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Our surprise baptism this past week!

Today while we are emailing!

Sister Risenmay, Sister Zafarana, Sister Eging, Sister Butler, President Risenmay
Sister Eging is going home and Sister Zafarana is our new assistant [from Temple Square web-site].

I just finished drinking from a spiritual fire hose because today was Missionary Leadership Council. It was incredible. We have set a very high and stretching goal of baptisms this year, and president shared with us towards the end of the meeting that the spirit has revealed to him that everything that was taught in the meeting is what we need to know to achieve our goal. The tricky part is putting it all into ACTION. 

We had wonderful trainings on inspired planning and goal setting, the role of the Holy Ghost in conversion, inviting others to make and keep commitments, teaching repentance and baptizing converts (Sister Zafarana and I), the law of opposition (Sister Risenmay), the law of the harvest (President Risenmay). I wish you all could've been here. One of the counselors in the mission presidency, President Mulford, pulled Sister Zafarana and I aside after the meeting and said this was the BEST mission leadership council he has ever been to, and he has been to a lot. It was just a testimony to us of what an important time we are at in the mission and how the Lord is really directing the work through the Spirit.

Last Monday Sister Zafarana and I were at Walmart and we met a man who seemed like he wanted to talk to us. He had a connection with Italy and so that's what prompted the conversation, but he later accepted an invitation to come take a tour on Temple Square with us. I had the deep impression that he was searching for something in his life and that he was lost. He's been out of town so we haven't been able to meet, but we will this week and I'll let you know about it.

The work has been moving forward! Even though we have a little more limited time to be online in our teaching center and to be on the square, the Lord has blessed us when we do get to get out. I have an investigator from San Jose, CA (my outbound mission) who is on date for Feb. 18th. He is the husband of a recent convert that I have talked about several months ago. She was the lady that is really into her family history and doing temple work for them. She is just ecstatic about this! She will now be able to be married in the temple with him! This is what it is all about: bringing families together to partake of eternal life.

On another note, we had an interesting experience with the fire alarms going off in our apartment complex as we were doing our nightly planning Friday night. We heard some noise from the hallway but just ignored it. Our roommates let us know it was the fire alarm and then I frantically started gathering my valuables. My new boots, my ipad etc. Exactly what your NOT supposed to do, right? it only took a second though. :) It turned out to be a false alarm, but it was a good drill.

Have a wonderful week!

xoxoxo,

Sister Butler