We did actually climb a mountain!

Hey!

I'm glad things have been going pretty well for you guys. I'm glad the father and son campout happened! I hope there was sufficient junk food :).

If you maybe want to get some answers to some of those questions, here they are!

We did actually climb a mountain, and it was awesome. We did not actually make it to the top, because we didn't have a ton of time, and as is normal, we were of differing athletic abilities (we went with the whole district, meaning all eight of the missionaries in the ward.) We tried to climb a little bit of this mountain called "crescent mountain", and it was pretty cool. There wasn't actually a trail, so we just kind of went for it, and that was fun. Yeah, P-day doesn't start until 10. We do studies until then.

I'd basically say that my mission covers the Denver metro area, excluding: Littleton, Highlands Ranch, and Lakewood.

The question about when someone is ready for baptism is a really interesting one. Really, it all comes down to a scripture: D&C 20:37, which describes the requirements for being baptized. When someone has demonstrated that they have faith in the restored gospel and have repented of their sins as evidenced by their actions, then they're ready!

With hiking and some other great things, this week was pretty great for us. Some highlights:

Someone we've been teaching is on track to be baptized this Saturday, which is really, really exciting. He was interviewed on Friday, and it was announced at church on Sunday. He's getting a little bit of cold feet right now, but we're pretty sure he'll get over it. It's really amazing to see how he's changed. He really does want to change his life, and follow the gospel of Christ. We're planning on visiting him every single day this week, to just help him stay committed, and to keep him on track, which will be great.

Free Slurpee Day!

Another pretty awesome thing that happened this week happened on Wednesday. One member family in our area is related to a former investigator that my companion taught when he was back here about a year ago. We asked them if they could invite her over so we could teach her again. They did, and we did. And when we taught her, she was totally legit! She was talking about how she was listening to a conference talk by President Monson, and how she knew everything was true. So we invited her to be baptized, and she accepted, which was just super exciting.

Another investigator we've been teaching was able to come to church on Sunday, which was awesome. He's 16, so we went with him to Young Mens', which was kind of weird. I hope he wasn't scared off by how disorganized it was :).

Another cool thing was a service project we did on Saturday morning. It's this yearly activity at this state park nearby. We were basically in charge of moving a bunch of scraps of an invasive species (Russian Olive, a kind of tree) over to a wood chipper. We got free t-shirts, which was awesome!

Things are going pretty awesomely. This week should be pretty great. We have a temple trip, and hopefully a baptism. Also, kind of crazy, we have transfers this next Monday. I'm a little worried that I might get moved, because I have been here for a while. Hopefully, my companion and I will be able to stay together for another transfer, but "I'll go where [He] want[s] me to go".

Thinking about Dad's lesson Sunday, I always try to think of taking His name upon me as essentially always living by the old adage of "What would Jesus do?". I figure that if we're taking His name upon us, we're trying as hard as we can to be his representatives, to live the way He would live, speak the way He would speak, act the way He would act.

Love,

Peter