Elder Colby Kipp: What are you guys doing this weekend?

Hello amigos!

We had a super great week. It was full of meeting new people and people making changes in their lives for the better. And above all it is such a great time to be in Alberta. Right before it gets cold and snowy, the weather is pretty much perfect. The sky is amazing and the sunsets are the best. They are right there is nothing like Alberta skies! But we had a wonderful thing happen this week. Alexandra got baptized!

It was an amazing service. The Spirit was definitely there and it just went smoothly. Many of the members of the ward were able to come and support Alex and Chris in their many great decisions. I actually got to translate one of the talks. It was a very humbling experience for me because it is a lot harder than I thought, especially on the spot. But the speakers were wonderful. Chris recieved the priesthood on Thursday night and so he got to baptize his wife. They had to repeat the baptsim twice, but the third time she was completely submerged and she came up and she looked amazing. She was just beaming and you could tell that she felt like a new person. I was so happy to see this happen and have been able to see their progress as a couple. I was able to confirm her and give her the gift of the Holy Ghost. The blessing was very stong and it really focused on her and Chris getting to the temple. I am so excited to keep working with them and it was such a blessing and testimony strengthener to have seen this process and the changes that happened in their life. I know that the Atonement can heal and change any situation.

We are getting blessed in so many ways. We received 7 new investigators this week! The first one we got was from a member. His name is Jesus and he lives across the hall from the member who happens to speak spanish. he he But je is from Mexico working up here for his family and he already has been reading the Book of Mormon and some of the pamphlets. He is solid and we are excited to keep teaching him. The next one is the brother-in-law of some less-active members and he is excited to finally learn about what they believe. I feel like this will be a great oppurtunity to get the less actives back to church. I have known them my whole mission and they make the best pupusas ever! And then our last five live about 20 minutes outside of the city on a small farm. They are all family and they are up here working for the summer. The owner of the farm is actually a member so he called us up and told us that they were interested in learning more. We had a great lesson with them last night and taught them about the Restoration. The Spirit was incredibly strong and you could tell that they were interested. We gave them all a Book of Mormon and they all committed to read. We are going over there this weekend and watching General Conference with them. And the coolest thing ever was that as we were driving back on the gravel road we saw the Northern Lights!! It was so cool. Elder Doxey was freaking out. He is so funny. But it was just a cool moment for us last night. We were so grateful for the time we have to be spreading the gospel. Who would have thought that we would be teaching a bunch of Mexicanos on a farm in Northern Alberta! Crazy!

But I encourage everyone to watch General Conference this weekend. It will be a great oppurtunity to listen to our modern day prophet and apostles. It will be amazing.

Pues cuidense mucho y portanse bien!

Mucho Amor