Temple Time - 10/01/12

Tomorrow I get to go to the Redlands temple again, and I'm super excited about that! It's also conference week, so I get to listen to a prophet's voice. I'm sure it will be a bit weird, because last time I attended a conference session, I was home in South Carolina. Have I really been gone that long?

Our anesthesiologist investigator continues to impress us with her dedication. She's planning on getting baptized in October. We pieced together that she is dating a member of the church that lives in Orange County, and that he's the guy that gave her the Preach My Gospel. We saw pictures of her at the LA temple with him and his family from last Christmas. So yeah, that makes a little bit more sense.

We saw "K" and "C" at church this week! And we put "D" from our apartment complex on date to be baptized. Wonderful things are happening here, for sure! It's pretty cool. I'm especially impressed with how much work got done while we were on exchanges. I drew a lot of inspiration and strength from being with my DL for a day, and I'm pretty sure Elder "A" was excited at how much work got done in our area with the splits.

I made Oatmeal Butterscotch cookies this week, which just so happen to be the favorite cookie of Brother "Y". This week was totally the week of gifts. I received a pullup bar, a Smith and Wesson pocketknife, and a 30 oz bag of Ghiradelli chocolate chips from the ward members since the last time I emailed. How blessed am I? Pretty darn.

I learned a little bit about the second coming this week in my studies. I'm not particularly scared, but I do want to go home and buy my food storage when I'm off my mission. Men's hearts shall fail them. But the righteous will have nothing to fear, if we put our trust in the Lord.

Keep on thinking happy thoughts for me. I can feel the strength of your prayers.