William's Baptism was Sunday!! I'll send pictures of it so you can see him, he's a great man, I was honored to Baptize him. It was a different experience actually being in the font with the person being Baptized! It went well, only took one try and afterwards William said "I feel clean!" It was a great experience.
On Tuesday we instructed the New Missionaries that were finishing up their first transfer in the mission field. It went well, Elder Fluckiger and I feel that they understood what was taught and we enjoyed being with them for the day. We have so many great missionaries in the MDM! I can't complain about any of them.
We went on a lot of exchanges this week, we worked with 3 different companionships, for one exchange I actually got to go down to Ypsi South, one of my previous areas! I was with Elder Ferguson there for a day.
On Thursday we had MLCM, we talked a lot about Member Missionary Work, it was great! We watched a talk that Elder M. Russell Ballard gave a few years ago about 'The Hastening of The Work'. I would encourage all of you to watch that and determine what YOUR responsibility is in this great cause we have been enlisted in. Here's the link:
Sunday there was a pretty big surprise that neither Elder Fluckiger nor I was expecting! We got to Church and at about 10 till the whole Stake Presidency walked in and we knew it wasn't Stake or Ward Conference... I was wondering why they were there. It's funny because the same exact thing happened to me in the Ypsilanti Ward only a few months prior to this, but what happened is the Bishopric got reorganized! The new Bishop is Bishop Ordaz, he's from Mexico but he speaks really good English, he is a good man. SUPER humble, it was an emotional Sacrament Meeting, the Stake President President Medley talked about how he received the distinct impression that Brother Ordaz should be the next Bishop multiple times. He said, "It took a lot of faith for me to extend this call to Brother Ordaz. I know that sounds weird but let me explain..." Then he went on to talk about how Brother Ordaz has an insane work schedule right now, working 14 hour days. He has 4 boys, all Deacon aged or younger, and one of them is disabled, in a wheelchair all the time. President Medley said "I can't even look at Brother Ordaz without crying right now Brothers and Sisters, but I know he is to be your Bishop." He also went on to talk about how when he received his call as a Stake President, his schedule was crazy, being called into work at the worst hours having to miss important things with family/Church callings but in his 8 Years of being Stake President, he has only had to miss 3 important meetings related to his Church calling. The Lord performs His perfect work through imperfect servants, and He strengthens them in ways that we wouldn't even imagine sometimes! The previous Bishop bore his testimony of Bishop Ordaz's call as well, it was powerful! We are looking forward to working closely with him with the little time that he has to move the work of salvation forward in his area of stewardship.
I love you all so much! Thanks for all of your support of myself and many of my friends who are privileged to call ourselves full time servants of the Lord. We couldn't do it without you! This is The Lord's work, and he will place people in our paths who are ready for the Gospel in small or large measures. We just need to be ready to share it at all times, and in all places. Being an example of the believers as President Monson exhorted us to do this last conference. Have a great week, and talk with somebody about who the restored Gospel and the Church of Jesus Christ has improved your life :)
-Elder
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