Hello my family!
I get to call you next week! I get 45 minutes to hear your beautiful voices! I hope to call you at 7:00 your time on Sunday, which is 3:00 my time on Monday next week. I might be able to call you the day before just to arrange it. Or we could actually arrange it through email on Monday. I'm sorry I'm so unprepared.
Lyn loves church and is very excited to be baptized still on the 21st of May. And her two youngest kids want to be baptized as well! We had a wonderful lesson with Lyn last week about faith and repentance. There wasn't anything particularly special about the lesson itself, but the Spirit was pretty overwhelming. She began to cry and told how when she first met us she planned on just being polite but then blowing us off after we shared our message with her. But she explained how her love for God has grown so much as we've been teaching her and she knows what she's doing is right, despite all of the doubts she's had and change of lifestyle she will have to make with her family and friends.
Rebecca didn't get baptized. She says she's not ready yet. She knows everything and has the strong desire to be baptized but she has a lot of concerns and doesn't feel she's ready to make such a commitment. But we're glad to know she realizes what a big thing baptism is and that she isn't just "hopping into the font." She's been reading the Book of Mormon again and it has definitely been strengthening her testimony. So, soon. She'll be getting baptized soon. She's very happy and loves church and learning about the Gospel, but there's something that's holding her back.
Though I think I say this same thing every other week, I learned a lot this week about talking with people and the importance of just opening my mouth and getting to know them. This week was pretty rainy so Elder Triantafillakos and I did a lot of walking with umbrellas rather than biking and gettting completely soaked. With umbrellas we are at least kept partially dry, but the wind still blows it sideways sometimes. In fact we both had to buy new umbrellas because the cheap ones we had before got broken by the wind. And so we bought some less-cheap ones and mine is broken. But it's all good! Anyway, because we were on foot and not speeding past everyone we saw, we got to know our fellow rain-walkers. One in particular was a girl named Jaimee. We were walking down to an investigator's home in the pouring rain when a girl, about 22, walks quickly by us on her way home from work. I made some dumb comment about "enjoying the weather?" and she laughed, but kept swiftly walking. But then I realized how selfish I was being and then yelled out "Do you want my umbrella?" She stopped and said "Yes, please!" So the three of us walked together (me umbrella-less) and she opened up and we talked casually. But then when she asked one of my favorite questions "Are you guys students?" "No, we're missionaries!"
So, to make a long story short, we had a good talk with Jaimee and then got to have a lesson with her the next night in the park and plan to see her early again this week. Jaimee, who was an atheist on Wednesday, now has regained that faith in Jesus Christ she once had and is excited to learn so much more!
I'm sorry this email is pretty short, random, and not jam-packed of goodness. I'm really short on time and today's kind of a wierd day. Next week will be better I promise. Especially because I'll be finding out where I'm moving to because it's end of transfers next week! Aah!
Melissa looks beautiful in her picture!.. as weird as I feel saying that...But you do! I love the Easter picture too.
Thank you all for your prayers and all the love and support I know you give me!
Happy Birthday to Robby again! and did you tell Matt I said so as well?
Just remember:
Just remember:
"True happiness comes only by making others happy"---David O. McKay
Keep doing what is right, and praying day and night!
Have a wonderful week!
I love you all so very much!
Love,
Elder David John Rowe
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