Well this week was pretty Legit. so it will be a longer email. Sorry
I don't remember what happened Tuesday so it probably wasn't too exciting
Wednesday we had a member drive us to Bentonville for meetings which was super nice. Then he took us to lunch at a really good BBQ place. I had some huge ribs and I crashed pretty hard on the ride home. We had a lesson with Jeannie which went alright. Her kids had clothes on for most of the time and that doesn't always happen. The lesson went alright even though my comp didn't lend to much assistance and the member that came with us kept throwing out some crazy stuff. But he's a blind Canadian. Then we went and did some service for a part-member family. We redid their back step so we got to play with cement. Somehow I kept managing to get sprayed in the face by our ward mission leader and the blind guy. The step turned out pretty nice though.
Thursday we had planning and then did a bunch of service. We helped some people move and then helped a crazy member burn leaves in his garden. Almost blew himself up with all the gasoline he poured and then lit with a lighter sh. then he tried to make a roast for dinner. Friday we had some good lessons and contacts so we were pretty busy. I fried some croupy (fish) that we had been given and it turned out super good. Then we had another huge rib dinner with a several families. I love BBQ.
Saturday was the Evans baptism. We spent about 4 hours sitting at the church filling up the font and getting ready.The service went very well and was such a sweet experience. I guess i have just been on a bit of a spiritual high the last few days. Seeing how happy they all were after their baptism and confirmation has been a great influence on me and being able to feel the Saviors love for them. Fawn, the mother, asked if she could share a brief testimony at the end of the baptism. It was so cool to see how as she looked back she could see how she had been guided and led to where she is now. I think it is important to realize that sometimes we can play an obvious role in someones conversion but that there are some many small step that come before baptism that we dont always think about, and that we may not even realize that we doing. It is just such a testimony to me that the Lord has a plan for all of his children, and that when they are ready and the time is right they will be able to receive his restored gospel. There were a ton of treats after the baptism that we got to take home so were getting nice and fat. Sunday was their confirmations and was another awesome day. We spent a lot of time with the Mallards who are just the coolest family. We havent had very many dinners the past few weeks so they told us "we eat every night so just come on over if you dont have dinner" He is the Ward Mission Leader and has been a huge help to us.The Grove ward is just doing awesome right now
Hope everyone had as good a week as i did!
With Love
Elder Shepherd
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