We have had some great things happen this past week. CJ is getting baptized this week and it is going to be great. :) We have visited and taught him 3-4 times this week. We are just solidifying what else we want/need to teach him. But, he loves the Church and it will be great to see him get dunked!! He is one of my favorite investigators.
We also have an investigator named Megan who is progressing very well. This past week, she just up and stopped drinking and she went from smoking 8 cigarettes a day to only 1! Such progress and commitment! It is awesome and the Ward just loves her and her daughters. She is looking forward to being baptized in a month if everything goes well. :) Whoop Whoop!
Our 'busy family of 8' who is investigating is on hold at the moment. The Dad has kidney problems and had to go to the hospital this week. Grr... Satan! But, we also got the sweetest referral from Headquarters. It is a middle aged couple who live on the south side of our area and are looking for a Church. They love Mormon.org and love the Hill Cumorah Pageant. Golden Contacts!! We will teach them this week with a former military member from the Ward.
We have done a lot of tracting and OYM this week (open your mouth). We have handed out close to 30-40 Books of Mormon this transfer!! Tracting can actually work! It is really cool. We met this guy while tracting that was not interested when we first knocked on his door. But not wanting to give up, I had him to read the Introduction to the Book of Mormon. He looked up at us and asked, "Who is Joseph Smith???" BOOM! The Spirit hit him and now he is going to investigate the Church after his college finals. Sadly, he is moving to the Rochester area in a week! BUT IT IS A SEED PLANTED!!!
Upstate New York is probably the prettiest place ever. It is so gorgeous. I love how pretty it is... and yet despite that, I have never met so many people with social/emotional/mental health challenges. It is almost scary.
Good things to come this week. I can't believe I have been in Utica for 6 weeks already. Seems more like just 3 days :)
