Conference was incredible! I was over-joyed to hear the announcement of 12 new temples. To me, that was the greatest, most exciting moment of the whole conference. I was reminded of my indescribable joy when the the construction of Nicaragua's first temple was announced 6 months ago. We watched conference on Saturday at the church, as they were providing food and an in-between session ward party. Sunday morning we watched with our part-member investigating family, the Thompson's, and Sunday evening session with KC (our convert of 1 week) and her actively investigating family. There's nothing better than watching conference with investigators. They always seem to come away with a testimony of living prophets.
Remember the Richardson's, the couple that got married a couple weeks ago? Anyway, the wife, Rachel, is a returning member and the husband, Chris is a former Methodist minister. The following story is about them:
Last Sunday we went by the house of a part-member family that we've been working with. As we approached their door we heard all sorts of foul language coming from the non-member husband toward the member wife. We decided it might not be a good time for a visit, so we returned to the car and began to drive away. Before even making it a block, Elder Twitchell had a thought that we might need to go back. We prayed about it, and both felt strongly that we needed to knock on their door; so we did. The wife came out she thanked us for coming by. She said everything was OK. She apologized that she couldn't let us in at that time. We told her that we'd keep her and her family in our thoughts and prayers, then drove off. Later in the week, she texted us and invited us over for dinner and a lesson on Friday. We went and enjoyed pizza and talked a little. The husband informed us that the moment we knocked on the door he had a change of heart and was embarrassed by the way he'd been acting. He proceeded to tell us that that was the third time we visited them, un-planned, when they were having a hard time. He told us he felt God was trying to tell him something through us. We invited him to be baptized. He agreed. We set the date.
Love,
Elder Stephen Watts
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