Another week come and gone. We had a really great one. Lots of miracles! This is turning out to be a very cool summer (knock on wood). It was raining a bunch this week and it only got up to the 80's. We still had the rest of the summer to go, but so far it's been great!
Transfers went really well. Elder Beal is my new companion! He's from Gainsville, Texas and a personality to match. We served in the same district when I was in Kennewick. And we've been having a blast. Usually when you get a new companion, there's usually a few days of awkward adjustment. But not with Elder Beal and I! It was just like meeting back up with an old friend.
We were able to find new people to teach this week! It strengthened my testimony a lot that there are people in our area who are being prepared to receive the gospel. One of them is named Leonard. He's 90-something and lives all by himself. But still as sharp as a tack. His wife who has passed away was a member of the church and all of their kids are members. We found him in our area book and we felt good about going to see him. He has had his trachea taken out so he speaks with one of those electronic voice boxes. He's a really cool guy. He wants to be baptized but he doesn't know how all of that would work with his voice box being submerged underwater. So we invited him to read in the Book of Mormon and pray about it. It's going to be a lot of fun to continue teaching him.
Another guy we found is named Kirk. He met him walking up to his house a couple of days ago and he told us to come by another day--so we did. And when we showed up again he let us right in and we started teaching him! He's a single dad in his 40's living on his own, not very religious but wants to learn more about God. He had a lot of great questions about the Book of Mormon and the life of Jesus Christ. I'm so excited to teach him again! It's so awesome teaching people who are sincere in their search for truth and who are humble in wanting to learn more. And Kirk is definitely that way!
We went back to Connell! Elder Beal just came from that area and he did a baptismal interview for an investigator when he was there and asked for him to be at the baptismal service. So I got to go back to Connell too! It was so great to see the members from my past area. And what was really great, was that Martha Garcia was there too! My recent convert from Connell! It was so good to see her again. She was telling me all about how she's going to the temple to do baptisms every week and she loves it. And now her daughter is meeting with the missionaries too. It made me so happy to know that she's still going strong. That's what the mission is all about, seeing the gospel work in others' lives.
Here's my scripture for this week: Article of Faith 10
"We believe in the literal gathering of Israel and in the restoration of the Ten Tribes; that Zion (the New Jerusalem) will be built upon the American continent; that Christ will reign personally upon the earth; and, that the earth will be renewed and receive its paradisiacal glory."
I hope that all of you have a great week! I love you all!
Elder Scott
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