1-22-13 email

AHHH! Lots of emails today! I'm going to start with some pictures! I 
have been trying to take a lot of pictures with my new camera, so here 
they are!

Ok, and heres a couple more pictures... Of my dogs! 

 

Well, as I'm sure you guys figured out, we couldn't email yesterday because of martin luther king jr day, so I am emailing today! So it will have to be a little bit shorter because we've got places to go! So it has been an awesome week this week! We did indeed have Shikha's baptism on saturday, and it was basically perfect! We had president and sister Miller come again, as well as almost the whole ward. We actually had  to pack pretty tight into the room to fit everybody! Sadly, her parents did not come, but she had SO much support from the ward, that I think it was still a very special experience for her. The spirit was very strong in the room, and it all went extremely well. I took some pictures for you guys, so I hope you like them. She was baptized by Parker Moses, her boyfriend's little brother. (He couldn't be there because he's on his mission in Hungary) It was the first time he had ever baptized somebody, and he did a great job. Sister Miller even came up to us afterwards and said the whole baptismal service was amazing! So It was a really great experience, and definitely lifted up the rest of the week. Which was not bad either.

We are also very excited because we have another baptism planned for this saturday! Yay! Brian Cornell is totally prepared for his baptism this week, and I think he is probably one of the most golden investigators that I have seen. We are definitely excited for him too! Sorry, I'm running out of time, so I'm going to have to cut it short about him.
So to answer your questions Mom, we have actually had a pretty warm week here, with no snow whatsoever! Well, we did have a little snow last monday, but that left pretty quickly. We almost got in a wreck because of the ice though! Dumb teenage drivers... haha, we avoided it though. Also, we still get fed a lot, but I have still been doing awesome on being healthy! I have lost about 6 pounds already, and I'm starting to feel much better. We usually excersize seperately in the mornings, so I do my own thing, which is usually a routine of weights, pushups, situps, etc... nothing really special, but I'm enjoying it. Well, I better go, but I'm glad you guys are doing well, and I wish you luck for your test this week mom! Hope you all have a great week! -Elder Hatch