Hey family!
Well, transfer call came Saturday
and it looks like Elder Russo and I are staying here and Elder Schouten is off
to be a zone leader in Maryville (pronounced murrvol). So we will be getting a
new companion, a brand new zone leader President has asked me to train up. New transfers are great because it gives us
an opportunity to reevaluate our vision and goals so that we can grow and be
more effective, even though we will miss Elder Schouten it'll be a real treat.
Should be a good transfer.
Maria is doing well she has a
baptismal date for December 7th (happy Pearl Harbor day...) She has had the
hardest time understanding and really getting the gospel so we have taught her
over and over as simply as we can and she really is finally starting to figure
it all out. She came with us to the addiction recovery class this week and
loved it. She told me the other day that if she wants to continue seeing these
positive changes in her life she has to put forth the effort. So she has been
reading the scriptures and working through the addiction recovery workbook on
her own. She really is a sweet daughter of God. I have been able to see a
bitter, scared and scarred woman turn into a happy and open individual through
the atonement of Jesus Christ. The pain and grief of her past is being washed
clean through the blood of the lamb. She really makes me happy.
We have been blessed out here with
people like Cody and Maria to teach. We have a really hard time finding people
to teach because we live about 10 miles or so from our area and there are only
like 5 active members in our whole area and its humungous with very few
people... However like I said if we do our best the Lord continues to bless us.
All is well out here! Love you!
sorry for the short time to email!
Love Elder R.A. Bakker
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