In Summerrrr!

Hello everyone! Hope things have been good and well!

Summer continues to reign with an iron fist. We had a summer mission conference this week (which was awesome), and it was 102° and felt like 123°. Thus, the title quote was fitting for the week.

Highlights were going to the temple to do baptisms for the dead with some recent converts. It’s always a great experience to go to the House of the Lord. One of our recent converts is going through a hard time right now and wasn't able to/didn't make it to the temple. He's slowly getting through things, but be sure to keep Joe in your prayers.

It was a bit of a longer week and a bit draining, especially with stale conference, but overall it went well, and we got some people progressing well. One of them is Alaila, the fiancée of a returning member. She's really excited for baptism. The other is a guy named Lewis who understood the Restoration super well and is looking for more direction. Overall, I'm excited.

Emails are a bit shorter these days, but ¿qué puedo decirles? Hay mucho para hacer. I'll end by saying that even though the members and sometimes even the church have flaws, the restored gospel teachings and the priesthood keys within it are perfect. Jesus Christ is perfect, and that’s what matters.

¡Les amo, que disfruten su semana!

-Elder Teeples

Last week's email: "I love technology"
Movie: Napoleon Dynamite – Napoleon's brother Kip says this as he sings a silly song at the end of the movie at the wedding.

P.S. - A guy named Jose that I found on Facebook got baptized on Saturday by my son, Elder Longson. #Touchdown

Pics:

Temple
Sunset
Dope sculpture guy things
Gorilla statue






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