So our Stake
President and his wife are the main fellowshippers that we have for the
Katomski family, who have been meeting with missionaries for years. So
we usually have them call and invite the Katomski's to church or
whatever. Well, we knew that Elder Packer was going to be staying at
the Stake Presidents house while he was in town, so we figured it would
be a great opportunity to go over and ask him to call our investigators
and invite the Katomski's to stake conference! A personal invitation
from a member of the Seventy would totally guarantee their attendance!
So we went over there Friday
night, and sadly Elder Packer wasn't going to arrive in Yucaipa until
the following morning, but we asked Pres. Cartozian if he would be
willing to call the Katomski's at least, which he agreed to do. But
then as we were leaving he said that IF they had time the next morning,
he would take Elder Packer by and personally invite them! Well we
prayed very very hard that they would have enough time. And they did!
We were doing some service for the Katomski's Saturday
morning, when they pulled up in front of the house! I couldn't believe
it had actually happened! So Elder Packer and Pres. Cartozian had a
nice little convo with them, and invited them to conference. And the
Katomski's were super stoked about it! Especially since after the
Conference, the Temple grounds would be open and people could walk
around and take pictures and stuff. So that was super cool. And then
Satan attacked Saturday night and Brother Katomski ended up going to the ER and Sister Katomski had to work Sunday
morning, and they slept in too late to get ready in time, and they
didn't make it. Luckily though, Sister Katomski was able to get off
work in time to meet us right after the conference ended and take the
temple tour which she really enjoyed.
The
other awesome thing that happened was that we found a new investigator,
well actually a former, she was taught a few years ago, and she wants to
be baptized!! We have the date set for April 11.
But it's possible that we could move it up a little bit if she is able
to come to church and everything runs smoothly. Her name is Amber. She
is amazing!
And those were the highlights of
the week! It was pretty awesome. We had a very good week. We stopped
by Joanie's house a couple of times, but she wasn't home. I will give
her a call this week and try to set something up. It's nice because we
have to drive right past her house as we drive from our homeshare to our
area. So it's very convenient!
Yeah the
package was great! I was able to wear the sweaters a couple times
before it got hot again haha. There is a senior couple in our ward who
work in the mission office, so when they saw the package come in on Wednesday, they just grabbed it on their way home and hand delivered it! They are so nice!
Glad
everything is going well back home! Good luck during campaigns Sadie!
It sounds like your posters will be pretty legit! And I can't believe
Chris is coming home! That's so cool!
And Emily is going to Korea? Dang that's so cool! She will love it.
So Chuzi will be there next Monday? That will be super fun! Yeah she has 3 younger brothers. The
oldest is pretty interested in the church, but is insanely busy with
work and school so we never really got to talk to him. And the middle
one is semi interested, and the youngest isn't really interested at
all. But he comes to stuff with the rest of his fam. They are all
super cool though!
Anyways, I hope you all have a great week! The church is true. Missionary work is bomb.
Love, Elder Wise
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