January 24, 2011

Hey Mom.
Everything is going well here in Kendallville. Lynda Webster did indeed have her surgery finally and she is doing remarkable better. We have been keeping in contact with her, but we have not been able to meet with her due to her being on pain meds. We plan on meeting with her some time this week tho. The prayers in her favor from the temple are defiantly helping her, thank you so much for doing that. Brother Jim Bristol is still doing great, he is still loving the church and is getting home teachers this week so elder luster and I can wean him off of us. It might be hard for him, but it is for the better so that he is not so dependent on us and more on the ward. We have an new investigator this week, her name is Tami Philo, she is awesome and so solid. Her daughter is a member in salt lake and is the biggest influence ever for her. Tami has read the book of Mormon many times and knows that it is true. She also goes to our church quite often we has a lesson with her on Wednesday and she had a whole bunch of questions for us to answer  it was awesome. We invited her to baptism and she said that she would in due time, she wanted to make sure that she was doing it for her and not her daughter. We are also teaching a part member family the Short Family. They are awesome. She is so receptive in learning the gospel and all that stuff. The only thing is that she is not really getting the support that she needs  from her husband, he is not a positive or a negative influence he is just there. The whole family are investigators and so it will be awesome to see them all come to church.  Elder Luster and I have been working on this whole big community BBQ. We presented in front of the ward counsel and got all of the support that we deed to do this. We are going to announce it over a radio station and in the newspapers we are going to have a dinner.  Also we are going to have a tour of the church. We have chose six of the most important things in church, 1 the sacrament meeting, 2 relief society, 3 The Youth programs, 4 The Family history and Temples, 5 The Priesthood, 6 The Missionary. At each of these stations, we are going to have members of the branch explain what these are and how they can apply to all that comes. We will also have all of the branch there to fellowship and different elders from our zone. President and Sister Collins also will be attending with the assistants. It will boost the ward in unity and in numbers. We are really Excited to see how that go
I am very grateful that Diana is OK and is getting around Elder Luster and i have been keeping her in our prayers. it is a scary thing that happens. that is awesome to hear about sister going she is a very super nice lady, Nick martin and i have talked to her and her husband also. I didn't even know that he was a member. that's awesome. It is also awesome that Daniel and Karli had a baby? I had no idea, that so cool. It sounds like everything is going great back home. That's cool. Everything is going great here too, I love you all very much.
Elder Bair