Hi mom!
Yes, so just to answer your questions real quick, Ange and Arding were baptized yesterday! It went pretty well and was a funny experience. They're great people and they were super happy to be baptized. I have pictures I'll upload in a minute. Elder Mullenaux baptized Arding and I baptized Ange. No, they were not confirmed yet. For convert baptisms they usually wait till the following week to do the confirmations.
This week went pretty great for Elder Mullenaux and I, especially because we had a baptism and a ward party to close out the weekend. During the week we didn't get it as many lessons as we'd like but we got to stop by a lot of less actives homes and just say hi, or meet new people on the streets. Not many had time for us to teach them, but I know that the ward members appreciate that we know and care for them, regardless of whether we can get in a lesson or not. Again, somehow we met another group of Johnson Browne's (recent convert) friends as we went looking for a move-in member. As we began to teach them Johnson walked by, coming home from school, and said hi to us all. It is amazing to see the great network of friends that he has... and whether he refers them to us or not, his friends that are prepared to accept the restored Gospel are finding it. That puts a smile on my face.
Ange and Arding's baptism went well... Arding slipped while exiting the font, but otherwise I think it was a great baptism. They were so excited for it and so were we. Our ward members did a great job of supporting them and we had representatives from the mission presidency (thank you), the elder's quorum and the young men's presidency, as well as the bishopric and other auxiliaries. We also had two investigators and the Hightstown elders had an investigator who were able to attend. It was a great experience that I am so grateful to be a part of.
Ange and Arding's baptism went well... Arding slipped while exiting the font, but otherwise I think it was a great baptism. They were so excited for it and so were we. Our ward members did a great job of supporting them and we had representatives from the mission presidency (thank you), the elder's quorum and the young men's presidency, as well as the bishopric and other auxiliaries. We also had two investigators and the Hightstown elders had an investigator who were able to attend. It was a great experience that I am so grateful to be a part of.
Oh, Elder Mullenaux is getting transferred and I am staying. It might take a bit to get used to a new companion but I always am excited to see who's next. Elder Traasdahl is staying and so is his trainer. I'm still around so that's good - haha.
Hey, the quote from Hayden McKay was given by Elder Uchtdorf in a conference talk! Ha
What videos were you trying to upload to a disc? I have rewriteable DVD so I can figure it out whenever we go to the library during the week. I'm thinking I'll just get all the bible videos. Cause they are AWESOME! You should watch them as a family. I just finished the gospel of Matthew last week, almost done with Mark. So I am making steady pace, while also trying to finish the Book of Mormon soon. I'm in Alma 50. Yes I'll take a photo with Flat Reese this week. I tried to remember to do it last week but missionary work makes me forget things to do like that. And I saw we got another Timpview Thunderbird. So that's good.
Yes President Jeppson has been to a few of the baptisms we've had. Not the one yesterday but President Nielsen came and he's a cool guy. I like him. I cut my own hair thank you. If I let anyone else do it it usually looks worse so I just do it. I have been eating tons of junk food so I don't deserve a burger but I'll eat one today anyway maybe. We're going to Chick-fil-A right after this haha. Sorry for the scrappy email! Here's some more pictures to make up for it:
Ok. I think a Five Guys gift card would be a better birthday gift. Or both maybe. But I want to preorder some scriptures for my birthday when the new model comes out. I'll let you know what style and size and color when I think about it some more. That's about all I need for my birhtday. Ok. I gotta get going!
Love you!
Tell The Rasbands hello for me and a big thank you to Sis Madsen for sending me that awesome package back some time ago. I never got to tell her thanks for that. I'll write home soon :)
Love,
Tab
Hey Dad!
Thanks for writing me again. We were pretty excited to that Ange and Arding were baptized. They are some quality lads. The service was filled with good people and the room was very hot, so everyone was sweating. It was great. We also went to a spanish branch party last night and had some good food and I got to exercise the little spanish I know. I whipped out a few Korean words too.
I'd love to go on a trip with you to DC. I have no idea what it even looks like or where it really is, other than that it is below where I'm at now. And somewhat close. I would love to go to that temple as well.
Alright I have to go but you'll be getting a letter from me for Father's day. I love you! I hope work is going alright for you too. Have you missed any days riding your bike to work? Oh! I met a guy last night, Brother Greg Sanchez, who is pretty good friends with Brent Webb. I told him that you knew him so he asked that you say hi to Brent for him.
Alright gotta go,
Love,
Tab
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