10/26

Hello again!
Goll, another week has flown by so fast once again! We are almost done with October! And then you know the Holidays will go by so fast! Haha, so when ever an Elder goes home they go on a huge diet so they can look good when they go home... but I was thinking about it and what the ... I have the three Holiday strikes in my way of eating eating and eating... so basically I am going to come home fat because how can you say no to candy, turkey and chocolate!!! muahhhaha!It has been another busy week for me and Elder Fly! Being a trainer is fun - - but hard work! We have to be doing something every second of the day - but the cool thing is it is paying off soooo much! Seriously we are having so much sucess over here! Haha... it's funny to think back in the day I used to be a quiet person - but certainly broke out of that shell - and it's something I am so greatful for! Now just hopefully I can break Elder Fly out of his quiet shell. But thinking back, I was probably quiet at the first of my mission too??? But other than that we are doing pretty good as a companionship.One of my investigators (Wendy Flores) called me on Saturday. It was right before our appointment and she was bawling. She is such a sweet lady, but has a lot of health issues and problems with her back (she doesn't have marrow in some parts of her spinal column, so the bones rub together and pinch the nerves) She said that she almost called 911 in the night but didn't want to wake the neighbors and startle her family... haha she always thinks about others first [I think I would have not had a second thought if I was dying in pain!] So anyways we talked for (literally) 30 minutes over the phone and had a discussion with me and her. And the next day she showed up to church still in a ton of pain, but she said that she wasn't going to let this stop her!The baptism for Tiffini Hoff went great! President and Sister Reeves even got to be there! I was so happy to show them all my investigators! The spirit was so strong at the baptism too! And even after the baptism Tiffini's grandpa (who isn't a member) came up to me and asked if he could have the Joseph Smith movie that we watched at the baptism - he said that he had been pondering over "things" and needs to get answers for himself... so we might see something there in the future??? Haha, after the baptism my bishop was like "Elder McBride I told your mission president that I am going to keep you here till the end of your mission" and I was like- "I have only been out 9 months!" haha, he was like "ohh... well..." haha, He is a good bishop [oh oh, and as a side note - he created the Utah arches lisence plate and has a HUGE one up in his garage - I will have to take a picture and send it to you, way cool!]So last week we were knocking on this one door and talked to this one guy named Justin Underwood. We shared a little bit about prophets and asked if we could come back and share more. He said that we could just share it all with him right there.. haha, so we did and we just got into his house this week again and he was like "now what about baptisms.." So we committed him then and there to be baptized and he excepted! I have never got a baptism out of tracting before.. COOL! Oh oh, and another cool experience is when we went tracting on saturday morning. This guy opened up the door and we shared the message about the restoration and you could tell the spirit was there and so strong! At the end he was like "ya know, I had the weirdest feeling when I opened the door.. I usually just slam the door, or say I am busy.. but I just had something tell me that I had to listen to this message.. so I did and I love it." We were like WOW! haha So we are going back this next week! Well I hope your Halloween Holidays are fun and you all get loaded up with sugar! I have to be in by 6:00 pm ... so no candy loads for me.. maybe at the ward parties??? haha Alright everyone, be safe and follow the commandments at all times, I love you and the Lord loves you so much more!Love Elder McBride