Hey y'all!
Hope y'all have had a great week. It has been a pretty good one here for me!
Things are going really great here. We have a lot of good things happening. Jackie is doing really great, and has invited quite a few family members and friends to her Baptism this Saturday. It's great to see her continued excitement towards Baptism. I have really enjoyed being able to work with her. Since she was so prepared to hear the gospel. Not only has she learned from us but I have really learned from her. I have learned how important Faith is. Her Faith is remarkably strong, and as a result she has had no problem accepting the gospel. Every aspect we have taught she has been willing to do and commit to. I am so excited to see her come up out of the water Saturday. Since I know it will be life-changing for her. She truly wants to follow Christ, and be a better Christian. There is no better way she could be doing that then entering that gate this week!

We have been a part of something pretty remarkable here. We are working with the Ross family. Shane has been less-active for some time, and Jenny is a non-member. Yesterday they stayed for all three church meetings, and really enjoyed it. Previously they have only been coming to sacrament. So it was great having them stay for all of church. Jenny is really feasting upon the Book of Mormon. It's been less than a month and she is already in Alma. Yesterday, she told us how every night when Shane comes home she shares her insights to what she has read. Now, they are going to be reading it together. It's amazing to see how through Jenny's conversion her husband is being strengthened as well. It's neat to see the power of the Book of Mormon in action, and how one person really can make a BIG difference.

Sister Mackliet and I are doing great. We really back each other up which really helps with getting investigators to progress. I am learning from her everyday. She has a great Faith and Optimism. Which has really helped me because I struggle in those areas. She is great at testifying, and you can really feel of her love for Christ as she states what she knows to be true.

This week we had a really great first lesson with Lynda. She is currently living with a less-active member. She loves the fact that we invite her to pray to know that the Book of Mormon is true herself. She also understood the great apostasy more than anyone I have taught. She asked what happens to those people who didn't hear the gospel during that period of time. We made mention to the Spirit World, and she said that it made a lot of sense. It's neat to see her understanding of the Restoration and link it to other aspects of the gospel.

I learned a lot from reading Mosiah 1-5 this week. The thing that really stuck out to me was being a Representative of Jesus Christ in all things. These chapters talk about service, repentance, and obedience. I believe that all three can be summed up as simply following Christ. Christ served all those around him, he gave up his will to God, and he was obedient with exactness. As we represent Christ we will be doing all these things. How will I apply this? Everyday I am going to pray for the ability to be a true Representative of Christ. Really think about him during the day, and think of ways that I can better represent him.
I pray that we all can be better Representatives of Christ. May we each find a way each day that we can better ourselves. Love y'all!!
Sister W. Williams