Started off with a bang!

Dear Family and Friends,

Started off last week with a bang! Right after preparation day we went
and had dinner with Clint, Audrey and Martha Weidow. I love this
family and all the kids! It was a crazy night with lots of kids, food
and talking. It kinda reminded me of family parties at home! I loved
it. We don't know if we will ever see the fruits of the work we do up
there, but I hope and pray there will be some good ones.

We then went and taught Mitchell gold again. Mitchell has reserved us
for every Monday night at 7:30, and we couldn't be more happy about
it. Mitchell still remains very strong and determined to make it out
of the mess he is involved in.

Tuesday night we had dinner with a member family, but right after we
had a lesson with a Polynesian less-active family! We just felt like
it would be rude to cancel either, so we did both! It was a fantastic
experience. We had dinner with the Latu's and then we shared a talk by
Bruce R. McConkie, his very last talk actually, the purifying power of
Gethsemane. If you have never watched that talk, watch it. It is powerful.

During our lesson with Maeci Thomas this week we were able to finish the Plan of Salvation lesson. Maeci is such a fun, happy girl! She loves books and learning things. She loves teasing her father and just talking. We love the opportunity to meet with this family.

On Friday we had a lesson with WILL AND KARA!!!!!! The whole lesson was focused on the baptism which would occur the next day!! They tried on their baptismal suits and we had our final lesson focused on baptism! It was amazing. The next day was baptism day!! It was so beautiful. Before the baptism we brought Will and Kara into a room to see a "special guest!" When they walked in they saw an iPad, with ELDER ANGLE on it!!! It was awesome, Kara started crying. He also got to talk to Joel and Marilyn:) It made us all very happy. I got to talk to him as well! The baptism was beautiful. Will was baptized by his younger brother, Zeb, and cried and gave him a huge hug as soon as he was out of the water. Kara was baptized by a very close friend of theirs, Jeff Jessop. After the baptisms I had the opportunity to give the talk on the Holy Ghost. Kara started crying and made me cry. I must cry a lot. The confirmations were powerful. I love this family a ton, and I love being a missionary!

Sorry, no more time!

Love,
Elder Thomas

Oh my...

Training outside, yes??

WILL AND KARA'S BAPTISM!!! :) :) :)