Temple Day

It's sunny and slightly warm and it's temple day. Today we are going to be traveling to the far side of our mission ( a 25 min. drive). The joys of having such a small mission. I love the members here. This past Sunday was so uplifting and encouraging. There was a a kid in our ward, Jordan Lewis, who gave his farewell talk this past Sunday. He is going to guatemala but I can't remember which mission. His talk was so powerful and uplifting. Half of Fife High school was there and it was filled with non-members. The chapel was PACKED and we almost had to open the double overflow. I know a lot of his friends felt something because many of them were crying. Probably for two reasons. One being that he is leaving and they will miss thier friend, two being they felt the spirit. Jordans good friend Mallory who used to be in our ward but is going to shcool at BYU came back for the weekend jsut to sing his favorite song. He didn't even know about it. Oh man sacrament was amazing and we had 3 investigators there as well as a ton of less actives who didn't even know about his farewell! It's nice to see the friuts of your labors when you see less actives were working with come to church and to see our investigators lives changing. It makes a mission all more enjoyable.

Right now our mission is struggling a little bit with baptisms and such. However our zone is still doing great and really pushing and uplifting the mission. It's so nice to be in an area with people to teach and things to do. Bellevue and Bellevue South are the two zones nobody want to go to because it's hard to fing humble people to teach there. Well recently Bellevue South has had some amazing sucess so it shows when you put in Elders and Sisters with faith you can find anyone. All you need is hardworking missionaries, faith, and patience. Easier said than done but as I can see it's working. Well that has been the highlight of my week. Enjoy the spring weather no matter where you are!

Love,
Elder Bottema