An Amazing Week!!!

This past week has been really awesome!!! We had 3 baptisms. Noah Jordan, Brynn Conner and Tyler Lester, they are amazing. Granted Elder Bland and I didn't do the actual baptizing, but we were the witnesses and it was amazing. You could truly see the light of Christ turn into the gift of the Holy Ghost, it's amazing I only wish I would have known how important it was when I was their age.

We have this family that we have been teaching the Pelzer's. They moved from Maryland to find God. They don't know why they're here but they are!

Here is the family web!

Richard and Joyce (grandma and grandpa)

Rich and Nova (son and wife, also a step mom)

Brooke (Nova's daughter, different father than Rich)

Rich and Chasity (Rich's son, Chasity is his girlfriend)

I hope that makes sense, but we have already been teaching Rich and Chasity, but they invited their grandparents and parents to met with us. So last week we were teaching Joyce and Richard, it was the first discussion and I committed Joyce and Richard to baptism on the 28th of this month!!! That was my first one, and I was so excited that they said YES!!! I can't describe the spirit I felt when I was just talking about the importance of baptism and how we all need to be baptized with the true and right authority. IT WAS AWESOME!!! Tonight we are meeting with them again and we are going to commit everybody else, so please pray for us!! Tonight at 5:30pm!!! WOOT WOOT!!! We also have Carrie, Noah's mom committed for the 28th of this month. The a 10 year old boy named Josh Gittens committed for the 7th of Dec. Cool Huh!!!

Tomorrow I am going to be transfered. I'm not sure if it is Kanesville or Kaysville. My new com is Elder Ozoreo, he is from Brazil. I will meet him tomorrow. I am really excited.

I love the work and I am doing great. I love the spirit that I am feeling. It is amazing!!! I love you all and hope you are having a great week.

xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
Elder Sawyer

So many appointments...

Well, the work is going well, Noah and Carrie ended up not being able to be baptized because they didn't complete the requirements of going to church last week. They didn't go because of the Swine Flu that everybody up here has, so that was disappointing. We did however set up an interview with Noah tonight, he will be baptized Saturday. Carrie however, will be baptized on the 28th of this month.

We went to give Tyler the 14 year old his baptismal interview and he wasn't there so we called him and he was up hunting...:( So we had to set up another time for today! Hopefully he will keep this one! As far as Cathy and James they did get their job so thank you so much for everything you have done in their behalf. They will be moving as soon as they can get the money to go down there. They are a great family. I just pray that they realize the hand of the Lord in their lives! Last night we went to Mike and Cami's. He answered the door and while we were talking to them both Mike said he wanted to be baptized so we set up an appointment to teach him and their daughters for this Wednesday. But as soon as Cami answered the door this dog came running out and started trying to bite Elder Bland and I, but Mike quickly tackled him and we were saved from the BEAST! haha Yeah Mike is a Jehovah's Witness, but not for long! Muhahaha

We have spoken in church once and it was another farewell experience. Elder Bland left me with 5 minutes. Oh well. I was asked to speak on the importance of listening to our prophets and local leaders. Last Sunday we taught the Young Women of the 4th ward about how to invite a friend to meet with us. It was really fun! We are working with 2 Stakes: The Soda Springs Stake and The Grace Stake. There are a total of about 20 wards or so. It's so far apart that it makes it hard to get to appointments on time and that really drives me crazy!

As far as my food fears, they have been tested that's for sure! I had Elk soup last night. Then we had moose, and the most horrible thing I've had to choke down while I have been here is...ready for this...About a week ago a family just sat this plate in front of me, and it was smoked trout..people I HATE FISH and it was horrible! Heavenly Father really has a sense of humor to sit and watch me eat that!

I love this work! I love the people I am able to teach and get to know! It's a friendship on such a different level than anything else I have ever done, I love it. I look forward to your letters!! Thank you so much for everything you do for me continually.

Love
Elder Sawyer

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.

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!!"