Lindsay, CJ

Boa tarde familia e amigos, I've just got to start off by talking about the highlight of the week: our baptism! When we asked which Elder he wanted to perform the baptismal ordinance, he said "Flip a coin!" We got back to the apartment, and I asked Elder Vess if he just wanted to perform the baptism as he had been working with him for a while. His response? "I already flipped it, you won!" Needless to say,  I wasn't going to argue with that. That was a huge motivational, "light at the end of the tunnel," feeling as we went throughout our week.  The service was incredible, and the Spirit had such a strong presence there. I was worried about not getting him completely under or slipping or something like that, but it all worked out! We sang "Amazing Grace" and "I Surrender All," and those that spoke did a fantastic job. As we sat next to each other after the ordinance, he told me he was feeling a joy that he had never before felt i...

Oí pessoal, I made it to Utah! I'm here! As soon as we got off of the plane it was like the gun was going off for a two-year race. We went straight from the airport to the mission home, where we ate dinner and went through a training/information session until about 9pm. You can imagine all 33 of us were pretty tired after a full day of travelling from places like Wyoming, California, or Vermont. I definitely had the easier end of that Our mission president, President Evanson, and Sister Evanson seem to be really great people. They are from Alberta, CA and actually were over the Lovell Stake when President Evanson was an area seventy. Funny enough, he actually ate dinner with Elder Newman's family one time when he was down in Lovell. We stayed in a hotel our first night, and the next morning, went to the mission office in Lindon, where we all sat in the chapel, a group of seasoned missionaries sitting behind us. One by one our names were read, followed by our trainers. Once we w...

Ol á Meus Amigos e Minha Fam ília, This one is going to be a short one as I am finishing up my preparations to go down to Utah, but I just want all of you to know that my online MTC experience was a good one and I am so incredibly excited for what the future will hold over the next two years! I love all of you so very much and appreciate, individually, the impact you have had on my life and want you to know that not all of this could be possible without your influence! Sorry for this being so short, but I promise I'll get you a beefier one next week! Tchau, Elder Lindsay