This week has been a great week! I hope you all are doing great! The rain there sounds like it is flooding a few people. For us we have had rain all day for the last 6 days. It was a little nicer because I would rather be wet from rain then wet from sweat.... :) This week we were blessed in many ways and to just make it short I will tell you all of two. :) First off this week was the first week since the MTC that I have eaten a dinner all seven night of the week! :) so if someone is praying that I will get fat or that I will get offered more food your prayers are being answered! So that was a great tender mercy. Also this last week we were blessed to help another child of God enter the waters of baptism. His name is J. A. and he is quite crazy but he is excellent. We met him and his family because one day we were looking for his mom who has been inactive since she was 13. About 20 years ago, but when we found the mom she was a little cold with us and said she wanted nothing to do with the church (she even later told us that she was a little irritated that the missionaries continue to pass by to "annoy" her) but as we were leaving her son yelled after us to find out more about the church. Well we began to explain and teach a little bit and well the situation was a little rough for this young man. He had been doing drugs and drinking and doing a lot of dumb teenage stuff and well that is when we found him. His mom and dad had him on house arrest and he was not allowed to leave unless he was under the supervision of someone else. Long story short we eventually taught his family everything and he told his parents he wanted to be baptised and this is when the greatest blessing came out. His father had been coming to church with him for a few activities and his father said that not only could J be baptised but that he was going to do the same. So in two weeks J father will be baptised and we were able to get the mom to come back to church! Long story short, THIS GOSPEL IS FOR FAMILIES!!! for you missionaries out there please don't settle for children search for the parents! There is nothing better than inviting a family to be an eternal one! this was my week in a nutshell and I love you all!! Bless a family with the gospel. I promise you wont regret it. :)
Elder Ferrin
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