Franklin On Ice

They had "Franklin On Ice" this last week, which is a ton of ice sculpures in the park!  So, we went and talked to people there, it was SO awesome!
(Franklin has a great web site - http://www.franklinpa.gov/  if you want to check it out!  When Spence first got his call we jumped on the internet to see what was in him mission.  We happened to find this website and spent a ton of time on there looking around and reading about the area.  Now - with him staying in Franklin to train a new missionary (another 12 weeks) it is likely he will spend the most time in Franklin of his whole mission.  Funny how thing things like that happen!   Ü)

This last week was a little bit slow!  Friday we went to Pittsburgh for training.  It was good!  I had to drive though and it was SO scary!  We lived so it was ok!  hahaha!!!  We are running out of people to teach .  .  .  hahaha so we have been knocking a lot of doors lately!  We might have some new investigators from that .   .   .   I'll let you know next week!  Pray for us!!!  We had a lady answer the door this week and tell us she wasn't interested because she has too many dogs .   .   .   hahaha we were laughing so hard!

We are still teaching Linda.  She is SO excited for baptism, she is scheduled to be baptized on Saturday and we are super excited for that!  She was interviewed yesterday and she looked sooo excited after she was done.
(Linda is the lady "the holy spirit" told to come to church.  January 3, 2012)

transfers - new companion - a taste of home!

Transfers were on the 7th.  Spence has kind of been up in the air since his companion as going home and it was time for him to transfer. 

"Thursday we went to district meeting in Meadville.  So, I was having a personal interview with Pres Topham and he says - "well, how would you feel about training a new missionary???"    Of course I said it would be awesome!  I'm a little nervous to train because I still feel so new but I'm super excited!  It will be very tough but I know I will learn so much too! 

So, my new companion is Elder Daniels.  He is the the 7th  missionary in his family, pretty strong family!  I am excited to train!  I'm also excited, because when you come out of the MTC you want to be perfect, which will be awesome!  This last weekend it snowed nonstop!  It is so beautiful here!  But, on Sunday there was no joke 25 - 30 people at church total!  What a first week for Elder Daniels!  hahaha!!!"

One of the members there (Nicole) was going to have Spence and Elder Daniels over for dinner as a welcome to Elder Daneils.  She e-mailed and asked one of Spencer's favorite foods.  Spence loves "Hawaiian Haystacks" so she fixed it for them for dinner.  How sweet was that?  Thank goodness for supportive members in the ward that watch out for our missionaries!!!

Ken and Jen's Baptisms

The baptisms were awesome! It was cool because we asked Ken if he had a preference who baptized him, because he has a close friend in the ward who we thought he would want to do it, and he asked if I would do it. I feel so honored! Ken and Jen both are so excited at the opportunity to start their lives living the gospel standards. Ken texted us and said he feels like a new man, ah it is so amazing to be able to be part of this mom! Such a blessing for sure!





Jen has a little girl, Donna.  I gave Donna her baby blessing on Sunday.  Oh man I was so nervous haha and she kept jumping out of the chair but it was such an awesome opportunity to do that! It feels so good to be able to take part in this work. I can't even explain it actually. I love them so much and am so excited for them!




I found out something awesome - before the 2 baptisms we had in October there had only been 1 baptism in Franklin in a full year.  I feel super blessed, I know people have been prepared for us to teach and I can really feel we have been lead to those people.  Many times I can feel grandma's hand in preparing people for us.  Just like my blessings promised!