Ed. Note:
This is the latest letter from Elder Latimer. He extended an invitation
recently to a new investigator to be baptized and she accepted! This is
the person he is referring to in the e-mail. We have also blended a few
comments to his little brothers into this letter.
Hi [Everyone]:
Yes, the baptismal
date is awesome, and it’s great. She is like the perfect investigator.
She told us that she had been baptized [in other churches] twice but knew it
wasn’t right because they were only in Jesus' name, and she knew she needed to
be baptized by the proper authority into God's true church. She accepts
everything we teach her and is smiling the whole time! And when we ask her to
pray she gives thanks for true prophets on the earth and for the atonement, and
even prays about the plan of salvation, which is awesome because I’m sure its
hard for people to understand.
It was pretty cool
that when we met with her on Saturday we brought a member along and when they
met they went crazy because they lived next to each other growing up and were
both musicians now. So it’s good to know she has a friend in the ward already.
We got her to church yesterday and she loved it! She talked to everyone
she came in contact with and made a bunch of new friends. She absolutely
loves the gospel -- you can just see it. So we are stoked in knowing she isn’t
converting to us, but to Christ. A lot of times people will convert to
the missionaries and leave the church after the missionaries leave.
And thanks for
sending my [lacrosse] stick! One thing I forgot to ask you for was my
Muscle Milk protein powder. It’s good because I need it for the Insanity
workout my companion and I are doing, and it’s a good meal substitute.
Other things that would be good in a package are food (but not as much sweets)
and TIES! I’ve gone to goodwill and picked up a bunch of new ties, but
only the weird, corny ones cause those are the ones that are fun to have. I’ll
have to send some home because I can't wear them on the mission. My MTC teacher
came back from his mission with over 200 ties, and that’s my goal.
I can’t believe
the Seahawks picked it up! One of our investigators who is very friendly knows
I’m a big football fan from Seattle so he tells me all about it. He also
said, "I know y'all can't watch T.V. So I might have to invite y'all over
for a dinner that just might be at the same time as the Super Bowl. God works
in mysterious ways right?" So pretty much he might invite us over if
Seattle plays and refuse to turn the T.V off. :) Oh and one more thing
about T.V's in restaurants and houses/ music in stores and things like that. We
call those “tender mercies.” :)
Also since my
companion is Canadian, he has a flag up in the room. So saturday I bought an
American flag to rival his. So that’s always fun. I've decided I’ll have
all my companions sign it and keep it when I go home. Maybe give to my kids
when they go on missions and add to it? That would be pretty cool.
To Jonathan:
Dont worry about being smaller when playing [lacrosse] in the 5-6 grade level.
I was always like the smallest guy when I played - just be faster. When they
try and hit you just juke, most the time they will fly right by you! I have
heard and done a few weird things I guess. I had squirrel for the first time
yesterday and its really good. And the worst place to go is down in the hollers
(houses right down on a river bed.) Because they are really spread out
and they aren’t nice. West Virginia and Kentucky have a big problem with drugs,
especially pills and meth labs. So when we do go down we have to be very
careful and leave when told so, or it might end bad. Also they call
sledding “sleigh riding” here, and a lot of them like using car hoods...or they
go scouching where they put skis on a couch and go down a hill. Also people I
have to sit next to in the library to e mail are really weird/creepy...like
right now.
To Jace: Hi Jace!
you are lucky that they are calling you the Glove [in basketball – ed.]! Gary Payton
is probably one of my favorite Sonics players right behind Ray Allen and
"The Reign Man" Shawn Kemp. I’m not in West Virginia right now,
but I’m in Kentucky! It’s about 5 minutes from Ohio and West
Virginia. And it’s kind of cold -- in the high 30's. It has snowed a couple of
times, but didn’t stay long. This morning we woke up to an inch but its almost
melted now. For Christmas me and my companion Elder Hudson had about 5 Dinners.
We went to where people fed us. It was great.
And being a
missionary is great! It feels good to share and help people every day.
Love you guys!
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