Sup dudes!
First,
we had a bomb (meaning really good, not explosive) service project at
the Salvation Army that we found on JustServe! There were probably
nearly 100 people that showed up to renovate the place, about 20 of
which were missionaries. We split up into teams, and my team was in
charge of painting. Before long, I and a couple of other elders struck
of some singing as we painted (Battle Hymn of the Republic and other
invigorating hymns). We'll apparently the acoustics in that building
were pretty decent, because pretty soon we had people streaming into our
room to record and meet us! It was awesome! And we were able to touch a
lot of people, especially a group of veterans we were working with.
Later
that day, the Shlam family got baptized! Some of you probably hear me
talk about baptism a lot and wonder what the big deal is, but HOLY COW
IT'S SO AWESOME! This family just started a journey that will eventually
lead them back to live with God! As a family! None of this "till death
do you part" stuff! Through the ordinances of the Gospel, they can
literally be together forever. And one week after the Shlams, the
Wilmoth family did the same thing! Two amazing families that will
forever be highlights of my time here in Idaho.
And
a couple other random things that made this week eventful: I got sick
but then got better! I won Yahtzee at game night at the assisted living
center! We had MLC (mission leadership council, my favorite meeting
ever)! And we got to ride this super fun swing machine thing!
Well folks, love you all!
Sincerely,
Elder Doyle
