Victoria was Baptized!!

Hey Mom,

This week was pretty good. Victoria was Baptized!!! The Baptism went really well. There were a ton of people there. The whole ward has been waiting for her to be Baptized. Victoria has been pushing for a while to get her mom to let her. In fact at the Baptism her Brother who originally converted 5 years ago was bearing his testimony about the whole situation and said that Victoria was trying to get her mom to allow it by nagging her everyday and her mom says "It was so annoying!!". It was so funny everyone was laughing. A ton of missionaries were there. One of them was my trainer. He has changed so much since we were companions. He actually goes home this week. But it was really fun to see all the missionaries there that have been praying for this moment for a long time.

We finally had another lesson with Nicole. They took a 3 week break from us hahaha. But she has decided that she is going to wait until the end of January or end of February to be baptized. It was a pretty good lesson for the fact that the only reason why she is being baptized is because our Bishop talked to President Riggs and they were cleared. She is living with her Boyfriend and we had a lesson where we taught the law of Chastity and we had to be the bad guys a little bit. Nicole didn't handle it too well. But she is still wanting to have lessons and is reading and praying. So it is what is. 

We had meeting this week where we talked more about online proselyting. It was pretty good. We presented it to other missionaries today and they were all excited. But its funny because President doesn't have too many answers about all of the online Proselyting and stuff so a lot of the questions were answered with "If it helps you fulfill your purpose as a missionary then yes you can" hahaha. 

We have been doing what we call "Family Fun Nights" where we have a family home evening with families and play games with them. Its a really nice time for them to have a lot of fun with us and we ask them "who do you know of that would enjoy a night like this?". It is great time for people to realize that the contact they have with us does not have to be uncomfortable and so serious all the time. This will really help members realize how easy and fun missionary work can be. 

We had an awesome dinner with a family that we are working with. Its an older couple that we do service for. The husband is not a member. He is a business man and is very vocal about his point of view. Its funny because the closest thing I can think of to compare him to is a 70 year old version of Jim on According to Jim. Funny thing is his name is James and he goes by Jim hahaha. 

We helped someone pull up their carpet this week. Believe it or not carpet is extremely easy to pull out. The hard and annoying part is getting all the staples and tacs in the ground. 

Not too much else happened. But the ward here is awesome. The Bishop, Ward Mission Leader, and the Seminary teacher are all brothers. They use to live in Newport Beach and so I get along really well with all of them. But our bishop is really inspired and receives a ton of inspiration and is really such a great Bishop. I would be blessed to finish my mission here!

Love Elder Powell