Mom,it’s not fair for you to bring tears to my eyes. I'm so so happy about all the things that happened this last week. I wish I wish I could have been present to sing those hymns and say good bye to brother Spencer. I already miss him dearly. Between your letter, Dad's and Grandpa's the wedding went really well. To bad they couldn't have the kind of weather we're having here. Its still flip flop weather.
So fill me in a bit more with the wedding? Was it a good turn out?
Also how is Kate Lovell? Has here health improved? Is she able to go back out?
That doesn't surprise me about James. He puts up a front, but deep down he's a big softy. How are his roommates? I can't remember, are any of them returned missionaries?
This week was a little disconcerting. We would have appointments set up to teach and then they'd call the day before to cancel. It’s okay when they cancel and make a follow up appointment, but when they call and then say they're not interested, that's when it's heart breaking. They were so close to the truth. This last Monday we committed a young man to baptism, which was awesome because we didn't even plan to talk about baptism. We have been teaching him for about as long as I've been here. It’s kind of a miracle because we were to the point of either dropping him, or handing him off to our ZL's to teach. November 5th is the baptismal date. Now we just need to have him come to church. He said he'd come yesterday but was a no show. I'm not too worried about that yet.
We also did a lot of less active member visits as well as dropped by ward member’s homes that we don't know yet. We knocked on Kathy Weber's door. She’s a sweet woman. Her husband is not a member and wants nothing to do with the church. They're in there mid to upper 60's I’d say and both have the bad habit of smoking. As we visited with her she bore her testimony of the Word of Wisdom, tears came to her eyes as she spoke about her desires to quit. She has no support from her husband which will make it even more difficult to quit. We're going to start meeting with her and her grandson (whom she has been raising since he was a babe) and one of her grandson’s friends on Thursdays before mutual. Her grandson doesn't really know too much about the church. Kathy said he reads but doesn't understand it. She hopes that this will help him gain a testimony of the book the Mormon, which would be great. And it could help her gain the support she needs to stop smoking.
Just like Seattle has a starbucks on every corner, Illinois has a church on every corner. Except all the churches are all different. That seems to be the main problem we face here; everyone is a member of some church and are too set in their ways to change. They'll find out soon enough. I just hope it’s in this life.
Love you tons momma dear. Say hello to all the family.
Love Sister Salmon
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