"Watch them grow with your eyes only please." The title of this week's email just came from a nice sign that is right next to me. It doesn't really have anything to do with anything. But this week has been pretty good! Well, it started off kind of like "WOOOAHHH ELDER! WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A STORY WRITTEN ABOUT US IN THE ENSIGN!" And then it ended kind of like "Maybe next week." But actually for the most part we had a lot of good stuff happen for us this week! The highlight for me was probably district meeting, because we got to have District meeting in The School of The Prophets! It was so cool. The spirit was stronger than ever and we had some really cool experiences there. I am so grateful to have been there. Everybody who hasn't been to Kirtland and seen the sights should definitely go. Or serve a mission there because it's super the best.
We were pretty excited at the beginning of this week because we just taught a lot of lessons with members there. The first one was probably the coolest we taught a 16 year old guy that we contacted a few weeks ago. He read a lot of anti material (P.S. The anti is real! I have never had so much anti on my entire mission but being around Kirtland a lot of people know some pretty crazy things. Also there are some members that have crazy stories about the persecution they have received in Kirtland) and was pretty much going into it with the intent to have a "civil debate" with us. Well, we addressed all of his concerns (won the debate by using the spirit) and the real winner was our member who we took with us because she was his friend. Man, she really laid it down.
Well, Raphael told us that he will not get baptized until his dad dies. Darn. But, we still think he will come around soon. Yesterday in church we were sitting there in Fast and Testimony meeting and I leaned over and told Elder Howard "Tell Raphael to bare his testimony." Honestly, I was maybe just joking a little bit. But he did it and then Raphy said "OK." Oh no! I asked him what he was going to say and he asked if I was "pre-screening him" so I said yes but then he got up and bore a really good testimony on music and The Mormon Tabernacle Choir! We also got him to throw in "The Book of Mormon is a beautiful book." So it was a pretty successful experience.
This week we are finally baptizing Carol! And I get to go into a pool! Woohoo! It should be super exciting. We are also going to try to baptize Amanda on Sunday! I say try because she has been sick this whole last week and we haven't really contacted her much....The member that contacts her for us (because her phone is broken so she has to use Facebook) told us that she doesn't want to move her baptismal date though so hopefully we will get her too!
Things are pretty good. I'm grateful for this gospel and I know that it's true. I had a really cool experience at District Meeting that reinforced my testimony of The Restoration. I know that it happened and I am so grateful for it. It brings the greatest blessings possible to us and I know that it is real. I really do.
Thank you for all that you do! I love you all!
Elder Vaghun
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