Sister Lyndsie Hall: Letter #31

Cutest dog, reminds me of Petey!

Hi mom! How are you? I hope you are having a wonderful morning! It's been a great one for me today :) We had transfer breakfast this morning with our whole zone and that was fun. On Saturday we had transfer calls and I will be staying in Grants Pass and continue training Sister Collins. It's weird to think that by the end of this transfer, it will be November and I will have been here in GP for 6 months! I am super happy about it though! We have a lot of really solid investigators and we set a baptism date with one of them Friday!!! It was really amazing! I may have already told you about him but his name is Steve. He is a Veteran and has struggled really badly with anxiety and alcohol addiction. He has cancelled our past 2 appointments but when we met with him on Friday he told us that he had been sober for 16 days and it was visibly clear. He wasn't as anxious and he actually sat down (which never happens with him). We were able to teach him a full lesson and he accepted the invitation to be baptized!! This week we went on exchanges with the Sisters from Ashland and it was super fun! I was with a sister from enterprise Utah and we know a lot of the same people. She is pretty great and I learned a TON from her. We also went and visited with Charley this week. He and his wife Shirley have been reading and praying together!! AND they came to stake conference! It was so great to see them at church. They haven't come for almost 10 months so we were super excited! Stake Conference was amazing!! Elder Christiansen and Elder Bowen of the Seventy came and spoke. They are truly inspired men and the spirit was so so strong. We have been teaching Ron again ( the Native American man) and he really wants to be baptized. We are having a hard time setting a date with him though because there are a lot of things that he doesn't quite understand. One of the counselors in the Mission Presidency had a lesson with him and he said that he would still like to meet a few more times before anything is decided. We also talked to President Young while at Stake Conference about him and he said the same thing. We will see what happens. We just want to make sure that he knows the commitment that he is making. We also met with Jill again and she is doing great! We are trying to really get the ward involved and they have been awesome working with the family! We are still aiming for October for them to be baptized so your prayers for them would be greatly appreciated! And for Steve too :) Oh! and Brother and Sister Butz came to Stake Conference as well! They are pretty much my favorite old people! They are just the sweetest and so humble. We got a new Stake Presidency yesterday too so hopefully they will be just as excited about missionary work as the previous ones! Anyway, this week was pretty awesome! The temple was absolutely amazing. I'm sure you already know but they came out with a new temple video and it was incredible! I would really encourage you to go sometime soon :) Maybe you could go with Janiece! :) President and Sister Young both told me that Trevor is doing great and that he should be back on bike soon. I'm not sure if you've heard anything about how he is doing but thank you for always keeping me updated. I really do appreciate it. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!! And I hope you have a really wonderful week! Thanks for everything!

Love,

Sister Lyndsie Hall