The Miracles Never Cease

Wow! This weekend was one of the happiest of my life. First, on Friday, we had the baptism of Hans and Rozlynn Weig. Elder Grange baptized Bro. Weig and I baptized Sis. Weig. It was a great service. We had a musical number, two talks, and some welcome to the ward talks. We had a couple non-members there and I think it turned out great.

The baptism of Hailey Tweter was even more amazing. We scrunched over 120 people in the RS room, which has a cute sign that says 57 maximum capacity. Hailey invited lots of friends, lots came from the ward, and a good number from the Garden Grove stake came too because Hailey’s friend Rachel lives there. Rachel’s family is the one who took her on a three week vacation to Utah over the summer. She also went to a summer camp at BYU, though that may have been before the car trip. Oh, and she went to girls camp with Rachel as well. The baptism was incredible. Rachel’s family took up most of the program. Her dad, Bishop Stoughten baptized her, Rachel’s brother confirmed her, Rachel sang, and sister Stoughten gave a talk (the younger brothers said the prayers). Me and Elder Grange were the witnesses and also helped in the confirmation. They usually don’t do it right after the baptism, but she wanted the Stoughtens to be there. Anyway, the spirit was really strong and penetrating. There were a decent number of non-members there including Hailey’s grandparents (her legal guardians). Her grandma said she knew the spirit was there and some of Hailey’s friends wanted to know more. Oh, the miracles never cease.

Sister Moaddeli and her two kids are getting baptized on Oct. 2nd. She is super solid and ready, just like the last three. We also got a new investigator Michelle Christian who we taught and set a date with for Oct. 11th. A member from Irvine saw her struggling in the grocery store (she has MS) and went up and talked to her. She said she’s looking for a church so she was happy to listen to us. We have a good number of potentials as well so things are just rolling and I’m just grateful to be a part of it all.

We also had stake conference yesterday and it was incredible. We got to sit on the very front row (there were probably over a 1,000 people there) front and center since we had Hans and Hailey with us. It was super powerful to have everyone singing in there—the spirit was quite strong. The speakers were great and the spirit was overwhelming. How blessed we are to have this gospel!

We had dinner with a newlywed couple in the ward Thursday. The wife just got reactivated and her new husband John Guyer is one of our investigators. He comes to church all the time with his wife. He is a cyclist and often has races on Sunday, but the racing season just ended so hopefully we will be able to teach him more and seal the deal. He’s already had great experiences and Elder Grange was teaching him before he left this area. John was able to quit coffee and he knows it’s because of divine intervention.

We are also working with another man who was recently reactivated. He wants to be a better father, and the fact that his son is on a mission has really motivated him to change. The only thing his is working on is stopping the coffee, but he is also very limited in his knowledge of the gospel so we gave him a PMG and are discussing all the lessons with him. His wife, sister Emerich reminds me a lot of Aunt Mel. She is just full of energy and enthusiasm and has a soft sweet voice (plus she’s tall and skinny :).

We taught an interesting boy named Edward twice this week. He comes from Asian background and his parents are anti-Christ. He’s interested in learning more, but does not want to join the church right now. He is very smart and has some very interesting ideas so it’s a new challenge to teach him.

Anyway, wow what a week. Hope you all have a good one. The Gospel’s true.

Love,
Elder Curtis