9/7/15

Another week down, it's been a interesting week. Things have slowed down considerably. We lost our two awesome investigators Angie and Mittie. That has been rough bc they were so ready except their problems with smoking. Dangers. We did get to go to the temple on Friday. That was awesome, it was a 4 hour drive there, to the Columbus temple. but we made it for the 11 am session. We went because a newly active member sister Page, was to get sealed forever to her husband, who died. No only did she get to be sealed to her husband, but she had her parents sealed to each other, her grandparents sealed to each other, her children sealed to her-both of which died before the age of 1- and lastly sealed her to her parents. It was a really special time for everyone there. She didn't know all of it was going to happen so she was filled with the spirit.

It was a great trip. Except for the drive back. Oh boy. With our bishop driving we almost died like 5 times while trying to sleep in the full van, with no air conditioning. At one point had to slam on the brakes and three cars behind us went in to the grass to our left while we went into the other lane. It was crazy.

On Saturday we got to baptize Rob! That was really cool to be there for, the spirit was super strong. On Sunday I confirmed him during sacrament meeting. That was intimidating but it was a super awesome experience to be able to give him the Holy Ghost. So it's been a crazy week, it had some up and downs but over all it's been a solid week.

On Sunday we got to go to one of the many huge hospitals, we met with a man who came from Altoona to get his lungs looked at. He said we were a huge blessing in his life, it reminded me that I'm not here for me I'm here to serve other people. It was a cool experience also here's my iCloud where I'll be sending pictures each week.

https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0VJtdOXm0EAcVn

Enjoy,

Elder Simmons