February 8, 2011 - Finally Back

so yesterday i reported back to being a real missionary. im serving in south ogden with elder smith and elder leon. its been really fun being able to come back and start serving again. last night we had a lesson with one of our investigators lindsey it was really cool she asked us "what do we need to do to be baptized and what do we need to do after were baptized. elder smith read her a little section out of mosiah 18, it says: "And it came to pass that he said unto them: Behold, here are the waters of Mormon (for thus were they called) and now, as ye are adesirous to come into the bfold of God, and to be called his people, and are willing to bear one another’s burdens, that they may be lightYea, and are awilling to mourn with those that bmourn; yea, and comfort those that stand in need of comfort, and to stand as cwitnesses of God at all times and in all things, and in all places that ye may be in, even until death, that ye may be redeemed of God, and be numbered with those of the dfirst resurrection, that ye may have eternal lifeNow I say unto you, if this be the desire of your hearts, what have you against being abaptized in the bname of the Lord, as a witness before him that ye have entered into a ccovenant with him, that ye will serve him and keep his commandments, that he may pour out his Spirit more abundantly upon you? And now when the people had heard these words, they clapped their hands for joy, and exclaimed: This is the desire of our hearts."that something that i like to call the baptismal promise. if you comfort people, be a witness of god, and help others out you will be able to have the spirit with you more and be able listen to his promptings. but later that a couple of the elders in the zone came by to see how i was doing and asked how my knee was. i explained them how the doctor did the surgery. they took a cheese grader looking thing and took part of my hamstring out and folded it and twisted and threaded from the bottom of my knee to almost the bottom of my hip and bolted it into place. its pretty sweet how they did it. but im loving being back hopefully i can stay here with elder smith till he leaves later in march. but while i was recovering in draper with my uncle in draper i did get the opportunity to go down to st. george. it was alot of fun and nice and warm to be down there and to see how beautiful it it down there. but next week i promise it will be more interesting since ill have a whole week to write about and not one of two days. oh yea today we did get to go to the nickel arcade as a zone and play some old skewl games like pac man and mario brothers. whats really nice is everything there is a nickel or two to play so for like a dollar you can have a ton of fun. -- Elder Tyler Herring2133 Washington Blvd.Ogden, Utah 84401