We had a couple of visitors from Arizona a couple of weeks ago. The bishop's daughter and a friend came to Utah for spring break and went to visit the families of the missionaries from Provo to Farmington. They told me a couple of surprises -- Dereck is keeping secrets! He is no longer on a bike. I guess they expanded his mission so they gave them a truck. So all of my worrying about him sweating to death on his bike was for not. He also has been learning to play the piano. They said he can play a (yes, singular) hymn. His companion is pretty musical so I guess he is rubbing off on Dereck, because Dereck is also singing in the ward choir.
The missionaries have been busy planning this big luau for the ward/neighborhood. They had been planning this for weeks. Well, it was a huge hit. He said they had about 350 people which is huge for down there, and with about 50 investigators. He is hopeful that they will begin teaching some of them.
They have also been working with this family (the big one) and were finally able to get most of them baptized on Saturday, March 28. He was able to perform three of them and his companion baptized four. What a big day for them! He loves this family so much and admires their trust that they have placed in the Lord. He commented that the mom works like crazy. He also learned that pushing our lawn mower around the yard wasn't all that bad after cutting her entire lawn (or whatever it is that they have there) with a weed wacker. I am afraid to see what it looked like when they were done!
He will officially be out for six months on April 1 2009 -- I asked him if he got to do any tie burning and he replied that there is a white handbook that specifically says, "no ceremonial burning of clothing" -- what an obedient child! But hey - we are 1/4 of the way!
A note from Dereck, " I just am so blessed... everything is working and we are still just doing the same old same old, and I just love it like that!"
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