Staying in the High Desert

We are doing well. Transfers are this Tuesday. Elder Holt and I will both be staying in High Desert. The work has been going really well out here. The ward has been doing great. We are teaching a family; Crystil, Anthony, and Angelica. They have been coming to church consistently and it has been going great. We taught the word of wisdom this week and Crystil has been 100% on board to live it and has been doing great the past few days. She is preparing to be baptized on March 24th, so we are excited about that. This week Anthony committed to work towards April 7th as a date for baptism. It has been really well. The ward has done a great job in fellowshipping them. 

We had Stake Conference this week. President and Sister Tateoka were there to speak. One of the things I learned from them is that when you speak at Stake Conference, you need to stay on time so that the Stake President has the time he needs to speak. Well, the first few speakers took a ton of time. There was only 30 minutes left by the time President and Sister Tateoka both still had to speak. they were the last two speakers before the Stake President. It was really powerful because they both kept their talks short and powerful to allow for President Stevens to have all the time he needed. President and Sister Tateoka are amazing. One thing I liked from President Steven’s Talk was that we need to believe. He said that a lot of people say that seeing is believing, but truly believing is seeing. As we believe in God and have faith, we will see Him more in our lives. 

Oh by the way, the Edwards in Newberg got baptized, so that was cool to see!