baptism on my very last week

Note from the editor:
This is an update from the last post. I found this note in a different email and so i am using the same pictures that i put in the previous post. I am also adding some new pictures at the end that i got of Elder Fisher and the outgoing missionaries after he arrived in the mission home Tuesday in Curacao.

Wow what a great week. We have been working hard trying to finish strong. We had a baptism on Saturday for Annie Angelina Washington. I also was blessed for the wonderful opportunity to perform her baptism on my very last weekend. She has been taught for quite a while but was never able to be baptized do to some family problems but we were able to push through all of those and get all of her lessons taught. She's also from Venezuela. We were teaching the whole family but then the family split up and she was the only one we were able to continue teaching. Her mom and sister just moved from the  Hindu home they were living in and so now the missionaries will be able to begin teaching them again! 

Hey just make sure to have all of the marvel movies ready for me to watch when I get home and I'd also like to go to the temple as soon as possible. I love you all and I am really excited to see all of you!

In Curacao awaiting the flight home

Love elder Fisher

Flying out tomorrow

I fly to Curacao tomorrow. I don't get there tell later in the day and then i will spend all day Wednesday there before I leave early Thursday. I cant wait to see all of you on Thursday. Its going to be crazy here next couple of days. 

We had two rats in our apartment living in our stove when I got here but me and Elder Garner were able to chase them out pin them with a broom well the other smashed them with a cricket bat so no more rat problem!

Latest Baptism

2 John 1:12

This week is really great. Yesterday really topped it off. 

Last Sunday we met 2 really young families while contacting and we began teaching them yesterday. Brother Mingo from New Amsterdam moved here about 2 weeks ago and he agreed to come teaching with us after church. He came by with us and we had some really great lessons. The families really loved us and promised to even come to church next week and to cook pumpkin and roti! My favourite. 

Today while waiting for a working computer the other missionaries got a pocket dial from Sultan, my recent convert from Vreed En Hoop. He did't mean to call us but he was in the area so he brought us lunch! He told me to call him before I go and that he would take me out for lunch. He's pretty awesome. We are working hard. I love you all and look forward to seeing you soon!

Love Elder Fisher

Me and my companion

Me and my companion!

Well this week has been busy. It was the week of zone conference and so we were in Georgetown a lot. We had our interviews there on Monday. Tuesday I was on an exchange with Elder Raymond, Wednesday was zone conference. I gave my 10 minute presentation and also arranged a musical number. I have no idea why I was assigned that musical number but I did my best. The other zone leader in Linden was assigned to assign someone to it and he thought I would do a good job. I thought how hard could it be. Lets just say it will be one to remember. 

All of the departing missionaries including myself also got to give our departing testimony. That was fun. It was a good conference. After all the zone leaders stayed in town until 6 where we went to the Marriot hotel and had dinner and a zone leader meeting. I think that's the most culture shocked I've been since I very first got here. It is a seriously nice place, worthy for a mission president to stay. 

On Saturday there was a really awesome broadcast from the Dominican Republic. President Nelson was there. It was inspiring. Elder Renlund focused a lot on the importance of the doctrine of Christ. President Nelson talked a lot about family and the importance of the temple. Speaking of the temple tell Brittany congratulations. She's been in my prayers the last few days. 
Junior and Queenie are doing well but Junior feels like the 15th is still to soon to be baptized and is still praying about it. They know its true and have repeatedly told us that. We will probably have to change their baptism date but that's okay I'll get pictures! They are also helping us teach their friend who has visions every night. She's a little unsure of the church right now but is giving it a try. Her name is Regina. 
Well that's all I got for you this week!

Pictures of District meeting in Le Grange 2 weeks ago.

Love Elder Fisher

Earth Quake

The time is flying here and we are having fun. We are making our visits and teaching lots of people. We started teaching a member named Sister Ruby who has family in Edmonton and visits every so often. She's really cool. We are hoping to have some baptisms here on September 15.

Hey don't worry this week was really crazy and 100% safe. Tuesday was the craziest as that was when we felt the big earth tremor. I was in Sister's Village teaching one of our baptismal dates on there wood stairs. We were sitting there when all of a sudden the stairs began shaking. At first we were confused until we saw the power lines shaking and all the buildings creaking and groaning and we realize it was an earth quake so we ran of the stairs and stood on solid ground. It was a very weird feeling as my feet were solidly placed on the ground but I was shaking. It felt like i was dizzy. 

I also learned I don't want to be picked up by Guyanese emergency first respondents. On our way back we passed a bad motorcycle accident before any first respondents arrived. Our hired car driver decided to stop to get a good look. A small crowed began forming at this point. It was dark and it looked like the motorcycle driver hit a homeless man walking on the road. The man who got hit, his legs were cut up very badly and were bleeding a little bit. The motorcycle driver looked much worse. His face was all bloody and blood was foaming from his mouth. Both were just laying there unconscious but moving a little and breathing. A police truck then pulled up and the police got out and yelled at the crowd to help pick them up to put them in the back of the truck. About 10 men then picked them up by the arms and legs and lifted them into the truck. The cycle driver left a good pile of blood behind his head.They then took off and we haven't heard anything since. We got in the car and drove away. 

The next morning we felt our house shake for a half a minute. It was a smaller tremor but not as many people noticed it. On a more positive note this week we were biking between appointments and we accidentally took a wrong turn. When we realized it we stopped by an older lady carrying groceries. She asked us if we could help her. It was a short walk to her house through a street full of craters. Her taxi refused to drive her through the street and she has really bad knees and can barely walk. We gladly helped her and she told us how she use to be Muslim but had a good friend in the church in Georgetown and began to go to the church there and became a christian. The missionaries were teaching here but then her husband died in a car accident and she moved and lost contact with the church. This was about 8 years ago. She was never baptized or anything but she told us how she was thinking about trying to find the church again and that she would love to go to church again. Her name is sister Lila and she is a very nice lady. We have begun teaching her and her Granddaughter. Its been a fun and interesting week!

Love Elder Fisher

source of revelation

Hey 

Well this week has been fun. I have been finding more members in our area this week. Its been fun trying to strengthen our members because they need it. 

I`m really having a hard time knowing what to talk about right now. It feels like the weeks are just flying by right now. I really love my new companion Elder Ortega. We are having a lot of fun. We are working hard together. he reminds me a lot of Richy. It almost feels like I`m hanging out with Richy all the time except we are doing missionary work. 

All of our recent converts are doing well. Mohamed is staying on the east coast by one of his old mentors from the orphanage he grew up in and is helping teach him the missionary lessons right now. He got his phone back so we are able to stay in touch a little. We have begun teaching a young couple named Junior and Queenie. They have been going between West Minister (in our area) and Georgetown for school. The Georgetown Elder`s picked them up but handed them over to us since they will be over here on this side more often. They are very elect. They have been reading the Gospel Principles book that they got at church in Georgetown and when we visited they were asking us what they needed to do to have an eternal family. Queenie then told us how she keeps getting dreams that the church is true (very common source of revelation here). On Sunday they showed up to church very early. They beat everyone there and were waiting for someone to come to open the church. They are awesome and I`m hoping we can get them baptized before I go but we won`t rush it. 

Love Elder Fisher

Special Assignments

Hey everyone! 

Soca music is literally everywhere here. You get in a car or a bus and they blast your ears out with it. Its definitely the most popular music here. 

Well I got my last transfer call here. I am staying in Patentia but my companion who is going to kill me is Elder Ortega from the Philippians. We will be together on Friday. President Baird called me before I got my transfer call and told me he would like me to be a zone leader for my last transfer. He gave me a few special assignments to review the mission policies and see which ones I think could be tweaked or changed to make the mission more effective. He also said since I have been here for so long I have seen the most changes in the mission from where it was to the high level it is functioning at now so he wants me to give a report on what made it change at MLC on Friday. 

This last week was pretty good but Mohamed is missing. His rent ran out and so he had to leave. He told the branch president he is going to Georgetown and he left so quick he left his phone with Brother Cooper so no one really knows where he is right now. For all we know he could be homeless right now but I really hope not. 

Eion at church was telling all of the brethren in priesthood class how he loves this church and how its already changing him. Hopefully we can get him baptized by the end of the transfer. We have been doing a lot of contacting and searching for more elect people to teach. Things are going pretty well here.

Love Elder Fisher

Preparing for last transfer

Today was good! We have been working hard trying to see everyone.

 My companion got really sick on Thursday with the Caribbean thunder and throwing up so we had to spend all day inside, and for a missionary that is the worst thing ever. 

  The work seems to be going pretty well. We are just looking for more elect people to teach. We had our interviews with our new mission President, President Baird, on Saturday and he is awesome! He is really kind and very ready to work. He seems like a really hard worker and is really good at focusing on the individual. I could feel the spirit coming from this man as he taught and instructed us at zone conference yesterday. He's actually really similar to President Egbert. I mean I guess you have to be a hard worker when you are over a hundred missionaries in 6 countries. I am looking forward to the future of the Trinidad Port of Spain Mission I'm just sad I won't be here to witness it myself. Home will be really nice though. 

The Fortune Family is doing well. Sister Seeta is feeling better now she has seen a real doctor and they should be at church Sunday. 

We have been talking a lot with Mohamed and he is really excited to serve a mission in a year. He said that's the first thing he is going to work towards. Its really amazing to see his conversion. 

Things are going well and I'm preparing for my last transfer here. It starts next week!  I plan on working hard to the end!

Love Elder Fisher

chicken foot soup

So good to hear from you! 

One strange thing you see often here and if you want to see men in there underpants just come to Guyana and you will see it everyday! They don't care here! men and boys of all different ages. (Guyana Fact)

It sounds like you holiday to Vancouver was pretty nice. I'll have to check it out sometime! 

Well this weeks been really good! We have been working pretty hard and as a result we had two baptisms on Saturday! Brother Chu and Mohamed! The service went really well and we had a ton of Members show up! There was a little bit of a struggle with brother Chu since he doesn't have total use of his legs due to  a stroke he had a few years back and we had one of the oldest members, Brother Jacobs, in the branch baptized him but we ended up having them kneel in the font. It worked. 

We have been working with the Fortune family but they are having some struggle coming to church due to Sister Seeta being very sick. Sister Seeta had a miscarriage and they saw some fake christian herbal doctor on T.V. They took her there and the Herbal doctor did a blood test and left. When She came back she said the Lord told her that she needed to give her this herbal juice. When she showed it to us it looked like green juice in 3 empty 1 liter water bottle you buy at a store with painting tape on it to mark how often she needed to drink from it. It cost them $125,000 GYD or $625 USD. They didn't have that money so they borrowed the Money from there daughters boss and trusted the Doctor because she said it was from the Lord. Too say the least it didn't work and she is even more sick and now in debt. They are taking her by a real doctor on Tuesday at a private hospital and its going to only cost $ 40 000 GYD. She should be properly treated there. I just don't know where they are going to get the money from but not once have they asked for any financial help. They also promised to come to church once Seeta is feeling better. Guyana is a pretty crazy place!

We had the two baptism and then the other La Grange Elders had one the same time as well!

A picture of our Investigator Priya at her house with water all the way up to her steps. 

She has been taught everything we are just waiting for her to get a divorce from her previous marriage and be married to her new husband. The problem is she got a really bad foot infection and when she went to the hospital the doctors told her they needed to cut off all the dead flesh on her foot. They told her they couldn't give her anything to numb the pain because they needed her to tell them when they were no longer cutting dead flesh but actually cutting the live flesh. She showed us her foot and yup there is a big chunk missing from the bottom of her foot. She can't get it wet so that makes it difficult to leave her house and all of her money instead of going towards her divorce goes to getting her foot treated. Regardless of that she tries her best to be at church each week! She's awesome. We set a goal to be baptized by August 25 and so that's what we are praying for. 

Chicken foot soup

Elder Garner and I on a bridge in Belle West.

Love you all!

Six Fingers

The pictures you sent look great! I'm glad your enjoying your vacation. I am glad your having fun. 

This week has been fun and the Fortune family has fed us a ton of food!!! Its great and I love them. Just make sure your all practicing on your chicken curry and Roti cooking skills. 

We also started teaching a man named Eion. We met him while biking home for lunch one day. He's in a wheel chair and has 6 fingers on each hand. We gave him a push to his destination. He is really kind and pretty smart. He is really happy to meet us and came to church last Sunday. He loved it and wants to keep coming. 

Oh also on big news I have forgotten to tell you this the last two weeks but I got my new mastercard! It only took 6 months to get here! 

Mohamed and Brother Chu are doing well and everything is looking positive for their baptism on Saturday. We are really excited for them. We already talked to Mohamed about preparing for a mission and he said that is something he would really love to do! There are a lot of really great people here we are teaching. We are working really hard and the Lord is guiding people to us! Love you all

Love Elder Fisher

Mango

Hey!

Well this week has been good and man have I eaten a lot of mangos! Every time we go to sister Carol's house she gives us a big bag of mango's and we are having a hard time keeping up. I've eaten at least 3 each day this week. She is really awesome but we found out she is not married to the man she is living with and doesn't want to be married to him because in her words He's a drunk and has made her life miserable. She said she plans on leaving him and moving to New York with her son by the end of the year. 

We taught Mohamed about the law of chastity and he didn't get the point of it. We tried our best explaining it and how God wants to protect families and he replied "Well I don't want a family!" and how he has gotten by without a family. We had Kellon with us who is a YSA age member preparing for a mission. We challenged him to study the law of chastity and pray about it. After we left Kellon stayed and studied with him. The next day when we showed to teach him Kellon was there. He had taken the day off of work so he could be with Mohamed and before we even started the lesson Mohamed told us he now understands the law of chastity and is willing to obey it. He was even pretty happy about it. We gave him a bunch of Liahona magazines we had after the lesson and he read the autobiography about president Nelson. He then called us and told us how overwhelmed he felt by the spirit and he hasn't been able to stop reading! He is really awesome and is doing well. The work is going well and we are looking forward to Mohamed and Brother Chu's baptisms on the 21!

Oh I also forgot to mention we contacted a really sweet family. Its the Fortune family. It was the first house we contacted on the street. Wayne the father has 9 children but most of them don't live with him. He use to be a rasta man but cut his dreads so the police would trouble him less. Him and his wife Sita are not very educated but are looking for a good christian church to go to where they will feel comfortable. They say they sometimes feel bad when they go to church and people ask them to read because they don't know how to read so we assured them they don't have to read at church and that they will feel comfortable. We hope to see them this coming Sunday!

Francine's baptism!

 Brother Jacobs is the man who did the baptism

Love Elder Fisher

"Best day of my life"

Well this week was good. We are working hard finding and teaching. 

On Sunday we had Sister Francine's baptism. It was awesome. She is doing well but still looking for work and has no money. I am confident as long as she seeks first the kingdom of Heaven all things will be added unto her. 

Mohamed is doing well. He is making friends with all of the YSA kids here and going to a lot of activities. On Monday night we taught him about the spirit world and shared how the gospel is preached to the dead reading in 1 Peter. He stopped for a minute and the spirit filled the room. He looked at the scripture and back at us and said. "This is the best day of my life. Straight up from the time I was born until now this is the best." Before that lesson he thought his mother was suffering in Hell because she had committed suicide but now he knows there is hope for his mother. 

We had a awesome lesson with Carol but when we called to come back on Sunday she had gotten sick and went to the hospital. We haven't heard from her since. 

Brother Chu is doing good as always. The plan is to get his eyes tested as soon as possible and the branch will be able to help him get the funds to buy the lenses. He loves reading and he promised us that when he would get his glasses he would read the book of Mormon every single day. He's awesome. 

That's a little update on things on my side!

Love Elder Fisher

Directing people to our path

Hello!

Well this week has lots of crazy spiritual experiences. To start we have Sister Francine. She's the one who wanted to move so she could live the law of chastity and live in a safer area. We got a phone call from her one morning and she was in tears. The man who she was living with and her got in an argument and he started to beat her. Fortunately he is no longer living with her anymore. The problem is that she doesn't have a job and he was her only source of income so she doesn't have any money to buy food. Luckly we have some really great relief society sisters here to help her and her baptism is for this Saturday. 

Mohamed is doing really well. He had a really hard time understanding the fall of Adam and Eve. We explained very clearly that it was part of God's plan and he was getting it but not quite accepting it. We left him to read over 2 Nephi 2 and to pray about it. When we came back he said he just felt good when he did that and believes it is true. His foster mom in Barbadoes doesn't want him to move there with her so we know he will probably stay in Guyana. He is still looking for a place to rent. 

We talked to Brother Juman on Sunday and he said he got some frames for some glasses and a doctors appointment for bro Chu's eye's for free and is even willing to drive him there. Brother Juman is a very generous member. 

Next on crazy things that happened. Last week we got a referral from a Vreed En Hoop member at church. It was for a former investigator named Fiama. I contacted her my very last week in Vreed En Hoop but never got to teach her. We were walking to a recent convert when she called out to us and said she has friends in Venezuela who are Mormons and one of them even served a mission. I got transferred and the missionaries literally taught her everything. She was very close to being baptized but then moved back to Venezuela. Well there she said her Mormon friends kept visiting her and encouraging her but she never got baptized. Since she came back to Guyana she has kinda back slid and isn't to sure what she wants anymore but is willing to give the message a try again. She moved from her old home in Vreed En Hoop and to a home that is less than a 5 minute bike ride from where we live. The member who gave us the referral was her felllowshipper who stayed in touch with her. Fellowshippers are awesome. Feel free to help the missionaries at home teach. 

On Sunday an older Indian lady walked into church. She said She used to go to a baptist church a year ago but stopped going because the Pastor was very rude and has been looking for a new church since. She said she was riding a bus when she met a kind lady who told her this was a nice church with really pure teachings so she decided to check it out and loved every part of it. We have a lesson scheduled with her on Thursday. The Lord is directing people to our path!

Love Elder Fisher

"The spirit working in him"

Hey!

This week has been good. We are doing really well. 

Mohamed is getting more into the routine of things and I feel he is gaining a testimony of the things we are teaching him. He really wants to be baptized. We set his baptism date for July 21 but there is a problem. On June 30th his rent runs out and he will have to move. He has no idea where he is going to go yet but Barbados is a possibility since that is where his foster mom lives. 

We are also working with Brother Chu. He is a really great example to me. He had a stroke a few months ago and so he walks really slow and has a hard time remembering these things we teach him so we are going really slow with him. He is always very positive and something really cool is that ever since he has felt like what we have been teaching him is true he has been learning and understanding and remembering everything a lot better. I know its the spirit working in him. He hasn't missed a week of church since we met him and he doesn't have very much money and he can't work either. One of the main struggles with him is he has very poor eye sight so he can't read anything. He loves reading but he can't afford to by glasses  so we are trying to get some help for him. He is really awesome! 

I love you all so much!

Love Elder Fisher

Banana man or 2?

Hey! This week was great! 

We are working hard as always and we even had a baptism. Doodnaght, Sruti and Amar. They are really awesome. Their mom has been a big help and is even starting to come to church with them. 

On Tuesday I went on an exchange up to Parika. It was pretty fun. We tried to find some investigators I use to teach in Vreed En Hoop but moved to Parika's area after I was transferred and was dropped because the Parika Elder's had a hard time getting on to them. The directions we received were as follows. Get onto a bus. Tell the conductor to drop you off at the the taxi service on the public road. Get in a taxi and tell him you want to go to the banana man and its the pink flat concrete house next to the Banana Man. We followed the directions but then the taxi driver took us to the wrong banana man. We spent over an hour looking for this pink house. The elder's said they would find them a different day now we know there are two banana men. 

We are still working with Mohamed. He has had a little bit of a rough life. He was born Muslim and his mom and him were homeless. A Hindu temple gave them shelter there until his mother committed suicide. He was taken into a foster home were they had many Pentocostal missionaries teach the kids the word of God and he decided to become a Christian. At the home however there were a lot of negative influences and by the time he was 18 he went to prison. Since he came out of prison he is trying to live a changed life. He came to church again on Sunday but seems a little confused and overwhelmed by everything. We are trying to get him to get more accustom to the different style of worship that he's not used to.

Its great to hear from you!

Love Elder Fisher

"Fisher" of men

Wow that sounds pretty sweet. Crazy week. 

You know I have never met this man you call Kenneth before. He better be as good as all of you say he is because I don't want any chump marring my sister. But in all seriousness its pretty great she is getting married. 
Last zone conference we studied about the temple and its a sweet place! Let me know about more details when you get them all figured out! Its pretty exciting. 

This week has been really good. We have been exceedingly good at dodging the rain. We didn't get soaked head to toe once and it has poured this week. Something really crazy that happened, yesterday at church we were going into Elder's quorum. The on going joke some of the members have here is that I am a "Fisher" of men and they like to ask me how many fishes have I caught. I said I hadn't caught too many this week but that I will next weekend with the Jairam boys. Brother Peter the man talking to me said well you better go talk to that guy then so you can catch more. There was a young adult sitting on his own that I hadn't really noticed before. I walked up to him. He told us his name is Mohamed, he's 20 years old and he lives in Patentia. The meeting started and after the meeting we got to talk to him more. He said he was on a bus and a women on the bus called for everyone's attention and began preaching the gospel. He said it got him so motivated that he decided he wanted to join a congregation. He used to go to Church of Christ on the east coast and has fellow shipped with Penticostal missionaries before. He didn't really know what this church was but he decided to come and check it out anyways. We set up a teaching appointment for Wednesday and we are really excited to begin working with him. 

Love Elder Fisher

Head to Toe in seconds

Hey 

This week has been good and full of rain. Rainy season is fun because you never know when its going to hit you and how long its going to rain. It comes soaks you head to toe in seconds and then it goes. The sunset leaving our house is pretty nice during the rainy season.

We had zone conference. It was our last one with President Egbert. We learned about the temple and it was sick! I took a picture with me and President and Sister Egbert, and Sister Vanita my investigator who I taught all the lessons to who got baptized on Saturday. Richard her fiancee baptized her.

We are working with a man named Christopher and his wife Nicola. We had two lesson fall through with him this week but then he stopped us on the road the night after another appointment and rescheduled. He apologized and explained how his work has been unpredictable. He works Taxi. When we went to the next appointment his brother in law was there and it was a sweet lesson. It was a "God is our Loving Heavenly Father" lesson and an inspired comment we got from Christopher was "He would do the things I would do for my daughter" Carl (brother in law) said " He has the power to do anything to save us". 

We also contacted a lady named Radha and her two sons. She used to be taught a lot by missionaries 10 years ago on the east coast but said she quickly had to move and wasn't able to tell them so they lost contact with them. She seems really cool and we are excited to work with her and her family! 

Anyways you have a great week!

Love Elder Fisher

8 baptisms in June

Hey!

 So uh I guess  I have an answer for all of those people who are asking about me. I just opened a email from my mission saying I will be returning home on September 20th. I'm trying not to get trunky right now. Oh and I had a burger from Johnny Rockets last Tuesday and I think it was one of the best burgers I have ever had. I missed being so close to Georgetown. 

Well its really good to be in Patentia and the La Grange branch again and see so many familiar faces. This area we are in has a lot of prepared people here. My first week here we have given out 5 baptismal dates. There is a lot of good work being done here and this is the best functioning branch I have been in. 

My companion is Elder Garner. He's from West Jordan Utah. I took his place in New Amsterdam and now I am serving with him here. We are working with a lot of great investigators. We have Brother Chew. He had a stroke a few months ago but he is getting around on a cane. His Baptism date is set for the 23rd  of June and he has been coming to church each week!. He Lives out in Sister's village. We have Priya who is trying to divorce her old husband and marry her new one. She can't afford it right now but we are working with her to be baptized on June 23. She is coming to church regularly. We have Francene who has been investigating and coming to church for a long time. She is a very kind women but she is trying to kick her common law husband out. (He's not very goods to her). She is very good hearted and we and the Senior couple are working a lot with her. We are hoping she will be baptized on June 9th. We also have the Jairam boys Shruti, Doodnught, and Vanu. There Mom is a returning member and she came up to the missionaries a couple weeks ago and said her boys need to be baptized. They have been coming to church since then. Mom's struggling to come a little but the boys are doing great! There baptism is for June 9.We also have Rushana and her Mom Ann maria. They contacted them and started teaching them just before I got here. They have been reading and even came to church! there baptism date is also for June 3. Those are just a few of the people we are working with right now. It should be a good transfer!

Love Elder Fisher

Leaving New Amsterdam

This week has been good. I am a little sad to be leaving New Amsterdam but excited to go to Patentia. Back to La Grange Branch! I got my last Sister June's bake and local juice and am almost packed up! I got my last good byes with pretty much every one. 
We have been working really hard with Vanita and Joshua. They are going to be baptized this coming Saturday and so I am just missing it. I have taught them pretty much all of the lessons. Vanita got engaged to Richard Bacchus who was a less active member. His family is very active however. She was Hindu but has been gaining a testimony of the restored Gospel of Jesus Christ ever since she has heard it and her and Richard haven't missed a week of church since they have been taking the lessons. Richard has been blessing the sacrament each week and just received a calling to be the assistant Branch clerk. That will be very helpful for the Branch. They are getting married in November and really want to prepare to go to the temple next year. They said they would send me a wedding invitation. 
Joshua is 11 years old. His family are all members of the church but they have been waiting on his baptism so that his Dad can perform the baptism. The problem is he's not worthy and has showed no sign of changing and coming back to church so his mom got impatient and so we have been preparing Joshua for this big day. He's a really good kid who is excited to be baptized. 
It was really good to see all of you yesterday and I am excited for the next time I see you!

My good byes to George the monkey.

Love Elder Fisher