We had a lesson with Lee and Finola, that went really well except for we didn't get to pick up her two daughters as investigators because they went with there Grandma that day so I am sure the next lesson we have with them we will pick them up. Since they weren't there we decided to talk about any questions that she might have and then read a chapter out of the Book of Mormon because she had been slacking since Lee had been gone for a little while. That went really well, I just hope that she can get more into the Book of Mormon then what she already is.
We had a call from an older woman who had a daughter that she had adopted. She was a less active and the daughter had been coming to church for a while. The eight year old daughter named Isabella was going to turn 9 on there date to be baptized so we were supposed to go through the lessons with her but the mom said that the missionaries before us had gone through the lessons already. So we had our zone leaders interview her since Elder Dolinar is the District leader. She passed but our zone leader who interviewed her said that she didn't know too much. We are going to go through the lessons with her again for the new member lessons and make sure that she knows everything. We talked to President Miles about this and he gave us the go. She was baptized on Saturday and its kinda funny because she counted as a new investigator and a baptism. Pres. Miles said, "Elders those are the ones you pray for." There were 2 baptisms that day and we got Finola to one of them and then Kealee to the other one. Never had that happen before so that was pretty neat.
We were supposed to have a lesson with Kealee today but it got pre-poned, kinda like how lessons get post-poned, but this lesson happened earlier because she is so happy and excited to be taught we moved it and taught her yesterday. We had taught her the first lesson the restoration and she really liked it. She is from China and I think that over there they take everything a whole lot more serious then what we do. We have given her two Book of Mormon, one in mandarine and the other in english. We have also given her a gospel principles book, the restoration pamphlet and the plan of salvation pamphlet. Sorry I am rushed for time but I will tell you what happened and has been happening next time.
Kealee's boyfriend Rob who served a mission and then fell away was smoking weed and drinking just a couple months ago, and has stopped because of his little baby girl. We went on a run with him this morning through the coolees. We woke up at 6 and ran till 8 up and down hills to a river and back it was pretty fun. He is a good guy I really like the gospel and how we can change and become better no matter what we have done. And it is all through the Atonement. Sorry I have to go but I will tell you more next week. Have fun Love you all
Love, Elder Allred
