Familes

So this week was a great week for us. We didn't get to do as much teaching as we were hoping for, but we were blessed with those we did get to teach. We have a commitment to have a baptismal interview weekly, which means a lot of traveling for me, since I do the interviews for Lauderhill North(which covers the entire zone), Coral Springs, and Boca Raton(which is way far North). All the traveling we did for it kind of cut down on our time in our area but we still had lots of success. On Tuesday we were able to find this awesome family of 7(4 baptism age) which after leaving the blessing they accepted dates. We came back on Thursday, a little late, and the mom was the only one there and said she thought we weren't going to come. So we taught her about the Atonement, and solidified her for her date and coming to church. On Saturday we were able to bring a member out with us to teach them the Restoration. They liked it and committed to read, pray, come to church, and be baptized. The member committed them to everything but baptism, which was awesome. Then yesterday they actually came to church. We were a little bummed because it was about to start, and we hadn't seen them, then the memebrs sister came and said that they had gotten there, so we went in and sat by them. They were also able to stay for the 2nd our, which made them super solid. They loved the gospel principles class, and all their girls loved primary, and tonight we are hopefully having a Family Home Evening with them, and they are super excited. It was a huge blessing to us, because we were mostly in our area during some of the less productive ours for the end of the week, but we were still able to be blessed beyond measure. Our ward is super awesome at bringing everyone in. They have one of the highest retainment and baptisms in the mission, which is super awesome. Everyone that has just been baptized here just seems like normal members now, and are just as excited about the work. As a mission we were also able to reach 102 baptisms for the month, which is awesome since the month isnt over. It is crazy because 1 year ago when I got to the mission field, we averaged around 30, and this week we are hoping to go over and above. We are super excited for this week, and all the blessings we recieve. I am so grateful I am able to be apart of the work here, and to help souls come unto Christ and feel the power of his Atonement. I know that God has a plan for each one of us, and as we follow his counsel and are obedient, we are able to recieve blessings untold. I love this work, and I love you all, thank you all so much for what you do for me and the love you show.

Elder Wesley Christopher Bowen