Parents,
I have been transferred! I am in Sioux Falls
now and I am in a trio. My companions are Elder Johnson and Elder Roos. They are great!
We have been pretty busy since I got here. There is a
recent convert couple we are working with. We also have an African family we visit and teach
one of their sons. They are so cool! Their oldest son converted a
little while ago and is out on a mission right now. The
mom speaks okay English but the Dad doesn't speak any at all. Although we
realized this week that he understands more than anyone realized. We were
talking about commandments and he really got into it. He was respectful
and happy which is very encouraging.
There is another family we are meeting with. Their oldest son was quite interested and
now the rest of the family are also being taught. They came to an Easter egg
hunt on Saturday and ate Easter dinner with our ward mission leader's family yesterday.
The mom can recognize that we are a positive influence in her son's life and is
much more open.
There is also a part member family that we are really
excited about. The oldest daughter wants to be baptized and the mother is
just inches away from committing to baptism herself. They are
perfect. I was talking to them for a good ten minutes before I realized
that they weren't all baptized. The plan is for the dad to baptize his
wife and daughter together.
We have an outstanding ward mission leader here. He spends so much time and effort trying to help us and our
investigators. He truly befriends the people we work with and is probably
the main reason we are making so much progress right now. We have talked
to him a lot since I got here and each time he has almost as much to report to
us from his own efforts as we have to report to him.
It has been really cold and snowy up here. I don't
like it. Actually I suppose the snow gave us some good service
opportunities. We went out shoveling a couple times. It was really
good.
Mom would like Elder Johnson. He is from Idaho and
refers to that fact frequently.
Love you,
Elder Stapley
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