4 Weeks in a Row

Elder Goodale didn't have too much to say since we just spoke with him on the phone on Mother's Day, the day before. But it was still great to get his Monday e-mail. Here, also, is a pic of Justin with his just-recently-transferred companion.
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Dear Family,

     I never know what to say the day after calling home, since we already covered everything last night... It was great to talk to you all though! I can't believe that was my last call home! Time really flies out here. I can't believe that I've already been in St. Robert almost 6 months. The time I've been here has gone especially fast. We've been working like crazy this week, still trying to build up our teaching pool. Everyone we are teaching right now though is doing great. As I said on the phone, Tim surprised us Friday night and called us wanting to move his baptism up a week. So instead of having his baptism on the 15th, we had a surprise baptism Saturday morning!

Tim and Marie Cannady at Tim's baptism May 8, 2010

Tim and Marie Cannady and Elder Goodale

It went really well. He asked me to baptize him, then Sunday during Sacrament Meeting Elder Ewert confirmed him, and later in priesthood Elder Richins ordained him as a Priest. Mickey Washington is still set for his baptism this Saturday, Tia Hawk, a new woman we just started teaching, is set for the 22nd, and Chris Cruze is lined up for the 29th. So that will be 4 weeks in a row! Tia is the fiancee of Brother Spaulding, a member who recently started returning to activity. She's been to church with him 3 or 4 weeks in a row now, but we haven't been able to teach her until this last week. She's pretty awesome. We are also planning on setting 2 more baptismal dates this week. The first one is a woman named Jessica. We haven't met her yet, but she called Bishop Blau last Thursday (then promptly left to go out of town right after he visited her) and I guess she just moved down from Wisconsin. She was learning about the church up there, she even had a baptismal date and everything. But then she moved down here suddenly, but she told the Bishop she's ready to be baptized and she really wants it. Then there's a 10 year old boy named Devontae that we just started teaching. His family (him, his mom, and his 16 year old sister) haven't been to church in a couple years, but we visited them and they want to come back. And he really wants to be baptized. This ward is so amazing. This Saturday Chris gets back from a training thing in Kansas he's been at for a couple weeks, also our Ward Mission Leader, Brother Pack, will be back, which will be very helpful, and Jeff Barretta is at the same training. So he'll get back and then hopefully we'll be able to start working with his wife. So we're staying very busy, everything is still going great! Again, it was great to talk to all of you last night. Have a great week! I love you!

Elder Richins