Week 23

Hey Everybody,

There have been some awesome developments recently here in Walla Walla. We have someone on date for baptism for August 25th. The only problem is we need her to get married....and quit smoking and coffee....and come to church some more....Her name is Tanya, and she's pretty cool. We also went on exchanges with the Zone Leaders and put 3 more people on date for August 25th. That was awesome.

I'm starting to get more comfortable in the ward I'm in. Walla Walla 3rd Ward has some awesome people in it. The ward here is actually awesome. It's small, but great. This town reminds me a lot of Carmichael. My last area in West Richland reminded me a lot of Roseville. There are a lot of less/inactive people though. We're gonna be working on that. We're integrating the Covenant Path Program to go out with the Ward Council and help these people get back to church and activity. As it says in the Book of Mormon, in the Book of Moroni chapter 6 verse 5, "And the church did meet together oft, to fast and to pray, and to speak one with another concerning the welfare of their souls." It continues with verse 6, "And they did meet together oft to partake of bread and wine, in remembrance of the Lord Jesus."

We want this for everyone, we want them to feel like a part of God’s Kingdom, because they are. We want them at church because we love them and care for them. We've recently been talking and dropping by an inactive member that has a testimony of the Gospel, but just has her reasons for not coming to Church. We have been trying to help her overcome those obstacles and make her way back. She's also awesome. Her nickname and the name she usually goes by is Beannie.

We also had a lot of moves this week. We helped a family move out of their house, emptied a storage shed and loaded up their U-haul truck. Had a big bucket of honey fall and break. That was sticky in the truck.  We've also been proselyting a ridiculous amount, like over 40 hours a week. We had 46 hours this week and 49 hours last week.

Thank you for your prayers and support. The Gospel is true.

Elder Rexinger