this week in Iowa

This week was another up and down week. The young man who we have been working with who was progressing towards a baptism date of next week, slipped up and smoked again and now feels really guilty and has been unwilling to meet with us the past few days. We are praying for him a lot and there are a few members of the ward that are trying to help him understand repentance and how it is ok to start again.

               We did set another date this week though. With a young lady who has been coming to church for over 30 years. (When I say young I mean 76) she is still unsure if she is ready but we are working with her on this. She is an amazing lady and has a testimony already but if afraid for some reason of being baptized.

               Other than that we were out of our area a lot this week on exchanges and working with others. The lord is really blessing this area. We have so many hard working missionaries around us. I am so grateful for all that I am learning from them. It is amazing that half our zone is sister missionaries. I never would have imagined that to be possible. Also some exciting news for this week, we got a new mission president. I have not had the chance to talk with him yet but we will be able to in a few days.

               I thank all of you for all you do for me. I love you have a great week.