A Vision of the South

Dear Family,

So, this weekend W. E., C. F., and T. W. were all baptized and confirmed! Elder Horne and I both also got to do our first confirmations, I on C. and he on T. It was an awesome experience seeing these 2 part-member families be completed. Well... mostly completed. There are still a few more family members to harvest. We're working on it. W. bore her testimony at the end of the baptismal service and it was so powerful! She made all the ladies cry and all the men pretend not to care so they didn't start crying, too. It was awesome! W. has been investigating for over 2 years now. Her daughter C. was baptized last year. W. had had a testimony for quite some time, but she just couldn't quit smoking. So... We gave her a blessing. Just a few days later she got way sick. I don't know what is wrong with her, but basically the doctor said that if she smoked another cigarette she would kick the bucket. So... She quit! Not what we had in mind at all, but she was able to quit and get baptized, so it worked out for the better. How cool is that?! Haha.

Thanks for the birthday package, it rocked! It was a perfect pump-up and I am verrry thankful to all y'all! :D

Jenni- I can't believe that thing you sent me had 8 stamps ha-ha! That's the most I've ever seen :p

Oh man, the Vision of the South by Vaughn J. Featherstone. I hung that up on our wall. It is so cool! Every missionary here has that given to them in a little "orientation handbook" when they first arrive, so it's fun to have a big one up on the wall as a constant reminder!

A Vision of the South

 President Spencer W Kimball stated, "Make no small plans: They have no magic to stir man's souls."  "This is the vision I have for the South. I believe that one day the South will baptize more people into the church than all other English speaking missions in the world together.""There are great hosts of marvelous Baptists, and members of the Church of Christ, Methodists and Catholics who are honorable people, and have faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and love him. As they see the church veering off to the right or to the left of those basic teachings, they will begin to search for the truth. And as pivotal teachers come into the church and have influence, we will see the time when we will baptize hundreds and thousands, tens of thousands. In your day you will see a million members of the church in the South. There will be Temples plural in the South States. What a great call you have to serve with these marvelous people.""These missionaries love the South. We are making great strides and expect to continue."

Talk given by Vaughn J. Featherstone, April 30, 1984

So.. I think I am now going bald, too. I have a little bit of the forehead extensions going on that dad has. Ha-ha... HA.

Time flies.

I love y'all so much!

Hurrah for Israel!

Elder Seaver