I also had my first baptism this week! It was Luke Haskell and he's a 9 year old boy who's mom and brother are members but his dad isn't and used to be super against the church so that's why it took a while for Luke to get baptized. But I saw a big change in Luke's dad's heart when Michael, Luke's older brother, got his mission call to Ogden, Utah. It was a really cool experience to see the happiness grow in their family when we taught Luke and prepared him for baptism. Michael was able to baptize Luke and confirm him a member and their dad actually attended the baptism and then church the next day to see Luke receive the gift of the Holy Ghost! Hopefully we can get him to come to church on a regular basis.
Seeing the change that can happen in their life just reminds me of why I'm out here on a mission. I'm here to change people's lives for the better and bring them unto Christ. There's nothing better than doing the Lord's work and making everyone happy. I'm so blessed to be out here on a mission and also to be helping the Lord hasten his work with Facebook and technology. If it weren't for Facebook messenger video chats, we wouldn't have been able to teach Luke because of their living conditions. Yet despite everything they are going through right now they are still living the gospel and doing what they need to do and that is blessing their lives tremendously.
I also saw my first gator while biking!!! It was super cool and when I went back there the next day it was just chillin out of the water so I could see the whole body! It was a good 6 or 7 feet long! I'll send pictures!
Love y'all!
Love,
Elder Plumb
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