Investigators galore!

We spent the morning getting my hair cut then off to East Grinstead to get a few groceries to help with dinner between conference this weekend.  I returned a couple of blouses and bought me a new outfit as well.  We made it to the Visitors Center at 3:00.  Got the word of what the night would bring and started our shift.  The first couple of hours were pretty quiet.  I took advantage of that to catch up on getting to know one of the kiosks.  Then the fun began. A mom and her young son came in. The Mom and Dad were trading off going to a session in the Temple. They were from Seattle Washington but stationed in Germany.  They will soon be stationed in Mountain Home in Idaho.  We took a cute picture of their son. He walked into the Center and say the Cristus and ran over and just kept saying "that's Jesus" .A grandmother and her granddaughter came in with a Baptism group, the granddaughter was a non-member so I was able to help her. Her name was Lauren and she is very young looking.  I thought maybe she was 11-12.  But she was 15.  She had been attending YW with her friends but had not been taking the lessons with the Missionaries yet.  I gave her a Book of Mormon and a guest card. She has a special look in her eyes and I know it won't be long until she accepts the Gospel. The sisters had dinner appointments and as soon as two of them returned there were two sets of Elders with three investigators.  We divided them into 3 groups as they requested. Sister Berati took one group, Sister Stewart took another, and Elder Cummings took another to watch a Movie.  I was there to greet and keep up with all the other guests. More of the big group came in that was there to do Baptism's. We had the place filled.  Three lessons being given.  Two of the investigators that came with the Elders have baptism dates and they were awesome. You could see a light in their eyes.  The other investigator wanted to argue, he listened and will eventually come around but is having a hard time with modern revelation. I hope we gave him some things to think about.  There were 5 other small children that were in the reception room that we also helped to keep entertained. Thank goodness for the Grandma and Granddaughter that took over because that is not part of what we are to do and we were too busy anyway.  The other two sisters  made it back to the Centre after a dinner appointment in time to have another investigator appointment.  We were so involved and busy that we didn't even take time for dinner.  But we didn't get hungry until we got home.  I guess we were filled with spiritual food and didn't need physical food for a while.  I

Mike

I have been proud of Lynda and her abilities as a missionary. She was out with the young sister missionaries yesterday and saw a lady across the way and just waved to her and the lady waved back; now she is coming to the Visitors Center and will be taught by the missionaries. She has had contact with the church before and is really interested.
Last night she helped teach the second young man from the left who has a few disagreements with church doctrine, but will come around. She learned how frustrating agency can be when teaching the gospel.
 The missionary work is really moving here. The number of baptisms just in the first quarter is already eclipsing the total for all of last year.

I just found out that Lyle Shamo, the former Shelley Seminary Teacher was the Mission President here a few years ago. He was loved by the people here. Small world: two Presidents from Little old Shelley, ID
Lyle went fishing with Blaine Case and I a couple of times on the Blackfoot River. He was a long-time friend and fishing buddy of Bp. Case.