A Recap

well as promised i will now recap the past events that occurred in the salem area of the roanoke stake of zion

Last saturday sister romagnolo was baptized, i'm pretty sure i sent out pics of that last week.
well all was going great until we got to the baptismal font.
#1 Brother Romagnolo didn't say the prayer the best, he struggled through it, we had to help him a few times during it to say it correctly. Then sister Romagnolo didn't go all the way under the water so we told him that he had to do it again, so he brings her up out of the water and puts her back down (like he's trying to drown her). We then tell him that he has to say the prayer and immerse her again, not just immerse her. So this time he stands in front of the wording on the font so he says the prayer perfectly and she goes under all the way. then after she comes up she says, "well just in case, i didn't go under all the way" then she goes under the water on her own and more or less starts swimming around. it was really great, its important for people to realize that it has to be done correctly and i think it was good that, that happened.

#2 On monday we were invited over to brother seitz's home for family home evening. he told us that his non-member mother was going to be there as well. Sister Fry (his mom) had been taught by the missionaries in the past around the time that brother seitz joined the church (about 6 years ago). so they had been talking and she told him that if there was really a true church that it was the mormon church. so for FHE we watched the Restoration and that was that. Mid-week we texted him and asked him if he had spoken with his mom about the church and if she wanted to learn more. he said that she did want to learn more and he gave us her phone number. we called sister fry who sounded ecstatic to talk with us and told us she had just finished her weight watchers meeting and that it was her birthday...anyway we set up a time to meet with her on sunday, yesterday to begin teaching her. she said that she would be at church and we'd talk more then. yesterday at church was amazing. her daughter inlaw sister seitz spoke in sacrament meeting which was really good then she came to the gospel principles class for sunday school. the lesson was chapter 11 about the life of christ. she was pretty quite during the lesson but then offered to give the closing prayer. in her prayer she thanked God for this church and asked that she would be able to understand what she taught. it was amazing. After church at the seitz's with our lesson she told us about her first lessons with the missionaries how she was able to feel that what they were speaking was true. she then quoted one of my favorite scriptures of all time, john 8:32 (i think) "and ye shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free." i about lost it when she said that, the spirit was soooo strong in the room. we're really excited for sister fry and her willingness to learn and to be taught. how grateful i am for people who seek the truth, for it truely sets us free.
i love you
especially owen
bye bye elder taylor call