Good Ole' Waterbury

                                                                                                                             

Parker and Spencer walking to church like "real missionaries"
do.  They wanted to go and "preach the gospel" to the
neighbors after church. Just goes to show you the power and
influence of righteous older siblings.

September 30, 2013

Hello everybody!

Waterbury is still as interesting as ever!  One member of the ward has a little Honda Civic that he's "pimped out" (this story is actually somewhat relevant, so bear with me).  We asked him why he gave a Civic all of the toys he did, and he said, "I figured if I'm driving through Waterbury, I've gotta go ghetto or go home."  That pretty much sums up all of Waterbury.  One of our investigators has been clean from heroin for about 2 weeks, there was another shooting last week across town, and there are still about a million package stores around.  It seems like just about everybody has some kind of mental health issue, addiction, or bizarre circumstances in life.  It's inspiring to see people still desire to rise above these circumstances to live a Christ-like life.

Elder Echols and I received an assignment from Bishop to visit a certain LA family, and when we got there, we found out that we would be needed for service AND spiritual lifting.  We obviously did both, and we have set a return appointment to continue teaching the family about the Plan of Salvation and how it applies to all of us.  They have said that they'll be at General Conference, and who better to teach about the Gospel than General Authorities?! haha

Steven was confirmed this Sunday, and his entire family was there to support him.  His mother, a devout Catholic, seems to be on the fence about joining the Church.  The feel from several members close to the family is that she's "thinking about a lot," and that's great!  We hope to baptize another of the Schriver kids this month, and maybe more walls will come down.  Who knows?  God's hand has already been shown in so many ways in this ward...

Not a whole lot to report on, but there will be more next week!  Well... Wednesday, cuz transfers are in a couple weeks.  We'll see if all of the speculation that I'm training comes to fruition.  Until then!

Love all of y'all!

-Elda Boone