THE BERG #11

howdy howdy!! 

just another LOVELY week in the berg! we had the honor of taking shirley to THE TEMPLE FOR BAPTISMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! she found a name on tuesday, had her interview wednesday night, and we drove to the temple thursday morning!! shirley had the opportunity to be baptized for her grandma :) and she LOVED IT!! she told us she cant wait to find more names to come back soon AND SHE WANTS TO WORK IN THE TEMPLE ONE DAY!! im tellin you guys...shirley is THE BEST MEMBER EVER!!!!! it was an amazing experience to be with her for that special day :) PLUS we got to do some baptisms as well!! i actually found two family names and then was baptized and confirmed for 5 more! it felt AMAZING to do the work for them....BUT ALSO to be immersed head to toe in water!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and this might be kinda weird to mention..but the guy that baptized us had tattoos on his arms...and to me it was the coolest thing ever...not because he had some sweet designs or anything..but because it was another testimony confirm-er that the atonement IS SO REAL!!! here is a man who had a super rough passed..made some mistakes...but he has been washed and made pure--cleansed by the atoning blood of our Savior--and his sins are forgotten :) and now he is bringing salvation to hundreds of souls!!!! the church is just sooooo true it hurts sometimes!

also....our members are AWESOME!! went over for dinner at the GRANT's house and had heard a rumor that bro grant played guitar...so we requested dinner and a show ;) holy herrah guys...this man can PLAY!!!!!! it was soooooo tight watching him in his element!!! i am so thankful for people who are not afraid to share the gifts God has given them to others...it made us sooo happy to hear him play! it encouraged me to continue to develop my talents and not be shy about them ;) 

ALSO...we decided to try some former investigators this week...and struck gold with a man from nigeria named brother walter! he had been investigating the church about five years ago but for whatever reason, his investigations were discontinued..UNTIL NOW!!! not only was it awesome to teach him the gospel and feel his receptive spirit...,BUT HE ALSO TAUGHT US SOME NIGERIAN!!!!!!! and he gave me a nigerian name....you may now refer to me as "Osassey" which means "God is the mightiest/biggest/greatest/all powerful/etc"!!!! i LOVE IT! i felt spoiled that Heavenly Father was blessing me with two things i love when it comes to brother walter....1. someone that eats up the gospel and loves every minute of the discussion and 2. someone that can teach me more language/culture! ITS THE BOMB!!! bro walter is actually a minister of a different church of about 1000+ members...but sister lenhart and i have AMMON-esque plans for them...baptism bro walter-he'll teach his congregation-baptism of thousands ;) yes, we need your prayers to pull this off!! 

i really do appreciate the prayers that yall are already saying for missionaries everywhere! i know for a FACT yalls prayers are what keep us going ;) 

love yall to the mooooooooooooon!! (speaking of which..we got to look at the harvest moon through a telescope at our investigators house...THE COOLEST!!)

PAZ Y BENDICIONES

hermana hull

got our hair done by this little cutie!!! LOVE HER AND HER BROTHERS! 

temple time with shirley!!

cake-pops with mandi!! 

went toad-catching with mandi's boys!!! they found a gazillion..and then released them back all at once! it literally looked like moses and the plagues! haha