This week was the final week of my eleventh transfer. Elder Dillon is leaving and going on down to Coos Bay and I am staying another transfer here in Newport with Elder Huang. He is an Elder from Taiwan and is a super friendly guy. It should be a good time with him. In the mean time I am currently waiting in an institute building for the transfer van sometime around 6 pm.
This week we had several good lessons and experiences. To start, on Wednesday we got to go and talk to an older woman about the Book of Mormon. We have done some service for her in the past so she let us right in. We learned very quickly that she knows how to talk, a lot. We ended up getting trapped there for quite a long while, but in the end she said that she would read the Book of Mormon, so it was good in the end.
We also had a couple lessons with various recent converts this past week that went well, as well as made a larger push on working with members. The most solid investigators come from members, so we have been working with various families in helping them to pick a friend to invite to a family home evening where we would present a portion of the Restoration for the lesson. It will take some time, but as it happens I feel like miracles will come through.
Saturday we got our transfer call, and from that point on it was the normal packing and saying good byes. Sunday night though a very spiritual experience happened. We went to teach the nine year old named Guillian and his mother. We ended up putting Guillian on date and recommitting the Mom to come back to church. We talked about many challenges they were going through and we were able to show how a faith in Jesus Christ could help. We then got to end it by giving a Priesthood blessing.
And that brings us to today. This morning we woke up at 4 am to get ready to come to Corvallis for a 6:15 am transfer time. Since then I have been emailing and playing card games with other Elders and previous companions waiting for the transfer van to come in. Thank you for all you do and for all of the support,
Elder Baxter
One last time with Elder Dillon
The coast at Newport
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