Bro. Steel's baptism!

From June 8, 2009 email: The baptism on Saturday was great! There were over 80 people in attendance there. Most of the ward showed up, along with a few family members on the Steel side. It was quite the occasion! Bro. Steel (right) was as cool as a cucumber through the whole thing. He has been ready for this day for quite some time now. Sister Steel was beaming all day Saturday and at the confimation on Sunday. I'm so happy for the Steel family! Friday we went over to their house for a good old fashioned New England lobster dinner. It wasn't quite so bad this time around. I thought I had started to like the taste of it, but halfway through the lobster I found out I was wrong. So I choked down the last of it. I'm never going to make a good New Englander. But I did get a picture of it this time around. So enjoy!




Other than the baptism, it seemed like everything was falling through this week. We had to reschedule a lot of our appointments and things just didn't work out. It's so frustrating! Here you are working your tail off to get a baptism and everything else falls apart. I know it's the adversary working against us. I don't see it coming to an end anytime soon since we have two more baptisms coming up. But we'll power through it. Just keep us in your prayers!

Gloria took us onto the submarine base this week to do a little grocery shopping. They have a little thing called the Commissary in which is pretty much a giant grocery store. Everything is tax free and a bit cheaper than a regular store. Hmm...Joel, do you have something like that where you're at? She bought us a few things there, which has really helped us out this week. Then we went back to her house for a lesson. We read through 3 Nephi 27 and discussed it. It seems that Gloria needs to open her heart and her mind to the gospel. She tells us every reason why the Book of Mormon/church can't be true, but doesn't plant that seed of faith to see if it really is true. So we'll be working on that this week.

That's the most exciting bit of our week. Things are coming along here in Groton and we're expecting it to pick up even more. I'm so grateful for all of you that sacrifice so I can be out here. It's truly a blessing to you, me, and all of those who accept the gospel here.