Faith February

We had a few really awesome experiences knocking doors this week. On Wednesday we were harvesting, and no one was really responding very well, and then it came time to go see someone, and there were 3 more houses on the other side of the street that we had not done yet, and we decided to do them, and of course the very last one of them we met a man, who was very excited to be baptized. Then on Friday we were knocking another street where we met a few really awesome people. One lady told us that we could not come in because her mother was having therapy treatment(and there was not a man there anyways) so we said a prayer with her at the door, and she started crying during the prayer. We identified the spirit, which was so strong, and we invited her to be baptized, and she said, "well, that sounds good, but I am Catholic and was baptized as a baby." and we testified to her how she could take this step now, and receive the strength she needs at this time to get through her trials, and she accepted very quickly. We were also able to have a lot of new youth come to mutual, and one came to church this week. It was super exciting, and we are seeing a lot of progress here. We definately had a different week than what we had expected, but it was still a good week with a lot of things going on. We have also been able to go on a lot of exchanges, and we will be able to have more exchanges coming in the next few weeks, so we are having a lot of fun, and working all over the place. We are also having Elder O. Vincent Haleck of the Seventy come and visit our mission next week. I think that he is the new Elder that covers our area, I'm not totally sure, but that is what I think. It should be pretty exciting though when he come to visit us. Our mission is still doing really well, and I am sure that we are only going to be getting better and better as a mission. I am so grateful for the time that I have been blessed to be here, and for the strength and guidance that Heavenly Father gives us. I am so grateful for His love and all the experiences He lets me have. I know that He loves each and every one of us, and is always providing opportunities for us to learn and come closer to Him. I love this gospel, and I know that it is true. I love my mission, and I love you all. Thank you for all you do

Elder Wesley Christopher Bowen