Moments from a Missionary

Dearest All The only way I can describe this week was Magical, it didn't feel real, but it was! The week began with our usual lessons with Debra, and then this magical thing happened, when we were finishing up our lesson at the Library she said, "I believe it" and she wants to get baptized, we ran through the Baptism interview questions with her again and she was interviewed that night after Andrew's interview! (Elder Cluff and I when we left the library, we got in the car looked at each other and said..."what just happened?") Elder Tonjes, who was my first district leader, back in Ravenswood WV, is now our zone leader here in the Ashland zone. So it was a fun throwback to have him come down to Prestonsburg on an exchange to interview Andrew and Debra, the interview's went just over an hour each, and Elder Tonjes, said it felt like he was a bishop with back to back interviews. Meanwhile, I was out in the foyer with Sister S and Debra and Andrew

What a week! 4 Investigators at church plus a Less active member...Elder Cluff and I could hardly keep up with them all! Luckily the ward really picked up and took these investigators with open arms and helped them around the church  on Sunday , invited them to the upcoming ward activities (thanksgiving dinner) and answered their questions...we left church quite spent, being as spread thin as Elder Cluff and I were. Glory to God, it was an incredible week, with 7 member present lessons and now 4 progressing investigators (that is the most both Elder Cluff and I have had our entire missions) and with investigators set for baptism and conformation for the next three weeks!  Lets begin Update on Andrew  Andrew is Progressing strait for the great beyond in his celestial silver rocket! he is all set for Baptism this  coming Sunday , his family and friends are coming in far and wide.  We taught him the last of the discussions yesterday and prepared him for his interview this coming Frid

​Dearest All  We are well on our way up to two baptisms this month, and we are teaching with the ward members 4 out of the 5 lessons we taught this week, this ward is how missionary work is meant to be done, through the members with missionaries assisting.  Below is a photograph of Elder Cluff and I with Andrew and Susan S. Andrew is quickly progressing toward baptism on November 23rd (instead of the 22nd only because he wants to be able to have more of his friends and family attend the baptism!) Andrew has truly been waiting for this his whole life for this and is determined not to let it go.  Sister S is a member and this is an example of how missionary work is ideally and most effectively going forth, she invited him to attended ward activities, and sharing her testimony bit by bit and eventually he came to church and and stake conference and then he inquired for the missionaries....I would invite each of you to look around in your life and find the person in your life that thi