Thanks for the package you sent me! Elder Reese enjoyed getting that note on his candy. Did you know that Elder Reese's relatives are the people who started and own Reese's peanut butter cups?
We have so much candy from Easter! Members of our ward would stop us in the hallways at church and give us little bags of candy they made for us. We're going to get fat!!!!
Yesterday (Easter Sunday) we had dinner at Bishop's house and there were a ton of people there that Bishop had invited. Some were not members. Bishop's wife made us go hunt for Easter eggs with all the little kids after dinner. It was funny. Just picture Elder Reese and I running around in a field with a ton of little kids. It was fun!!!
We had a good week this week. We are pumped about the 6 baptism dates we have, and we were able to get 6 investigators at church too. A pretty good week. We are really excited for this coming week though. We are working hard to meet all of our weekly goals by Friday so that we can put most of our attention on Sat and Sun helping investigators and less actives come to General Conference.
I love telling people that we have a prophet and apostles on the earth today, and that this Sat and Sun are perfect opportunities to see them and hear them, to judge for themselves if they are a true prophet of God and not a wolf in sheep's clothing. (Matt 7) Get to know them by their fruits. I love conference weekend!
I learned a lot about the Atonement on Sunday. Actually the past few days. The talks at church were cool. They taught me a ton about the Atonement. I've also been reading this talk called: "His Grace is Sufficient". It is a great talk! It helped me understand the atonement and the Doctrine of Christ better, also our role as those who know the doctrine.
Elder Reese and I taught the third hour of church for the youth. We talked about the Atonement for a little but tied it into missionary work. We showed the video about the priests quorum in Florida and how they invited each other to church. Then we had all of the youth write down on a piece of paper, all of the blessings that they have received from the gospel. Then on that same piece of paper we had them each write down two names of friends that they would like to invite to do something such as come to church or read the BOM or go to a youth dance or something church related. Then they gave us a copy of what they wrote down so that we can follow up with them. We got a ton of referrals that way. It was awesome and spiritual. I think it probably would've worked with the adults too.
I love the spring in Oklahoma! It is the best time of year. The storms that roll in are so cool. And the lightning flashes every second. We are starting to get all the storms that spring brings. A couple of nights ago, Elder Reese and I were awakened by a storm that was full of lightning and thunder and it was raining cats and dogs and hail. It rains so hard here!
I enjoyed your Easter video! It sounds like you all had a great Easter!!! That's cool that Tanner got baby chicks for the girls.
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