Elder Jordan Ferg

July 2, 2009

I've got some pretty exciting news. Lorraine and Chuck Blanchard have been talking about joining the church! We've been taking things nice and slow with them. We haven't received an impression to challenge them to baptism quite yet, but they are progressing quite well. They are reading the gospel principles book, They have read the True to the Faith book that we gave them. We feel that they may get baptized in the closer future than we first thought.

By the way, I gave a talk in Zone conference a few days ago. We had the topic of how hearing the restored doctrines of the gospel helps people to eagerly choose to be baptized and join the church. I shared the story about great-great-great-great-grandpa William Morley Black. It was quite a good testimony of how things can go if taught to the needs and interests of the investigator. I even shared the quote that is on his head stone in the Blanding cemetery, "I found the Gold I was looking for." I've never forgotten that from the first time I saw it. It again touched my heart while I told the story of his conversion and how much he knew the gospel was true. It's amazing how the spirit works because that's similar to the way things are going with Lorraine and Chuck. They are becoming closer and closer to making that decision ever since they made the choice to listen to our message.

We celebrated Canaday day on July 1st. It is similar to July 4th in the United States. I feel more inclined to celebrate the 4th than the 1st.