Another baptism

Tab had another baptism this past week! It's so exciting to hear and I love seeing pictures of newly baptized members. He continues to do good work!

Hi Mom!

How are you?

This week was pretty good. We have a car now! Probably not for very long, but still good. So we have been able to get more work done. We don't have many investigators and trying to find all of the potential investigators that are written down takes a lot of time. But usually we can find someone to teach. Our biggest focus this week was finding all the members in our area. Because of a split in the ward boundaries about 20 years ago, a lot of the records have been tossed around and a lot of young members went inactive. They moved the meeting place from Trenton to Pennsylvania to Princeton. I could see why that would be a mess. Anyway, we have done a decent job at updating the records in our ward. It has taken some time and we haven't finished but it will save a lot of missionaries time in the future. Also, we get the chance to meet new people to teach. So that's good.

This week we also had a baptism! Courage baptized his friend Johnson Browne, who we have been teaching for about a month or so. Courage was a huge help. Johnson is really cool and he was warmly welcomed into the ward. We actually had a linger-longer activity right before his baptism so it made for a large turnout of ward members that attended the service. That's always nice. Johnson's father and Grandmother also attended, which is a really good thing. They aren't investigators, but they enjoyed it and that was a sign that they supported his decision. I am happy for Johnson. That group of friends in the picture is a tight group. Two of them are less active, Hakeem and Fritz, but I get the feeling that this experience will help them return to full activity in the Church. I know they feel good when they are at church. That is an awesome bunch.

If I haven't already, I wanted to say thanks for the packages and letters! They were great. Grandma and Grandpa, thank you for continuing to write to me! I wish I had more time to write back. I love you guys.

I can't think of much else to write! Sorry. If you have any questions for me, let me know. Ok. Alright.

I love you guys! Have an awesome rest of the trip in England Mom! I will have a good week too.

Love,

Tab

Hi Dad,

So I think you're right about the consecration talk. I couldn't find it on LDS.org and the copy I have looks like it came from a missionary in the past. It is marked up but still perfectly readable. I'll see if I can fax it to you. Does long distance fax cost? There is a fax machine in our zone leader's apartment. Let me know where I should send it.

Well we had a slow week for teaching but we made a lot of progress updating our ward list. We spent two days going around and visiting the members that are unknown or inactive or less active. Sad to say, we found a lot of abandoned homes. We actually found three in a row on Friday. However, we did have a baptism this week for a young man named Johnson Browne. He is a friend of a strong member named Courage. Johnson is really cool and although it took a while for him to decide to be baptized, he knew it was right. The baptism went really well and the Spirit was felt. I enjoyed it very much. I also have pictures for you guys!

We plan to have another baptism this coming week on Saturday. It is for Brother Richard Valenzuela. He was interviewed by the Bishop yesterday and it was determined that he is ready. That was awesome news for us, because we know that it is one of Richard's strongest desires. He needs the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I am excited for him!

Well I am still working on consecration, of course. It's getting a little bit easier. For example, one thing gets "checked off" and then I get to fully focus on another. I still have a lot to work on but I do feel accomplished.

Alright I have to write Mom now. Thanks for your loving advice! I appreciate it... keep it up. Have a good week!

Love,

Tab

Elder McLain and Elder Mulleneux with a group of 4 close friends. 

 The one on the far right was baptized by his friend in the white shirt.

Courage (r) baptized his best friend Johnson.