The Verdict Is..........

Its been another great week in Fayette!

Well transfer calls came and the verdict is.....................I'll be finishing out my mission in Fayette!!!! Elder McKinney is staying too so that'll be nice. It's crazy even thinking that this is my last transfer. All through Primary and Young Men it leads up to/gets you excited for your mission. Well, now that its just about over...I'm not entirely sure what to think.

Anyway, we had some really good lessons this week. We finally got in to see some of our "long timers." About a month ago we had a lesson with Dilbert where he told us that he was going to quit smoking on March 15. Well, we went over on the 15th (not on purpose) and remembered that he had told us that. He started giving us excuses for why he couldn't do it today and this is where it gets good. He had been watching the Finding Faith in Christ DVD and was talking to us about how great faith was and how it was better than meds sometimes. Well, when he started telling us that he couldn't quit smoking, we reminded him about what he had just told us about faith. We said "Dilbert do you have faith in Jesus Christ?" and then "do you have faith to quit smoking?" He just sat there for a minute and then handed Elder McKinney his tabacco! Then he got up and handed us his pipe!!! It was really neat.

Then as we were driving to our next appointment we got a call from the Assistants. They were in a meeting with Pres. Clark and they were thinking about closing the Fayette area. So I talked with them for a little bit and told them how well it was doing and it just needed some more time. Well I got an email from Pres. Clark today saying that we saved the area. They were going to close it until they called and talked to us. He did say though that he expected baptisms if we wanted the area to stay open, so in other words, no pressure.

Mom-Yeah we're working out the driving stuff. Elder Mckinney isn't insured by the church right now, so we have to go to St. Louis so he can work all that out with the office. As for me, I was just planning on taking care of it (renewing my license) when I get home. Less to deal with.
Dad-I just love how the Lord takes care of everything when we are fulfilling our callings. Its a great blessing of the Restored Church.

Have another great week, I'll see you in 45 days (not that I'm counting)
Love,
Elder Egan