lessons with her and they are best friends!! She told us God led her to this church and He's telling her to be baptized! 

Angel came to church and brought his two sons! He's been progressing well! We actually discovered he met with missionaries in Arizona before he moved here and they were talking about baptism with him! So exciting! 

We had an apostle come to our mission and speak to us!! Elder Renlund is amazing! We got to shake his hand and tell him our name and where we're from. He and his wife gave  us lots of tips for missionary work and answered our questions. Something I took away from him was making Jesus real in our lives and helping others do the same. We can do this by studying his words and actions in the scriptures. So I invited all of yall to intentionally take time and study the scriptures, seeking Jesus. 

We've been focusing on bringing members to all of our lessons with those we're teaching. We seriously could not do this work with out them! Their testimonies and friendships are game changers! We've seen a lot of our friends coming to church and feeling welcomed!

Please pray for 

Dale 

Pat Paige 

Willie 

Rainey 

Robbie 

Pictures

--> We were way out in the furthest part of our area and we drove past a house that had EMUs! I told Sister Austin to pull over because we were going to knock on their door and ask for a picture with their emus.

 --> Sister Austin was stood on an ant hill and they were all over her shoes!!