Email from Elder Lofthouse 3/22/16 Baptism in Dawson Creek!

This week was awesome!  It was a really great week.  

      I don't have a ton of time this week, so I'll give you the highlights.  Tuesday evening, we drove to Alberta and exchanged with the Fairview Elders.  I went with Elder Chadsey to Fairview.  It was a lot of fun.  Elder Chadsey and I did a lot of stuff.  We helped out at a senior centre.  We played Cribbage.  I've gotten to be quite good at that game whilst on my mission!  Thursday we drove to Grande Prairie for ZTM.  It was really good, and I got to talk to Elder Wilkinson, one of my old companions, for a while afterwards.  It was a really good day.  Elder Hubner and I drove back to Dawson Creek that night.  Friday we cleaned out the baptismal font.  It was pretty clean, but we made sure it was good.  That's really all that happened.  Saturday was the really good day.  Analyn was baptized!  It was so cool.  She was so well prepared, it was amazing.  She soaked everything in like a sponge, and it was awesome to see her accept everything right away and make this step!  It was a really cool experience.  Sunday was also a really good day.  Analyn was confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.  It was awesome.  Now we just gotta find the next prepared person!  Game on!!!!  We drove out to Chetwynd on Sunday for supper.  I love going out to Chetwynd.  

      Today we went to Tumbler Ridge and went hiking.  It was really beautiful..... and I got to see the Mountains Again!!!!!  It was awesome.  Hiking out in nature really solidifies my testimony that God is real and He loves each of us more than we could ever imagine.  Alma 30: 44 puts it best.  I know that God lives.  I know that God loves us.  I know that if we follow the example of Jesus Christ, and try to emulate him in everything we do, we will be able to gain Eternal Life.  

Have a wonderful week!

Elder Rusty Lofthouse 

 

P.S. God wasn't kidding when he said "It was very good" (Genesis 1: 31)  

Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world

-Harriet Tubman

And because I missed last week, here's another one!

We'll be the voice for the voiceless, We're giving hope to the hopeless!

-For Today