It was a really fun one! Being that Elder Berry is from
Canada we celebrated Canada Day last Monday! Then we also had the 4th this week
which was real fun!
So the craziest thing that happened this week was with
Cornelius. We had a great week with him! We had some really cool lessons and we
convinced him not to drink on the 4th. That was quite a challenge being that he
wanted to for his buddies that were killed in the service and with his friends
that died in the Arizona fire last week. But we did it! It was a great week and
he progressed quickly! We were planning on baptizing him on Saturday and he
asked me to be the one to baptize him! That was crazy! Ha-ha But God had
different plans. Little back story....
Cornelius is from Colorado Springs and his daughter (15
months) lives up there. His roommate John is also from there. They were
planning on moving back up there in about 2 weeks. But Saturday morning John's
(the roommate) girlfriend in Colorado tried to commit suicide. She is 8 months
pregnant with John’s daughter so it was a mess. John decided to move back as
soon as he found out. The problem is that John is Cornelius' only ride up there
and if he didn't go with John then he wouldn't be able to see his daughter or
his family until next April or so. So it was a hard decision but he decided to
move back. So they left a few hours before his baptism so it didn't happen....
Dang! But he is ready! He will probably be baptized up there in the next couple
weeks but it was disappointing that it happened. But the weird thing is we knew
it was going to. The whole morning (before he called) we felt like it wasn't
going to happen and during the whole thing we were both really calm and knew
that were supposed to happen. I don't know why but this is the plan. So ya! Fun
stuff!
Chris is doing really well! We talked to him about fasting
and he decided to fast for an answer this weekend! He did the full 24 hour fast
and even was invited to and went to a wing place on Saturday night but stayed
strong! He is awesome! Then at church we had some really powerful testimonies
that were almost all from converts or less actives that have come back! It was
sweet! Hopefully he got his answer! We will talk to him about it tomorrow.
It is Monsoon season again! I love it! It is so crazy to
have so much rain all at once! When one comes moving through they are so
intense that you can see the wall of water moving towards you! I am grateful
that we have a car but that is also scary because the roads will go from dry as
bone to overflowing over the curbs in around ten minutes! Crazy! That is when
you pull in somewhere and wait! Better that then dying! Ha-ha The biggest
problem is when it is over and gets up to 112 again it gets really humid! Ha-ha
We started teaching a man named Samuel this week. He is from
Syria and we had a really good lesson with him.
We also had MLC this week! Super fun! I love it! And this
time I didn't have to drive all day to have it! We live just up the street!
That is a few of the crazy things that happened this week!
Elder Berry and I are having a blast and working like crazy!
Love you all!
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