Carter, Easton PT

What's up everyone! This week was awesome. This week, Ariana got baptized. We have been working with Ariana for the last couple of months. Ariana is the daughter of one of my best friends named Douglas. Douglas came back to the church around a year ago and is the only active member of his family. His two kids, Ariana and Allan, have never liked church or the thought of it. After working with Ariana a couple of months ago, she decided to start coming to church. This week, she made the decision to be baptized, and the best part is that Douglas got the opportunity to baptize and confirm her. It was such a spiritual experience seeing Douglas have the chance to baptize her after working so hard to be able to baptize her! Douglas and his family have been through lots of ups and downs in their lives, and seeing the joy and peace they had after the baptism was so special. This week, we also went to the president's house for one of the last times to discuss transfers. It was super weird...

Thought I would give an update real quick, these last weeks have been super good! A couple of weeks ago Elder Cook came to our mission, along with 3 others! It was so cool to see some of my friends that I met in the MTC and be able to talk to them for a little. Elder Cook talked a lot about talking to everyone you see, which was awesome! Afterward, he gave one of the most spiritual testimonies that I've ever heard. The spirit was so, so strong. We also had zone conference last week, which was awesome. It was my last time having to go to all of the zone conferences. It's always fun to see all of the missionaries and being able to connect with them. For zone conference, we focused on Christlike behavior and love! The work in the area these last couple of weeks has been a little slow, with lots of canceled lessons, but we will have the baptism of Ariana this week and Justin next week, which should be awesome! Love you all, -EC