Well, I guess I got this from dad, but
I'm already excited for Christmas. We've been listening to Christmas
music for weeks now. haha. And Anz Polson likes country music, so it
always makes me think of you dad. Whenever he asks me if he can turn on
music I always say, "slaves need music too". Of course, I had to kinda
explain that one to him at first, but now he's used to it. haha.
Alright,
so basically this weekend was awesome. We went up to consiglio, which
was really fun. It was Anz Andersen's birthday, so I got to wish him
happy birthday in person which was really fun. Then the next day, we
went to Prato (yes, I made it back!!) for the Saturday session of stake
conference. It was literally the best thing ever. We had some time, so I
took Anz Polson on a giro of my old stomping grounds. I love that city.
It is so pretty. Then I just got to see member and member and talk to
them and you should have seen the smile on my face. I was literally the
happiest man alive. I. LOVE. PRATO. I miss the members soooo much. They
literally had to pull me out of there to go home. I didn't want to
leave. The really cool thing was that this one member family's son
(who's not a member yet, but we were super good friends) came only
because he heard that I was going to be there. When he got there, he
started looking through the crowd for me (I saw him first) and we he saw
me, he had the biggest smile on his face. It was so awesome to see him.
I love that kid!!! (If all goes well, and my pictures work this time,
he's the one with curly black hair and his arm around me). Anyway, it
was literally like Christmas for me. So great to see everyone. I
basically already have some appointments set up for us when we go to
visit Prato. haha.
That's all great and fun, but now it's time for such a hugeeee miracle!!!!
We
are teaching this family where the wife is atea (aethist) and has been
really hard to work with, because she believes in all of the
commandments and in the bible and the Book of Mormon, but she doesn't
believe that God exists. I know, its kinda weird. But during the past
few weeks, she's started to pray and she feels really good when she
prays. And then, after we invited her to literally ask God if he exists
in a prayer, she had a dream that night, where her brother who had
passed away and was really close to her told her to keep reading the
Book of Mormon and to keep following the path that she is on. She then
had this same dream the next night. We testified about the many
different ways God answers our prayers and last night, she told us that
she actually believes in God now. She said that she's had too many
proofs lately to say that God doesn't exist. We couldn't believe our
ears. Miracles really do happen!! Even the coldest of hearts can be
softened by the power of the spirit.
We had a baptismal interview for the 9 year old kid and he passed, so he'll be baptized on the 6th. Super awesome. This family that I just mentioned
above have their interview on Saturday, so we'll see what happens.
Hopefully we are going to have a very white Christmas, if you know what I
mean. (hint: baptismal clothing is white) haha.
OK,
in other news. Congrats on Regiment's finish. That's a good score in
WBA. Way to go and not to fall to silly gimmicks. It's called MARCHING
BAND, not run around and cover up your bad marching with "jazz running"
and props. Sorry dad. I guess I'm kind of a purist. haha. Thanks for the
pictures. I really like the new uniforms. They are sweet. They are also
very Blue Devils. Oh BP. hahaha. Speaking of him, he needs to write me
sometime and tell me when the jazz CD will be done (if that ever
happens).
That's so cool that you thought of
Shelise to help out at work. She's super brava, so tell her I say hi!
Don't worry dad, when I get back, you'll have your runner back. I love
driving way too much. haha.
That's really crazy
that everyone is coming home right now! It makes me remember how fast
the end is coming. I'm not ready!!! haha
That's
really cool about Josh's mission he gets to go on. I was actually
wondering how he was doing. He must be doing better. Send him my love
and support.
Well, I'm going to try and attach some photos. So let's hope it works.
Oh yeah, now like I'm counting or anything, but less than a month until Skype on Christmas. WHAT?!?!? That's crazy.
Well,
I love you all so much and I love hearing from you all! Hope you have a
great week!! Remember, Facebook for the dead and then I invite you all
to post a Mormon message on your Facebook page this week. It's such a
powerful way to share the gospel!!! We are going to flood the earth with
the message of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. It is true. Joseph
Smith is a prophet. I am a witness of this.
Siate fedeli,
Anziano Langlois
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