Making Progress in the Community

Its been another great week in Fayette!!

We had an investigator at church this week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was our branch mission leaders friend, John. We've been teaching him for about two weeks now. This last week we started teaching the plan of salvation. He loved it. We only got through the first half though because of all the questions. I guess he has been taught by other sets of Elders, but has never showed too much interest about it until now. Our mission leader, Bro. Harrison, already thinks he has a testimony (and thats a big deal coming from Bro. Harrison) and he is all over the Book of Mormon readings that we give him. When we go over this next wed we are going to try and set a date for the 30th! Maybe I'll be able to get one more before I leave, what a tender mercy that'd be. We had another lesson with a lady that we've been teaching since we got here. She told us that she wants to be baptized and asked if she could before I left. She won't be ready in time but it was nice to hear.

There has been a lot happening. We helped in a community trash pick up in Boonville and were able to make a huge impact with a lot of people. A lady actually just sat down next to me for a min. and she said that she saw us out there. A little history about Boonville and the surounding area. The Prophet Joseph Smith received the revelation that is now Doctrine and Covenants 61 while on the Missouri River fairly close to us. It is where they saw "the destroyer riding in power upon the face of the waters." Well, the church has never really done well in this area and the community has always put up a lot of resistance. The church has tried about 4 or 5 times to start a branch in Boonville, but it has always been met with hostility (another reason we meet up in Fayette). So we're really excited about the respect that we've been getting and the community involvement.

Mom-Wow! lots has happened this week. Thats good that the prom went well. Do I have a room to come back to? haha. Speaking of coming home I am going to lay down some rules at the airport. 1) no posters, signs, ballons, or anything like that. 2) See number 1. haha.
Dad-how long did the T's serve? It seems like I remember them leaving.

Anyway, have a good week.
Love,
Elder Egan