Ruby is Baptized!!

How are y'all! First to start with exciting news!!!!!!!!!!! RUBY is BAPTIZED~!!!!! Amazing! She is the one I started teaching in DA ward in the trio. We knew we were meant to teach her but had a lot of challenges, like needing her to actually move into the ward from Alamogordo, um... Throwing a wedding!  and then me getting transferred out of the ward :( but we were able to go to the baptism and I was asked to give the talk on Baptism. I love them and there little family sooooo much! So many miracles happened here!

Hiking with part of the zone was sooo much fun last week! Of course, the elders decided we should go off the trail for a "short cut" When we got lost just driving to the mountain, we should have taken it for a sign. Our shortcut ended up being going up the mountain, through the dry ravines and then coming straight down again, all without sliding into the millions of cactus plants and other pointy things. haha, it was a lot of fun, and fortunately we are all safe and good.

This week we taught 15 lessons! And that is a miracle! We also had many ward members with us and have really started to gain there trust. one is a man we taught at least 4 times this week who is retired and has a curiosity, but does not like the answers we give him. He asks how we know that this is the true church and we talk about the spirit and knowing through prayer and the scriptures, but he comes back saying we are not answering his question, how do we know that it is true. its interesting, because in our last lesson with him, you could really feel that he was not listening and not believing the answer. We know based on individually asking God in faith. He is an interesting one, but I love him anyways.

Yesterday, we had 4 investigators come to church! 2 of which were a family! And that was a hue blessing. They had texted us saying that they wanted to wait to keep meeting with us until they had attended a service. We had promised them in the past that the church is exactly what they were looking for, and even more that they would get along perfectly in the ward with the members, and they did! We barely had a chance to talk with them because everyone in the ward was talking with them, teaching them, showing them around and everything. It was a miracle they way everything fell into place!

Our fast for rain has been answered! And amazingly enough, we have had several flash flood warnings and storms. the lightning is amazing! we stand on our balcony at night to watch it, and then to get pelted with hail as the cars try to make it down our street, driving in the middle of the road. reminds me of home! love it!

We also taught a lesson on keeping the Sabbath Day holy by playing a charades game on what you can and wouldn't do. It was awesome. We played with 3 investigator kids, and 2 member kids and they loved it. It was like teaching an FHE lesson again. They had fun and we saw the girls at church the next day. They are bright!

Well, I am happy and loving the work. I am never happier out here than when I am able to teach a lesson and focus everything on helping someone else come unto Christ. Time keeps flying and flying until I ask where did it go, but days without lessons are the slowest yet. I love y'all and I'm happy everything is going good! the pictures are great! and I'm happy to know y'all are good and keeping the missionaries on there toes with pancakes and so forth! I love you.