Week 27: Great Falls, Va "Enter Title Here..."

Hello Hello!

This week was pretty great! Nothing too big happened, but the work is moving forward!

The biggest thing that happened is that we got Earl's wife's name ready for the temple! It's all printed out and ready for him to go! He was super excited and wants to get his parents, brothers, and wife's family done as well.

Nothing too big happened with any investigators. Marco is still struggling and is getting pretty discouraged, but we went over last night and promised him that if he would read and study the Book of Mormon, he would get the strength and motivation he needs to quit smoking and join the church! He told us last nightn

 that he knows it's true, he just isn't ready to be baptized. Keep praying for him! I tell him that my friends and family are praying for him and he gets so excited!! It's a special feeling watching someone have that feeling of being loved and cared for come over their face!

We had 2 missionaries return home in this ward last week. They both gave their homecoming talks yesterday, which were really good! We have a lot of missionaries coming home soon and it makes me think about how I want to spend the rest of the time I have on a mission, and what kind of missionary I want to become.

A family in the ward, the Funn's, had a baptism for their daughter on Saturday. Funny story. They went to the church that morning and someone who was cleaning the church unplugged the font. They can't do the baptism there anymore, so another member says, "We can do it at our house and baptize her in our pool!" So that's what the did! They had the whole service in their living room (which was probably as big as the primary room), then her brother who just got back from his mission baptized her in their swimming pool! Pretty neat!

Well, I hope you all have a fantastic week! Keep being the best people ever! Keep reading the Book of Mormon! Keep coming to Christ! The gospel is truly the ultimate source of true happiness! I've discovered that more and more as I've been out!

Love you all!

Love, Elder Duke

Pics!

-Sister Rhee!!! The Rhee's are the best and are moving to borrow to Berlin :( She is seriously the best ever!

-An awesome pizza we had at lunch with a member

-Exchanges with my boy, Elder Larsen, in the Spanish ward again!

-More pics

-Cooking in my Insta Pot! (Dad sent this to him.)