Working Hard in Salmon!

Jumping for Joy in Salmon, Idaho

To understand this, check out a video on Youtube with a comedian talking about
 the person who discovered how good a pineapple was underneath its rough outside :-)

Then there's the guy who stopped after trying a pine cone... "I was so close"

Hello Everyone!

This has been an amazing week! The weeks here fly by but you know what they say, "time flies when you are having fun! My companion and I have so much fun together and she helps me to become a better missionary every single day! 

One of the happiest days on my mission so far was last Tuesday. My companion had been teaching this 14 year old boy for about a month and he was suppose to be baptized last Saturday but we moved it later in October for a good reason, and I will tell you why. So, Tuesday night we were able to meet this boy’s mom and dad. Sister Gaston had taught the mom the week before but has never met the dad. Well let me tell you, they are all GOLDEN! The dad came into the lesson and said that he was a little hurt because he had not been taught sooner by the missionaries when they were teaching his son and when we were teaching him he just loved everything we taught him! He was so happy to get a copy of the Book of Mormon and they all agreed to be baptized at the end of October! I am so happy for this family! The dad is from New Jersey and he has a really cool accent as well!  The dad said, "I have been feeling like I'm missing out on something here in Salmon. Maybe it is the Mormon church!” You can imagine his spunk: from NJ, sweetest accent, and he has "swag". When we taught a principle he liked he would nod his head and say "Mm, yeeah". I absolutely loved that.

On Wednesday we also had a really cool experience! So all of our plans fell through and we did not know where to go so we decided to pray and ask. After that we started to drive away and we say the Relief Society President in one of our wards dropping an invite off at someone’s house and so we started to talk to her. She asked if we could go visit this one sister in our ward who is having a hard time with her dad, so we did. She was working at Saveway (the grocery store) when we saw her and talked with her for a while. Sister Gaston remembered that a member had given us a referral for someone else that worked at Saveway so we went in to go see if we could find her and talk to her. Well we did and she invited us to come teach her daughter! We ended up teaching her and her daughter yesterday and they both agreed to be baptized! 

We later called a member because her name was in our ward directory so we wanted to see if she was already a member but guess what she's not!! No one in her family is yet and they are just in the directory by accident! Crazy but so cool! 

Here is a funny story. We are pretty excited to witness the baptism of Daniel this weekend! He has come a long way and has completely changed his life to follow the Lord. Because of his rough childhood, he is really really shy and quiet. Until our lesson with him this week we had never heard him laugh before. We brought a lady to teach with us and while she was talking about something their little dog went behind the couch and pooped. LOL. My companion and I were dying of the smell! Daniel saw my reaction and started to bust out laughing and then we all started laughing and we couldn't stop. Ruru's pooping was kind of a tender mercy in our lives that day! 

I also saw this awesome quote that I think applies to everyone not just missionary work, "Love is like the North Star. In a changing world, it's always constant." -Gordon B. Hinckley

I love that quote because it reminds me of the love that Jesus Christ has for all of us! I hope all of you guys have a great week and watch General Conference!

Love,

Sister Lacey​​