Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Shotgun Experience...

Well last night we were talking to a non-member about the after life, because he wanted to know what happened. We told him everything we knew, he said "wait here, I'll be right back. So when he came back he held a shotgun to our faces and said, "So do you really believe all of that?" It was weird because as calmly as ever we just said, "Yes." So after that he said, "if you really want to meet your maker I can make that happen, if you don't get off my property now!! So we RAN!!! Gotta love the hunters. Everybody up here has a gun on their hip so its quite normal to have someone answer the door with a gun!

We do have 3 baptisms this week! Noah and Carrie (mother and son), also another kid named Tyler. They are going to be baptized on Saturday. That will be really sweet! Love to everyone.

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Elder Sawyer...

We are so excited to let everyone know that Elder Sawyer is back on his mission. We are so proud of Jake and want to thank everyone for their encouragement, kind words and prayers on his behalf. Elder Sawyer is serving in Soda Springs, Idaho while waitng for reassignment. As soon as he is reassigned we will post it here. We will also post some of his experiences he is having while serving in Idaho.
"We have been teaching a ton, Friday we had a baptism of a family of three they are so amazing, (McKinley Family). It's been great to visit with them and get to know them! Also we had a lesson with another family (Noah, Carrie, Larry and Barry) it's very different from Ogden, everybody and I mean everybody up here has 2 or even 3 jobs. The principle of the Elementary is also the shoe lady at the bowling alley and also the checker at the store! Things are very tight for people up here. Noah and his family are planning on getting baptized on Halloween and we have a lot more investigators. My favorite is Cami and Mike Thompson, they have 2 daughters, Reagan 9 and I forget the other ones name but she is thirteen. Cami is a less active member and Mike is a Jehovah's Witness. The first night we met they had us come right in and they fed us. They are an Awesome family!!! This past weekend was Stake Conference, Elder Garff came with his wife, they gave amazing messages on building family and marriage strength! I Loved it! Tell everyone else I say Hi and I love you all!!"