hey‏

So this week has been awesome, we are really seeing the blessings of hard work and being obedient, i can't believe that it is going this well. First i will start by telling you that when i was in Apex we met a guy named Paul Gunther and Paul was in a wheel chair and couldn't walk because of an accident at work and we started to teach him, i believe we taught him 2 or 3 times before i left and i actually never thought i would see him get baptized but he did this past week that is so cool i am so happy for him.
But on Thursday we were tracting this Trailer park and it was about time to head back for the night and Elder Alexander said lets try this last one then we will go back in for the night, so we did and we met Tome who has had a rough life he has seen his brother die and his mother. So we taught a little bit of the Plan of Salvation and then set up a return appointment for Saturday. So then on saturday we were at the church all day helping with Stake Education day, we were cooking and they needed a lot of help so we started wondering if the appointment was going to go through or if he was going to bail on us like most people. SO it was time for the appiontment and so we went and he was waiting out side for us to show and he was reading the Book of Mormon, the lesson went awesome the spirit was there and he recognized the spirit and we set a baptismal date with him!! it was so cool, he even came to Erica's baptism and church the next day. The gospel is so amazing to see it change lives.
Also on Saturday we had Erica's baptism which went amazing i actually got to baptize her so that was an amazing experience, she has progressed so fast and she will make a great member, she already understands the scriptures better than any one i have met. The spirit at baptisms is incredible being able to witness someone that has changed there life around and decided to follow Christ is so amazing. So i get to talk this up coming Sunday on repentance so i am preparing for that and i love it i love learning more about the gospel and one thing that has stuck out to me this week is we need to have more faith and not only believe in Christ but believe Christ. which is so crazy because if we believe Christ then we won't sin and we will have perfect faith. but i hope all is well with you all.
Love
Elder Phillips