November 15,2010

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Uh. it has been a crazy week. We got 33 lessons, 2 new investigators, 3 referrals, and Ian got baptized! i don't think i could wish for much more! haha.Ian's baptism was nice. We didn't baptize him the normal way because of his stoke he has balance problems so he knelt down and was baptized forward. He held on to the side of the font the first time because its a habit so he doesn't fall etc so i had to baptize him twice. haha. It was nice though. The spirit was very strong and Ian was very happy. I'm planning on coming back up in November when they go through the temple.
I also got to attend his confirmation! it was amazing! i loved it. I saw so many familiar faces in Midnapore. Everyone was surprised to see me there haha. Yes i saw the Stewards. There awesome haha. I got a photo with Bro. Steward to send to Ben haha.

I can't believe Jace is home! What a fast 2 years. I bet he has an Southern Accent haha. That'd be awesome to have. haha What a stud.


I don't really need/want anything for Christmas. I have everything i need....

We got a self-referral this week! Luke and Jordan, they both attend a Christian College here and are interested in learning more about the "Mormons". We brought a Recent Convert with us, Jessie, and it a killer lesson. Luke is more in tune with the spirit and is more open. Jordan i think has read more anti, and was more questionable of things.

We have 3 lessons set through members to teach non-members, so hopefully we'll get 3 new investigators. One of them, Jacklyn, had a dream when she was 18 after her father died, that there are 3 kingdoms in heaven and that we lived with God before here and that we came here for a purpose and then we return back to live with him! haha We're totally teaching her the Plan of Salvation on Thursday! I'm so excited! I wouldn't be surprised if she got baptized soon!

Anyways we changed a guy's tire last week when i went on exchanges with some of my district. Elder Pugmire and i saw a guy that was trying to change his tire, but his jack was upside down so i knew he needed assistance so we went over in our suits and changed his tire! haha it only took us 10 minutes. it was awesome! haha We gave him a pass-along card and got his address and we're taking a book of Mormon to him in Arabic! Its cool.
Yesterday i already set up 34 lessons for this week! it'll be good!
Well i don't have much else to say. Keep me in your prayers and Jacklyn, Zac, E. Truman, Luke, Jordan, Bridgette, and Kira in your prayers too!`

Love, Elder Norman

November 1,2010

Hey, things are going good. I can't believe it is already Monday again. Time is just going by way to fast. This past week we did a lot. We mainly taught members. We don't have any investigators right now :( hopefully we get some here soon though. 1 year ago when we went to the zoo, Elder Hendershot was my companion at the time and we went with Chris Scott (a recent convert). We met one of her friends from there, Chris McClure. Well when i got transferred here he is in my ward! he got baptized 1 year ago and still remembered everything we talked about at the zoo because he couldn' t believe we didn't drink coffee so then he took the lessons! its amazing to see how he was 1 year ago and then now, trying to share the gospel with everyone he meets! it is amazing how the gospel can transform us if we let it.

There is a lot of work to be done in this area. It has been a bit tough trying to get things into shape. My comp. doesn't really get along with me it seems. He likes to zone me out so it hard to get through sometimes. oh well. He's been out 5 months so what do you expect. After 16 months you tend to get along with everyone no matter who they are. He'll figure it out at some point in his mission that life is tough sometimes. I've got lost of inspiration on some things that will help us find lots of people. Its exciting. We are going to try and get 33 lessons this week! quite the goal but i know we can make it.

Halloween up here was alright. We didn't do to much because we had to be inside by 6pm. We were invited over to Tamara, Jena, Anne, and Diana's for dinner. They made us Cafe Rio! it was good but not the same. Elder Truman got some black paper and cut 3 circles out and put them on his shirt and was a 3 hole punched Elder Truman. We also got to carve pumpkins. It was fun.

I'll talk to you next week!

Love, Elder Norman