Another Baptism!‏

So this last week we had another one of our investigators enter into the waters of baptism. Norm was baptized on Saturday and confirmed on Sunday. It was a really spiritual baptism, even though there were only like 7 people there.

Also on Saturday, Elder Burt and I got to see one of Elder Burt's old investigators be baptized. We sang Come thou Fount of Every Blessing with the Sister missionaries at the baptism and it was awesome.

Now that the old people are baptized (Norm is 71, and Kathleen 67) we are working with the youngins. Right now we are teaching 3 children, ages 8,9, and 10. Makenzie and Curtis Kuster are 8 and 10 years old and come from a part member family. Their mother is a member and their father isn't. They used to live about 45 min outside of Des Moines Iowa, and because the church building was so far away they never went to church. Now that they have moved to Tucson and are about a mile from the church building there is no excuse and so we are teaching them. They are scheduled to be baptized on the 9th of May. We would love to be teaching the dad as well but he is a truck driver and is gone all the time and isn't exactly too keen on religion. He goes with them when he is in town but only for the sake of their marriage.

Alex Anderson is 9 years old and his mom was just baptized in August, his dad has been a member all his life. Alex used to be an altar boy in an episcopal church and missed carrying the candle. His mom didn't want to push him to be baptized, but when we mentioned that, when they go to the temple in August to be sealed, he needs to be baptized or else he cannot be sealed with them. She decided now was a good time to take the lessons. He is also scheduled to be baptized on the 9th of May.

Any ways we have a few other strong potentials that we are trying to get going towards baptism but they are hard to get a hold of sometimes. I'll keep you posted on them.

Hope you all are enjoying your Spring it's about 93 degrees today. The picture attached is one I took after a rain storm here a week or so ago.

Love you all.

Elder Andrew Harris