November 12, 2013
It's been a semi-busy week here in Ohio! Not as busy as we like it, but the work is going great! The mission has a goal this year of 500+ baptisms, which is a HUGE amount! Two years ago (and the ten years before that) there were around 350 baptisms a year. Last year, with much prayer and fasting, that number went to 500 exactly! Our goal is to reach 500 baptisms again this year, with only half the wards (half of our mission went to Cincinnati Mission). After a couple of mission-wide fasts and prayers, with lots of encouragement from our leaders and from the Lord, we went from 21% of areas having someone on date for baptism to over 55% for this year!! Miracles are happening in the mission, and I know in the world as well!
We've met with Kayla and Hiwot a few more times, and they are solid and ready to be baptized! They'll have their interviews this week and be baptized next week! :) On Tuesday we went to visit them with Bishop Moraine, and had an awesome lesson about the Gospel of Jesus Christ! The Spirit was super strong, and we got to talk to their mother as well! She is very supportive, and the only thing keeping her from being baptized is a 48 year long addiction to smoking! We're praying for a miracle for her as well!
The sad news for the week is that a less active couple we have been working with is getting separated... It sucks. I've grown pretty close to both of them, and it kills me to think of them ending their marriage when they could have so much more!! It's so heartbreaking, especially since they have the cutest 3 year old daughter in the world!!!!! We're encouraging them to go talk with the Bishop, and to try to salvage it. I don't know why they want separated, but there isn't any hate between them. When we visited there was just this overwhelming feeling of sadness between them. I wish I knew more of what to do to help them..
To end the week I ended up getting strep throat. Yaaayyyyy. But I'm nearly all better now!
Last night after p-day was done, we went to go visit a less active Buck Slack. He's the one I talked about having the super nice guitar! We got a return appointment with him for Wednesday night, and I had a prompting to have him watch the talk by Brad Wilcox, "His Grace Is Sufficient."
This morning we woke up to an awesome surprise, the winters first snow! I'll put a picture of it from my window! (though the screen got in the way a little)
Next week will be more exciting! We'll hopefully have another new investigator on date to be baptized! *knock on wood*
Also, It's awesome to not be the only Elder Toombs in the world!! WOOT!
Love and miss you all!
Elder Aaron Toombs
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