Busy, Busy, Busy

Well, March has given us a warm welcome. Thank the heavens. :) I haven't had to wear my puffy coat the last few days, so hopefully this type of weather sticks around. I appreciate the sun so much more than I did before, that's for sure. 

We had a miraculous day on Thursday. In the morning, we taught our investigator Kevin (who we found 2 weeks ago knocking) about the Plan of Salvation and he committed to be baptized and come to church!! Wow, we were so excited for him!! Then, that evening, we taught Sister Henstridge (one of the member's mother who is investigating) and she committed to be baptized and come to church too!! Our excitement was through the roof!! We are so happy for them! They both committed to be baptized at the end of this month and so we're praying and doing all we can to help them get there. :) The Lord is blessing these people and the Salisbury branch so much and I'm grateful to be a small part of His work. The other great thing was that both of them made it to church on Sunday as well, and Kevin even had to walk to the other side of town to get there. He is great.

This week we also met with some great members who told us they wanted to get involved with Family History.  This is a new big push in the mission and I'm really excited about it.  The new familysearch.org is AMAZING! I haven't been able to do a lot on there yet, but I just love seeing who and where I come from. Hopefully we'll be able to implement this a lot more into our finding and teaching.  The great thing about it is that if people can get excited about their family history, they're going to get excited about going to the temple. It's amazing how perfectly the Lord's Plan of Salvation, Church organization, and Gospel doctrine all work together for the "perfecting of the saints."  I love it. 

Scripture of the week:

"28 And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water. 29 And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. 30 But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. 31 And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?" -Matt. 14:28-31Salisbury District! From left to right: Elder Willers, Elder Astle (he's 6'7" can you believe it?! Tallest missionary in ELSM award), Sister Smart, Elder Wilson, and DL Elder Schmoekel.