Change in his life!

What another great week here in Texas. I am so grateful to have the opportunity to see the Lord work many miracles in the area that I am serving in. On Saturday we had the baptism of Stephen Beck. Stephen came to church about 40 times before he was baptized and now they are looking forward to being sealed in the Temple in a year. What a blessing it was to see Stephen make a change in his life so that he will be able to live with his family forever. His wife who has been a member her whole life had her whole family come down to be apart of the baptism. Stephens father in-law was able to baptize and also confirm him a member of the church. That same night after the baptism we were able to pick up a 12 foot tree and put it up in our apartment. Because our ceiling is not that tall we couldn't put on the bottom or top piece of the tree on. Our apartment is looking very festive now!

Along with that great night on Sunday we had another miracle happen. Elder Gardner and I have been praying to find more people to teach and our prayers have been answered. Last week we reached our goal of three new investigators and we hope to get four this week. On Sunday a young couple that we didn't recognize showed up to church. After sacrament meeting we were able to talk with them. It was there first time at church and they found our church online. They have been going to many different churches and they are trying to find a church to attend in this area since they have recently moved in. We will be going by this evening and are looking forward to teaching them the message of the restored gospel. 

On Friday and Saturday at our church building there was a nativity open house that my old ward put on. We helped them set up a lot this week as they spent the whole week setting things up and making the church look festive. They had around 150 nativities that were all very different. They had many people come and were able to get many nonmembers to the church. 

I am excited for another week and am grateful that I can share the gospel during this great Christmas season. It was super cold at the beginning of the week but has been warming up a lot these last couple days. 

"The decision to BELIEVE is the most important decision you will ever make."

Stephen Beck baptism