The Reward for Obedience is Faith

Hey all,

This week was pretty awesome! We had a baptism on Tuesday for Kinsey Anderson.

She was the first investigator I've had the opportunity to teach from start to finish.

She is really smart and I know that she will stay a strong member of the church. We also had Zone Conference this past weekend and I learned a whole bunch from President Laney. The quote he used was "The reward for Obedience is Faith" We are striving to be be obedient to all the commandments that have been given us as missionaries, and as members of the church. WE must apply a principle, by taking those leaps of faith, before we gain a testimony of the power of obedience. We also had some in-depth discussions about Agency, and how we have the ability to choose right from wrong, and how there must be opposition in all things. We are still working with all of our investigators to get them to church, but some of them seem to be fighting against it. We think one of our investigators, Maryann Hanson, has had some anti-Mormon influence in the past, so she is scared to even step foot inside of a church building. Jason Pye though, is our golden contact right now. I'm sending a few pictures. We found a member with a leg lamp. We couldn't help ourselves from taking pictures. I'm getting along with Elder Swanson alright. I don't think I could take 3 months though. I'm crossing my fingers for next transfer.

Love,Elder Wright!

We picked up 4 investigators this week.

Hey Everyone,

This week was really great. We had Zone Conference and had some great training 
from president Laney and the assistants. After October General Conference we're 
required to wear suit coats all the time. I picked up this awesome three piece 
suit from the mission office that surprisingly fits really well. It isn't 
entirely mission appropriate because it's gray, but my other one is getting 
cleaned my a member of the ward so I get to wear the new one for a couple of 
days. Bell-bottoms though ha ha.

We're moving out of our apartment this week. The one we're in right now is a 
little run down. We literally have a 10x10in. kitchen sink and a toilet that 
overflows for no apparent reason. We're moving into a house in the area that is a 
little better equipped for us. We'll be sharing the kitchen with the homeowner 
though, but that's alright. We get a DISHWASHER!!!

One of the people I was teaching down in Draper was baptized this week. Danielle 
Harmon. She's 14 and has been attending church for a couple years and attending 
seminary and everything, but her parents weren't willing to let her be baptized. 
I got to go down for the baptism on Saturday after we had a baptism here in this 
area. 

As for the work, It's going alright. We picked up 4 investigators this week, 
which was really great. Some of our investigators are looking great, and others, 
not so much. Parents get in the way A LOT. A lot of people have fallen into the trap of only believing the Bible 
to be scripture. They cant wrap their mind around more than one testament of 
Christ. We also have some trouble with getting our Investigators to Church. They 
have lots of fellowship and people going by Sunday mornings to get them to 
Church but some just cant make the commitment.

We also spoke at church again yesterday in one of the wards. My companion Elder 
Swanson wasn't really aware of the clock and went 15 minutes overtime. There are 
a lot of nearly dead/newly wed wards up here. The youth is a little nonexistent 
in this area. We also got fed lasagna 3 nights in a row. gah. not. cool. One of 
the guys in my district in the MTC lives in this area and I'm gunna try and stop 
by to say Hi. Some of the houses in this area are GINORMOUS! I think our house 
could fit in some of the garages. Also, the ward mission leaders house. it's 
insane. there are like marble walls, and stone crown molding, and life sized 
marble statues. We're planning to ask for a tour some time. It's crazy awesome.

I hope you're enjoying life at home.

Love,
Elder Wright